This too has nothing to do with terrorism — by which authorities mean that Joseph Bagley has no known ties to Al-Qaeda. And no doubt he doesn’t — if he was indeed up to no good, it looks as if he was most likely a lone (and probably non-Muslim) nut who admired Al-Qaeda for its destructiveness. That in itself, however, is noteworthy: bin Laden’s boys have become the idols of homicidal nutjobs everywhere.
“Police find chemicals, al-Qaida literature in north side apartment,” from WTHR.com, with thanks to JDH:
Indianapolis – The FBI says it does not suspect a terror plot on the city’s northside, but police want to know why a man stored and mixed chemicals in his apartment and had al-Qaida literature.
At the suspect’s apartment near 96th and College crews pack the stores of cleaning and other chemicals found inside.
And the sheriff has moved the suspect from court to jail
They’re holding Joseph Bagley for 72 hours, that could give police more time to check the computer the took from his apartment.
Capt. Phil Burton of the Marion County Sheriff’s Deptartment says police also found, “A lot of hazardous chemicals, a gas mask, some literature about al-Qaida, about Saddam Hussein and how to make bombs. He admitted to mixing several chemicals and in so doing used his gas mask and exhaust fan.”
At the lock up, a released prisoner who talked to Bagley told us, “He said he wasn’t making bombs, he said there was carpet cleaner out. He said that whosever was cleaning his apartment was just terrified of everything laying out. (It) Didn’t really look dangerous at all.”
“This doesn’t sound like any kind of international criminal conspiracy, it sounds like a lone operation involving one person,” said Professor Douglad Woodwell of the University of Indianapolis. “There is definitely an inspiration al-Qaida offers to a lot of people around the world these days. They can perhaps play their own role in an epic battle.”
And professor Woodwell says he could very well be a guy who just likes mixing chemicals.