Thursday, August 07, 2008

Sophisticated Kids.

A scary story in yesterday's Washington Post about an 18-year-old Montgomery County, MD resident and his 17-year-old accomplice who have been found to be stashing assault weapons, armor piercing bullets and, oh yeah, a map of presidential retreat Camp David that includes a motorcade route.

"Police investigating a teenager accused of bomb-making and weapons violations found a map of Camp David with a presidential motorcade route in his home, a Montgomery County prosecutor said.

Collin McKenzie-Gude, 18, of Bethesda, also had a document that appears to describe how to kill someone 200 meters away, Montgomery Assistant State's Attorney Peter A. Feeney said.
The teen had two forms of fake identification _ one portraying him as a Central Intelligence Agency employee and another as a federal contractor, Feeney said. The details were revealed Tuesday in a bond hearing in the case, The Washington Post reported...


Authorities said they found 50 pounds of chemicals, assault-style weapons and armor-piercing bullets in his home. The investigation has expanded to include the CIA, FBI and Secret Service. "

I'm not going to turn this into a "What the hell is wrong with people?" rant. I'm not naive enough to think that there are not evil young people smart and devious enough to plot and execute a diabolical plan; Columbine and Virginia Tech hammered these points home long ago. I do, however, wonder what he was actually up to. Was a true home-grown terrorist plot thwarted? Or was he just a punk kid playing a little over his head. And I do wonder about his father who, allegedly, helped his son acquire some of the weapons. Jesus, when I was eighteen, the most complex and diabolical plans my friends and I tried to hatch were scoring beer and toilet papering buddies' cars without getting caught.

4 comments:

  1. Anonymous1:29 AM

    and our antics typically ended with "abort -- ABORT!!"

    kids these days...

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  2. Anonymous1:33 AM

    "how to kill someone 200 meters away"

    a good sized bomb? an only half-way-decent sniper? with a car, 200 meters becomes fatal contact in short-order...

    sounds like he had the Anarchist Handbook (or equivalent) in his bedroom. big whoop.

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  3. It's amazing what kids can do now. All this technology is readily available... for good and bad. Kinda scary!!

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  4. Sound like good kids to me. At least they had a sense of purpose and drive...something most teens are lacking these days. The Govt. should give them jobs instead of jailing them.

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