美國3K黨成員欲用死光武器暗殺奧巴馬及穆斯林案現正開審

美國3K黨成員欲用死光武器暗殺奧巴馬及穆斯林案現正開審

該人士稱佢本來想縮沙, 但放蛇人員極力慫恿, 被誘入圈套

New York man plotted to harm Muslims, Obama with X-ray device: prosecutor
ALBANY, N.Y. | By T.G. Branfalt Jr.
Mon Aug 17, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/18/us-usa-crime-radiation-idUSKCN0QN00H20150818
A Ku Klux Klan member conspired to use a remote-controlled X-ray device hidden in a truck, which he called "Hiroshima on a light switch," as a weapon of mass destruction to harm Muslims and President Barack Obama, a prosecutor told jurors on Monday.

But a lawyer for Glendon Scott Crawford at the start of his trial said that government undercover agents dragged him further into the plot to build what media dubbed the "death ray" machine after he tried to pull away in the initial stages, when he had no more than "a piece of paper" sketching out his ideas.

In opening arguments at U.S. District Court in Albany, a lawyer for Crawford, 51, of Galway, New York, said the device would have never been built if not for the government supplying the necessary components via “criminal” sources.

"(Crawford) has strong political views and he saw Muslim extremism in Europe coming here," defense lawyer Kevin Luibrand said.

Crawford and Eric Feight were arrested in 2013 and charged in the plot to unleash radiation at a mosque in Albany and a Muslim school in nearby Colonie.

The men also planned to attack the White House, according to a recording of their May 2012 conversation played at the trial, in which Crawford described himself a Klansman and called the remote-controlled device "Hiroshima on a light switch."

Feight, of Hudson, New York, pleaded guilty in 2014 to providing material support to terrorists. He faces 15 years at his sentencing, which has been delayed, and it was not known whether he would testify against Crawford.

Rodney Margolis, chief executive of the Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York, testified that Crawford tried to interest Jewish leaders in a "black-bag operation" that “would kill Israel’s enemies while they slept.”

Margolis said that Crawford scared him and he immediately called police. As a result, the FBI in Albany soon began surveilling Crawford at home and ultimately deployed a confidential source to further discuss Crawford's scheme with him, U.S. Attorney Stephen Green said.

Judge Gary Sharpe ruled that prosecutors could show jurors the device, which was built from an industrial X-ray machine and electronic beam welders.

Crawford faces three charges, including attempting to produce, construct, acquire, transfer, receive, possess and use a radiological dispersal device. The other two charges are conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction and distributing information with respect to a weapon of mass destruction.

(Editing by Barbara Goldberg and Eric Walsh)

當年的中文報導

美國3K黨成員欲用X光武器暗殺奧巴馬
2013-06-22
http://www.guancha.cn/america/2013_06_22_153080.shtml (文盲字)
綜合外媒消息，美國聯邦調查局（FBI）日前宣布破獲了一起蓄謀用X光武器暗殺美國總統奧巴馬的案件。案件主犯是3K黨成員，他的作案動機是奧巴馬對移民美國的穆斯林審查不嚴，導致了波士頓爆炸案的發生。於是，他招募幫手製造致命的X光武器，一起實行暗殺計劃。

來自紐約市的49歲男子格蘭登·克勞福德是美國白人至上主義組織三K黨成員。去年春天，他要求三K黨領袖提供技術和設備支援，以完成他製造X光殺人機的計劃。在聯調局臥底特工的“幫助”下，他“成功”地拿到了製造X光殺人機的各種零部件。此後，他花費了數個月時間設計並製造了出了一個X光射線武器裝置。該裝置能夠被遠程引爆，並可釋放大量輻射致人死亡。在這起陰謀策劃中，嫌犯還招募了現年54歲的紐約人埃里克·弗格特。

聯邦調查局稱，克勞福德將這台X光機稱之為“廣島電燈開關”。據兩人供認，他們企圖將此X光射線武器裝置隱藏於一台卡車內發動襲擊。克勞福德計劃於18日與弗格特會合，並在通用電氣公司完成此殺人裝置的最後組裝，結果被聯邦調查局發現。

兩人被控犯有“陰謀向恐怖分子提供物質支持罪”，並將面臨15年刑期。

負責此案的一名聯邦檢察官在一份聲明中說“該案警示大家必須時刻保持警覺，阻止潛在的恐怖分子再次傷害我們的人民和國家。這些暗藏的恐怖分子通常對他們不喜歡的人懷有仇恨。”

美國的3K黨（Ku Klux Klan）最早可追溯到1895年年底。當時南北戰爭剛剛結束，南方軍戰敗，同時也付出了慘痛的代價：曾經富饒的南方變得滿目瘡痍。很多退伍老兵加入了這個組織，他們反對由聯邦軍隊在南方強制實行的改善舊有黑人奴隸待遇的政策，而他們通常採用的手段是暗殺。福爾摩斯的小說《五個橘核》寫的就是3K黨暗殺事件；而在瑪格麗特·馬歇爾的小說《飄》中，曾經的莊園主阿希禮最後也成為3K黨的一員。