MILITARY Coast Guard officer wanted to kill Democrats, TV hosts, say prosecutors
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The stockpile of guns found by investigators owned by Christopher Hasson. U.S. Attorney's Office in Maryland
Feb. 20, 2019, 5:58 PM EST / Updated Feb. 20, 2019, 6:54 PM EST
WASHINGTON — A U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant working in the nation's capital lived a secret life as a "domestic terrorist" who aspired to mass murder and compiled a target list of prominent politicians and journalists, federal prosecutors allege in court papers.
Christopher Paul Hasson was arrested Feb. 15 on drug and gun charges, but prosecutors said in a detention memo this week that he intended "to murder innocent civilians on a scale rarely seen in this country."
He has espoused extremist views for years, the court papers say, and he read the manifesto of Anders Breivik, the white supremacist Norwegian terrorist who shot and killed 77 people in 2011.
From January 2017 to January 2019, "the defendant conducted online searches and made thousands of visits for pro-Russian, neo-fascist, and neo-Nazi literature," the document says.
Christopher Paul Hasson "I am dreaming of a way to kill almost every last person on the earth," reads a draft email found on his computer. "I think a plague would be most successful but how do I acquire the needed/ Spanish flu, botulism, anthrax not sure yet but will find something."
In another letter to himself found on his computer, court papers say, he says, "I am a long time White Nationalist , having been a skinhead 30 plus years ago before my time in the military."
The Coast Guard flagged him because of internet searches of extremist web sites at work, a federal law enforcement officer told NBC News.
"He wasn't too surprised to be arrested, but he was worried about law enforcement officers entering his home, the official said.
A search of his Silver Spring, Maryland, residence yielded 15 firearms and 1,000 rounds of ammunition, the court documents say.
He was abusing the narcotic tramadol, and he had stockpiled 30 bottles of human growth hormone, prosecutors said in court papers.
The combination of drugs and guns was a significant concern, the federal law enforcement official said.
Prosecutors allege Hasson was following Breivik's manifesto, seeking to target "political leaders, media leaders, cultural leaders, and industry leaders."
They say he searched the web for MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, and "compiled a list of prominent Democratic Congressional leaders, activists, political organizations, and MSNBC and CNN media personalities."
Prosecutors say the list included designations they believe referred to Democratic Sens. Richard Blumenthal, Chuck Schumer, Elizabeth Warren, Tim Kaine, Kirsten Gillibrand and Cory Booker; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi; and House Democrats Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Maxine Waters, Ilhan Omar and Sheila Jackson. Also on it was former Rep. Beto O'Rourke and former Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta.
When agents searched the defendant's residence, they say they found a locked container that held 30 bottles labeled as HGH, human growth hormone. U.S. Attorney's Office in Maryland Media figures on the list included Scarborough, MSNBC hosts Chris Hayes and Ari Melber, and CNN's Don Lemon, Chris Cuomo and Van Jones.
On the same day he compiled the list of prominent people, Jan. 17, the defendant performed the following Google searches at the following approximate times, court papers say:
8:54 a.m.: "what if trump illegally impeached"
8:57 a.m.: "best place in dc to see congress people"
8:58 a.m.: "where in dc to congress live"
10:39 a.m.: "civil war if trump impeached"
11:26 a.m.: "social democrats usa"
"The defendant is a domestic terrorist, bent on committing acts dangerous to human life that are intended to affect governmental conduct," the detention memo says.
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More crazies.
Putin's propaganda works. MAGA
MASA! Make America Stupid Again! That's what his slogan should say. And the validation from him for those crazies who want to incite violence sounds like a few of our members who claim civil war should Trump be found guilty of something and impeached ... all while wanting to deny due process to anyone whose views they hate ...
Traitors, really.
As stated in the article it's the dems that would be getting shot/killed if this scum wasn't caught.
There are members on NT, as katrix stated, that advocate civil war over Trump...IMO, they are frickin' nuts. But if they want to sound like retards let them have at it.
I have 12 great grandkids and 1 great great grandson and another on the way....You better catch up mox schnell.
Dear Friend MUVA: Congratulations on the forthcoming family expansion.
Being a Grandparent is an amazing experience, as you already know.
Mrs. E. and I wish you and yours all the best.
P&AB.
Enoch.
You aren't one of the people I was referring to. You and I may disagree on Trump, but I don't recall you calling for civil war if he is found guilty of something, whether or not you agree with the charges.
I hope you have a healthy grandbaby! May I recommend a great book .. Richard Scarrey What Do People Do All Day ... for your grandson, if he's at least 3. It shows how houses are built, how farms work, all kinds of things that are still relevant. All while looking for Mortimer Mouse and Lowly Worm. I helped teach my neighbor's kids to read with that book ... the same book my mom gave me in 1966 .. and when they moved, their 13 year old asked to if she could take it with them. I gave it to her. She's now in the Navy with a 1 year old, and she and her husband will be using that very same book to teach her daughter to read.
Congratulations on the new baby due in September.
I bet you're a great grandpa! What name does your grandson call you?
Times have changed, or I'd offer to send that book to you. But people are weird and so nobody wants to give their address out to strangers.
Congrats on the new grandchild!
Congratulations on the new great-great grandkid soon to join your Tipi.
I'm not going to go back and search through all the comments. And we're not supposed to name names anyway. But you're welcome to search yourself; you'll find them.
It was a troll question...the one trying to start the shyt is.....
If would seem that contrary to the rights premise that it's the left that is violent, the right does have more then their share of violent assholes.
A new report just came out that 73% of extremist attacks in the US are from the RW, only 3% from the left.
Wonder who orchestrated that report? Could you please post the source?
I heard it during an NPR radio interview. I think it is an FBI report. You'll have to look it up for yourself.
You brought it up up but refuse to back yourself up with anything specific, insisting that I look it up, therefore it is irrelevant. Why should I do your work?
I said I HEARD it on NPR and that I think it was an FBI report. WTF do you want, an egg in your beer?
I couldn't care less whether you look it up or not. Nor do I give a fuck whether you believe that I HEARD it or not.
Despite Trump's claims about illegal immigrants and foreign terrorists, it's the homegrown right wing terrorists who are the biggest threat in America.
He spent time tweeting about the Smollet case yesterday but not one word about this guy!
That's because he is one of those "fine" people.
Trump probably realizes that his violent rhetoric may have played a part in what this guy did. He's already being sued by one right winger who claimed that Trump's rhetoric is to blame for his violent actions.
One less right wing terrorist whack job vote for trump.
This guy is beyond your normal nutter. Talking about taking out mankind with diseases? I think the combo of drugs messed his brain up.. maybe permanently.
Shame he's a Coastie.
30 bottles of HGH a roid...Yeah that will screw up your brain for sure.
I think he's got a good defense....the drugs made me do it!
Reminds me of .. what's that book .. Rainbow Six! I loved the ending, so I won't spoil it if you haven't read it. This nutter group thought there were too many people (true), so they devised a way to kill most of them through disease. They made a compound in Brazil where they would live. Apparently they alone weren't the scourge upon the earth.
Loved Rainbow Six...There is a true story where a group was going to kill 6 million people by contaminating their drinking water supply. It darn near happened and one man stopped it.
No more information but I'll be posting an article on it soon.
I'll keep an eye out for it.
A Lt. in D.C. no less.
I've worked with a couple of guys like that and they couldn't keep their mouths shut about their beliefs. Their bigoted language was usually a quick tell and every one of them was a misogynist. Makes me wonder how he stayed incognito in the Coast Guard, or if he did...
And, Dulay, that's a damn good question - how could he have stayed under cover? There's nothing that tells what his MOS was - only that he was an LT and worked in the Nation's capitol. When I was in the CG and assigned to DC, we were still under DOT and we either got to work at HQ on Buzzard's Point, DOT HQ or as a liaison at the Pentagon.
He don't look like he's sharp enough to have worked at any of those. My biggest question is why didn't something show up on his annual OER?
From what I read he was a supply guy, 'Quartermaster'?
They need to do a review and check out why this guy COULD stay 'under cover', IF he did...It all depends on the mindset of his Command...He was less than 2 years from mandatory retirement.
What's the round thing under his shirt and why is he grabbing the right side of his chest ?
Looks like a man boob and I have no idea why he grabbing the right side of his chest.
Men have nipples too. Maybe he just wants to feel good while looking manly.
Platypus do not have nipples. Where is Trout Giggles when I need her to discuss nipples?
Ha Ha, it looks like a golf ball.
Thank U 4 that vital confirmation, but i do find his, oddly unattractive, even
if they are those prickly balls that fall from tall trees, cause those ManBoobs look like a disease
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desist, order i can't ever seem to old bay too seasoned i guess
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i don't no is an awful lott
but whence forth i drink a Fifth, n there is a chill in the air
that i can't feel, i stand up close to the tap room front window, and in a sweeping gentle one breast stroke motion, have my nipple erectis cut figure 8's out of the pains in the gl ass, that cause sumto reflect upon, cause who doesnt want to stay a breast of the latest glass sculpting instruments , the ones i discovered on St Paddy's Day, in Erins Go Bra less or more or less till thy cups runnith over with less than a mouth full of soap box derby racers, and X, ( Long lost unbeknownst brother of Speed, who had Trixie out performing Trix with Spridall N Chim Chim,,,,thats how they met pops (Papa John ) as he was kinky , and i guess into pedophilia and beastiality, but enuff about
Trumpp the doude who's the inspiration for a twisted nation of sick individuals such as this
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He's made racism and stereotypical prejudices no longer the surround story of where Mono originated.
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It's ok to be this way today so say Jock supporters
but Cousteau has the bends when shootingg straight to the surface, Trumpp has only scratched, with his immigration clause, too
make one pause, but what to do with the other 3...
LOL! I saw this yesterday but it was locked so I couldn't comment. That's why I made that comment about birds and nipples yesterday.
The article says he was taking tramadol, a long-term pain reliever for moderate to severe (continuous) pain. Being a narcotic it has side effects like agitation, confusion and hallucinations and the typical more serious side effects of narcotics, which is depressed breathing (possibly fatal) and beating your liver up some and to a lesser degree, beats up your kidneys. There is mention of one other possible side effect with tramadol, which is breast cancer.
so, in this picture I think he was making a funny about the possible breast cancer side effect. No doubt he thought only women can get breast cancer.
I see the HGH he was hoarding is injectable, which is the only way it's useful because digestion ruins most or all hormones. Something to think about when you see the adds about testosterone and pre-testosterone and HGH pills, you can save your money. There is some use for HGH, like for HIV/AIDS and children with a growth abnormality and a few other similar applications, but it actually doesn't have much effect on people beyond adolescence according to the actual lab tests so far, BUT....
There is number of people (NOT Doctors) who believe that HGH will make a older adult male GROW bigger and with bigger muscles, who believe they are a fountain of youth in a pill. There are, unfortunately, Doctors who are willing to write a script to allow fools to get their hands on it. I wonder how many "Doctors" he went to in how many cities to stockpile that much HGH.
However, HGH mixed with injected steroids will most likely give you a fatal heart attack by the time you're in you mid forties/early fifties and cause tooth loss, big time liver and kidney damage and often makes you insanely aggressive among other physical and mental damage.
Really? Who does that?
It's why LEO's always take a persons computer/phone. It's not unusual to find important information/evidence there.
It looks like he spent some 'Executive time' on the CG computer, doing searches on where to ambush people and how best to kill them. So perhaps he was creating drafts on the governments dime and emailing to his home computer for posterity...
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sounds to me as if you could easily interchange potus with coast guard dude
Spelling Wally Spelling
Hahahaha!!!
If this guy was a active duty Coast Guard officer, I'm curious to know how he slipped through the cracks and did his co-workers and superior officers notice and/or report anything about his behavior? Brings to mind former Army major and psychiatrist Nidal Hasan a few years ago at Fort Hood. At least Hasson got caught before he could hurt anyone.
According to reports the CG picked up on him when he used his work/CG computer to do research of some dicey subjects. Red flags went up at that time.
in other words,,, we got lucky i'd say
Had not heard that. My thanks for the info.
Wasn't Hassan the one who shot all those people at Fort Hood?
One and the same, Trout.
Yes.
thought so
Did you make a typo here?
Nope. The guy from Fort Hood's last name is spelled Hasan. The Coast Guard guy's last name is spelled Hasson. Similar but not quite.
My apologies, Ed. I didn't look at the guy's last name very well.
yeah....Kavika already confirmed that
No problem.
What it brings to mind for me are the multiple people that participated in Charlottesville that were or still are in the Military. Quite a few of them were/are being prosecuted for being part of the conspiracy to commit violence in Charlottesville. They were identified through internet video and their participation in the conspiracy was found in their social media interactions.
Unfortunately, they weren't caught before they hurt people.
I agree wholeheartedly. You'll get no argument there.
Scary part is, he was a Marine before thay.
That might explain his age and his CG rank.
Yep.
I wonder if we'll eventually find he was "nudged" out of the USMC and the Nat. Guard because he was "odd".
This was in the Navy Times . They also state that he was in the Marine Corps and Army National Guard from 1988 to 1993...but I don't see how long he was in the Coast Guard. Since this is an open case, I guess we must wait for more information.
Well cms5, the usual promotion timeframe - if you entered the CG directly from the Academy - was - from Ensign to Ltjg - 18 months; Ltjg to LT- 36 months; LT to LCDR - 48 to 60 months; LCDR to CDR - 48 to 60 months and gawd only knew how long to CAPT or ADM. Now, if he was an OCS type, such as I was, you couldn't apply for OCS until you reached E-5, which time limit depended upon testing factors/positions/retirements/advancements/etc., but, usually it took your first 4 years service contract period.
Now, if, as stated, he was prior service, he may have been able to enlist as an E-5, depending on his MOS and what his prior service DD-214 stated his discharge was. The DD-214 usually has a block that can be checked that will state that the individual "could be eligible" for re-enlistment - but, that's an entirely different ball of wax. Had he enlisted as an E-5, he still would have had to wait for 36 - 48 months to be able to apply for OCS.
But, then again - '88-93 - 5 years - having served in the USMC and ANG - bells should have been going off. The Navy will offer a two-year active duty enlistment, but they couple it with a two or four-year active (drilling) Navy Reserve commitment. The minimum active duty enlistment periods offered by the Air Force, Coast Guard, and Marine Corps is four years. The ANG still has an 8 year commitment, but you can serve 2 years active and six IRR (don't understand Army lingo - sorry).
May not be much help, but maybe Kavika or one of the other military vets can fill in the blanks.
all apologies Kavika
didn't mean to put my non cents into two cents worth,
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this is a serious subject.
Trump has made many things <More<> serious, and just my way of dealing with shit that pisses me off
Something tells me this guy was doing this shit well before Trump came to the presidency.
Could be but trump's rhetoric brought this pos into the light.
Yes under Trumps command he was apprehended and brought to light. If one gives credit to Obama for catching Osama one should also give credit to Trump for catching this guy.
Trump didn't catch this guy, trump's rhetoric was a call to arms for this pos domestic terrorist.
And not a word from trump or any of his trumplican minions about this threat to murder politicians and members of the press. Shameful!
You can bet your bottom dollar if this POS were an illegal trump would be tweeting about this like flies on shit.
More likely it was Pelosi and Schumer that pushed him to the breaking point.
You are probably correct.
So by that standard, Trump is in command of the 'Deep State' and get's 'credit' for all of the actions taken by the Mueller team and the SDNY.
Keep your head buried in the sand [deleted]
The man is a terrorist and it doesn't seem to bother you because he was targeting people you don't like, got it.
So you're saying he was triggered by political opposition to Trump and he's a snowflake. Sounds about right...
Because he's a conservative Republican.
well you would be wrong..... trump had nothing to do with this. plus Osama was a listed suspect, this guy was not.
i find it interesting the need to suggest trump should get acknowledgement for doing nothing. You have exposed yourself.
they are not equal in any way..
much less the fact that this guy is noted and confirmed to associate with white supremacist........so feel free to show me where Trump made any comments denouncing this type of group.......................aaah cough cough.
you are working this thread really hard to make someone bite on your silly comments and misspellings.
but what is more telling is your need to do so in such a manner as to appear to disregard the fact that this guy was going to kill Americans....or does that go over your head?
Craziness abounds.
And trump eggs them up with his bullshit enemy of the people rhetoric and his bullying ways.
Ok folks a little morning face palms...Seems no one has had their coffee yet.
Go have your coffee and come back in and have a discussion.
Thanks.
Done.
So here is something I noticed about the picture of the 'stuff' they confiscated through the warrant. Notice that there are 2 bullet proof vests and 2 sets of ballistic plates. The vests look to be two different sizes.
Where is the SECOND person.
The existence of a SECOND person creates the predicate for a conspiracy charge...
So I know the 'one is none, two is one' credo.
Is THAT why he's got 2 vests or is there a second person?
I think that your right on that 9mm.....But, there is always a but...I'm sure that the investigation is taking all aspects of this into consideration.
What blew me away was that he did some of this on his CG computer and that's how they found out about this plan.
They are both Molle gear so he set them up that way for some reason. My vest has both as does my gun belt. I don't have ballistic plates so I don't know much about them.
I believe that the investigators will take the 2 or more person probability seriously. They cannot afford to be complacent on something like this.
Just read that he lives in a cramped basement apartment with his wife and dogs. I have a three bedroom 1400 sq. ft. house and couldn't stash that much without my wife knowing about it. Hell, I have a hard time keeping her from finding her B-day presents.
It's strange that he is a good salary from the CG, owns and rents out a house in NC, has $13,000 in gear and lives in a cramped basement rental. His wife must be very 'understanding'. Mine wouldn't be...
Which leads me to wonder, WTF was his wife DOING about it? Even if she is a 'submissive' type, she had to know that he was 'escalating'.
My vest isn't compatible for plates but thanks for the info.
My wife was a Fed and a Sheriffs Deputy. Her groupings are far better than mine. We've sold off most of what we had to pay medical bills. Still like to hit the range 4 Xs a year and tune up. We're due for out spring shoot in March. She has a thing for a revolver right now so July may bring a B-Day addition here too.
They had the opposite issue with my wife. Ain't nothin' but a minute and a men's small was WAY too big. They had to fit and special order her Kevlar. She got to keep it when she left TN.
I actually hope you're fight. That creates the conspiracy that the Feds need to put them away for quite a while.
I just went back and read the pertinent portion of the 'PATRIOT ACT'. The new definition of 'domestic terrorist' has this guy nailed. If wifey or one of his buddies was part of it, that's conspiracy to commit. Double whammy.
Another candidate for a deep dark padded cell.
Nah... "You are evil, this will be just a pin prick and your troubles will be over soon"
"MILITARY Coast Guard officer wanted to kill Democrats"
Actually ...….In the real world, going outside the media's teeny tiny BOX of needs for bucks ...….He wanted to Kill EVERYONE on the Planet !
Leaving for the rest of the day. Locking article and will reopen tonight.