Boston: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev criminal complaint full text

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Complaint just released. Likely to be the source of new conspiracy theories.

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AO 91 (Rev. 11/11) Criminal Complaint
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
for the
District of Massachusetts
United States of America
v.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Case No. 13-2106-MBB (?)
Defendants)
CRIMINAL COMPLAINT
I, the complainant in this case, state that the following is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
On or about the date(s) of April 15,2013 in the county of Suffolk in the
District of Massachusetts , the defendant(s) violated:
Code Section Offense Description
18U.S.C. s 2332a(a) Use of a Weapon of Mass Destruction
18U.S.C. s 844(i) Malicious Destruction of Properly Resulting in Death

This criminal complaint is based on these facts:
See Attached Affidavit of Special Agent Daniel R. Genck
x Continued on the attached sheet.
Sworn to before me and signed in my presence.
Date: 04/21/2013 @ 6:47 PM
City and state: [Boston] BROOKLINE, Massachusetts
Complainant's signature
Daniel R. Genck, Special Agent, FBI
Printed name and title

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AFFIDAVIT OF SPECIAL AGENT
I, Daniel R. Genck, being duly sworn, depose and state:

1. I am a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") and have
been so employed since 2009. I am currently assigned to one of the Boston Field Office's
Counter-terrorism Squads. Among other things, I am responsible for conducting national
security investigations of potential violations of federal criminal laws as a member of the Joint
Terrorism Task Force ("JTTF"). During my tenure as an agent, I have participated in numerous
national security investigations. I have received extensive training and experience in the conduct
of national security investigations, and those matters involving domestic and international
terrorism.

2. During my employment with the FBI, I have conducted and participated in many
investigations involving violations of United States laws relating to the provision of material
support to terrorism. I have participated in the execution of numerous federal search and arrest
warrants in such investigations. I have had extensive training in many methods used to commit
acts of terrorism contrary to United States law.

3. This affidavit is submitted in support of an application for a complaint charging
DZHOKHAR A, TSARNAEV of Cambridge, Massachusetts ("DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV")
with using a weapon of mass destruction against persons and property at the Boston Marathon on
April 15, 2013, resulting in death. More specifically, I submit this affidavit in support of an
application for a complaint charging DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV with (1) unlawfully using and
conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction (namely, an improvised explosive device) against
persons and property within the United States used in interstate and foreign commerce and in an
activity that affects interstate and foreign commerce, which offense and its results affected
interstate and foreign commerce (including, but not limited to, the Boston Marathon, private
businesses in Eastern Massachusetts, and the City of Boston itself), resulting in death, in violation
of 18 U.S.C. § 2332a; and (2) maliciously damaging and destroying, by means of an explosive,
real and personal property used in interstate and foreign commerce and in an activity affecting
interstate and foreign commerce, resulting in personal injury and death, in violation of 18 U.S.C.
§ 844(i).

4. This affidavit is based upon my personal involvement in this investigation, my
training and experience, my review of relevant evidence, and information supplied to me by other
law enforcement officers. It does not include each and every fact known to me about the
investigation, but rather only those facts that I believe are sufficient to establish the requisite
probable cause.

FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES

A. The Boston Marathon Explosions

5. The Boston Marathon is an annual race that attracts runners from all over the
United States and the world. According to the Boston Athletic Association, which administers
the Marathon, over 23,000 runners participated in this year's race. The Marathon has a
substantial impact on interstate and foreign commerce. For example, based on publicly available
information, I believe that the runners and their families — including those who travel to the
Boston area from other states and countries — typically spend tens of millions of dollars each year
at local area hotels, restaurants and shops, in the days before, during, and after the Marathon. In
addition, a number of the restaurants and stores in the area near the finish line have special events
for spectators.

6. The final stretch of the Boston Marathon runs eastward along the center of
Boylston Street in Boston from Hereford Street to the finish line, which is located between Exeter
and Dartmouth Streets. Low metal barriers line both edges of the street and separate the
spectators from the runners. Many businesses line the streets of the Marathon route. In the area
near the finish line, businesses are located on both sides of Boylston Street, including restaurants, a
department store, a hotel and various retail stores.

7. On April 15, 2013, at approximately 2:49 p.m., while the Marathon was still
underway, two explosions occurred on the north side of Boylston Street along the Marathon's final
stretch. The first explosion occurred in front of 671 Boylston Street and the second occurred
approximately one block away in front of 755 Boylston Street. The explosive devices were
placed near the metal barriers where hundreds of spectators were watching runners approach the
finish line. Each explosion killed at least one person, maimed, burned and wounded scores of
others, and damaged public and private property, including the streets, sidewalk, barriers, and
property owned by people and businesses in the locations where the explosions occurred. In total,
three people were killed and over two hundred individuals were injured.

8. The explosions had a substantial impact on interstate and foreign commerce.
Among other things, they forced a premature end to the Marathon and the evacuation and
temporary closure of numerous businesses along Boylston Street for several days.

B. Surveillance Evidence

9. I have reviewed videotape footage taken from a security camera located on
Boylston Street near the corner of Boylston and Gloucester Streets. At approximately 2:38 p.m.
(based on the video's duration and timing of the explosions) — i.e., approximately 11 minutes
before the first explosion — two young men can be seen turning left (eastward) onto Boylston from
Gloucester Street. Both men are carrying large knapsacks. The first man, whom I refer to in this
affidavit as Bomber One, is a young male, wearing a dark-colored baseball cap, sunglasses, a white
shirt, dark coat, and tan pants. The second man, whom I refer to in this affidavit as Bomber Two,
is a young male, wearing a white baseball cap backwards, a gray hooded sweatshirt, a lightweight
black jacket, and dark pants. As set forth below, there is probable cause to believe that Bomber
One is Tamerian Tsamaev and Bomber Two is his brother, DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV.

10. After turning onto Boylston Street, Bomber One and Bomber Two can be seen
walking eastward along the north side of the sidewalk towards the Marathon finish line. Bomber
One is in front and Bomber Two is a few feet behind him. Additional security camera video taken
from a location farther east on Boylston Street, as well as contemporaneous photographs taken
from across the street, show the men continuing to walk together eastward along Boylston Street
towards Fairfield Street.

11. I have also reviewed video footage taken from a security camera affixed above the
doorway of the Forum Restaurant located at 755 Boylston Street, which was the site of the second
explosion. This camera is located approximately midway between Fairfield and Exeter Streets
and points out in the direction of Boylston and is turned slightly towards Fairfield. At
approximately 2:41 p.m. (based on the video's duration and the timing of the explosions), Bomber
One and Bomber Two can be seen standing together approximately one half-block from the
restaurant.

12. At approximately 2:42 p.m. (i.e., approximately seven minutes before the first
explosion), Bomber One can be seen detaching himself from the crowd and walking east on
Boylston Street towards the Marathon finish line. Approximately 15 seconds later, he can be seen
passing directly in front of the Forum Restaurant and continuing in the direction of the location
where the first explosion occurred. His knapsack is still on his back.

13. At approximately 2:45 p.m., Bomber Two can be seen detaching himself from the
crowd and walking east on Boylston Street toward the Marathon finishing line. He appears to
have the thumb of his right hand hooked under the strap of his knapsack and a cell phone in his left
hand. Approximately 15 seconds later, he can be seen stopping directly in front of the Forum
Restaurant and standing near the metal barrier among numerous spectators, with his back to the
camera, facing the runners. He then can be seen apparently slipping his knapsack onto the
ground. A photograph taken from the opposite side of the street shows the knapsack on the
ground at Bomber Two's feet.

14. The Forum Restaurant video shows that Bomber Two remained in the same spot for
approximately four minutes, occasionally looking at his cell phone and once appearing to take a
picture with it. At some point he appears to look at his phone, which is held at approximately
waist level, and may be manipulating the phone. Approximately 30 seconds before the first
explosion, he lifts his phone to his ear as if he is speaking on his cell phone, and keeps it there for
approximately 18 seconds. A tew seconds after he finishes the call, the large crowd of people
around him can be seen reacting to the first explosion. Virtually every head turns to the east
(towards the finish line) and stares in that direction in apparent bewilderment and alarm. Bomber
Two, virtually alone among the individuals in front of the restaurant, appears calm. He glances to
the east and then calmly but rapidly begins moving to the west, away from the direction of the
finish line. He walks away without his knapsack, having left it on the ground where he had been
standing. Approximately 10 seconds later, an explosion occurs in the location where Bomber
Two had placed his knapsack.

15. I have observed video and photographic footage of the location where the second
explosion occurred from a number of different viewpoints and angles, including from directly
across the street. I can discern nothing in that location in the period before the explosion that
might have caused that explosion, other than Bomber Two's knapsack.

C. Photographic Identifications

16. I have compared a Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles ("RM V") photograph
of DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV with photographic and video images of Bomber Two, and I
believe, based on their close physical resemblance, there is probable cause that they are one and
the same person. Similarly, I have compared an RMV photograph of Tamerlan Tsarnaev with
photographic and video images of Bomber One, and I likewise believe that they are one and the
same person.

D. The Bombers Emerge

17. I base the allegations set forth in paragraphs 18 through 27 on information that has
been provided to me by fellow law enforcement officers, including members of the JTTF and state
and local law enforcement who responded to the crime scenes, as well as on publicly available
information that I deem reliable.

18. At approximately 5:00 p.m. on April 18, 2013, the FBI published video and
photographic images of Bomber One and Bomber Two on its web site. Those images were
widely rebroadcast by media outlets all over the country and the world.

19. Near midnight on April 18, 2013, an individual carjacked a vehicle at gunpoint in
Cambridge, Massachusetts. A victim of the carjacking was interviewed by law enforcement and
provided the following information. The victim stated that while he was sitting in his car on a
road in Cambridge, a man approached and tapped on his passenger-side window. When the
victim rolled down the window, the man reached in, opened the door, and entered the victim's
vehicle. The man pointed a firearm at the victim and stated, "Did you hear about the Boston
explosion?" and "I did that." The man removed the magazine from his gun and showed the victim
that it had a bullet in it, and then re-inserted the magazine. The man then stated, "I am serious."

20. The man with the gun forced the victim to drive to another location, where they
picked up a second man. The two men put something in the trunk of the victim's vehicle. The
man with the gun took the victim's keys and sat in the driver's seat, while the victim moved to the
front passenger seat. The second man entered the victim's vehicle and sat in the rear passenger
seat. The man with the gun and the second man spoke to each other in a foreign language.

21. While they were driving, the man with the gun demanded money from the victim,
who gave the man 45 dollars. One of the men compelled the victim to hand over his ATM card
and password. They then drove to an ATM machine and attempted to withdraw money from the
victim's account. The two men and the victim then drove to a gas station/convenience store in the
vicinity of 816 Memorial Drive, Cambridge. The two men got out of the car, at which point the
victim managed to escape.

22. A short time later, the stolen vehicle was located by law enforcement in Watertown,
Massachusetts. As the men drove down Dexter Street in Watertown, they threw at least two small
improvised explosive devices ("IEDs") out of the car. A gun fight ensued between the car's
occupants and law enforcement officers in which numerous shots were fired. One of the men was
severely injured and remained at the scene; the other managed to escape in the car. That car was
later found abandoned a short distance away, and an intact low-grade explosive device was
discovered inside it. In addition, from the scene of the shootout on Laurel Street in Watertown,
the FBI has recovered two unexploded IEDs, as well as the remnants of numerous exploded IEDs.
E. Identification of the Car] ackers

23. I have reviewed images of two men taken at approximately 12:17 a.m. by a security
camera at the ATM and the gas station/convenience store where the two carjackers drove with the
victim in his car. Based on the men's close physical resemblance to RMV photos of Tamerlan
and DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV, I believe the two men who carjacked, kidnapped, and robbed
the victim are Tamerlan and DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV. In addition, the carjacker who was
severely injured during the shoot-out in Watertown was taken to Beth Israel Hospital, where he
was pronounced dead. FBI fingerprint analysis confirms that he is Tamerlan Tsarnaev, and the
man's face matches the RMV photograph of Tamerlan Tsarnaev. RMV records indicate that
Tamerlan Tsarnaev and DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV share the same address on Norfolk Street in
Cambridge, Massachusetts. According to Department of Homeland Security immigration records,
Tamerlan Tsarnaev and DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV are brothers. Tamerlan Tsarnaev was a
Lawful Permanent Resident. DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV entered the United States on April 12,
2002, and is a naturalized U.S. citizen.

F. Preliminary Examination of the Explosives

24. A preliminary examination of the remains of the explosive devices that were used
at the Boston Marathon revealed that they were low-grade explosives that were housed in pressure
cookers. Both pressure cookers were of the same brand. The pressure cookers also contained
metallic BBs and nails. Many of the BBs were contained within an adhesive material. The
explosives contained green-colored hobby fuse.

25. A preliminary examination of the explosive devices that were discovered at the
scene of the shootout in Watertown and in the abandoned vehicle has revealed similarities to the
explosives used at the Boston Marathon. The remnants of at least one of the exploded IEDs at the
scene of the shootout indicate that a low-grade explosive had been contained in a pressure cooker.
The pressure cooker was of the same brand as the ones used in the Marathon explosions. The
explosive also contained metallic BBs contained within an adhesive material as well as
green-colored hobby fuse. The intact low-grade explosive device found in the abandoned car was
in a plastic container and wrapped with green-colored hobby fuse.
G. DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV is Located

26. On the evening of April 19, 2013, police investigation revealed that there was an
individual in a covered boat located at 67 Franklin Street in Watertown. After a stand-off between
the boat's occupant and the police involving gunfire, the individual was removed from the boat
and searched. A University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth identification card, credit cards, and
other forms of identification were found in his pockets. All of them identified the man as
DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV. He had visible injuries, including apparent gunshot wounds to the
head, neck, legs, and hand. DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV s wounds were triaged and he was
brought to an area hospital, where he remains for medical treatment.

27. On April 21, 2013, the FBI searched DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV's dormitory
room at 7341 Pine Dale Hall at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, pursuant to a search
warrant. The FBI seized from his room, among other things, a large pyrotechnic, a black jacket
and a white hat of the same general appearance as those worn by Bomber Two at the Boston
Marathon on April 15, 2013, and BBs.

CONCLUSION

28. Based on the foregoing, there is probable cause to believe that on or about April 15,
2013, DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV violated 18 U.S.C. §§ 2332a (using and conspiring to use a
weapon of mass destruction, resulting in death) and 844(i) (malicious destruction of property by
means of an explosive device, resulting in death). Accordingly, I respectfully request that the
Court issue a complaint charging DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV with those crimes.

Daniel R. Genck
Special Agent
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Sworn and subscribed before me this 21st day of April 2013.
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGEMARIANNE B. BOWLER
 
i would be surprised to see it anytime soon. nor would i expect to or think we have a non egotistical reason to.
 
The terms "weapons of mass destruction" is causing some confusion. It's from:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2332a

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18 USC § 2332a - Use of weapons of mass destruction

(c)
Definitions.— For purposes of this section—
...
(2) the term "weapon of mass destruction" means—​
(A) any destructive device as defined in section 921 of this title;
(B) any weapon that is designed or intended to cause death or serious bodily injury through the release, dissemination, or impact of toxic or poisonous chemicals, or their precursors;
(C) any weapon involving a biological agent, toxin, or vector (as those terms are defined in section 178 of this title); or
(D) any weapon that is designed to release radiation or radioactivity at a level dangerous to human life; and​
...​
And section 921 is:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2332a

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(4) The term "destructive device" means—
(A) any explosive, incendiary, or poison gas—
(i) bomb,
(ii) grenade,
(iii) rocket having a propellant charge of more than four ounces,
(iv) missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than one-quarter ounce,
(v) mine, or
(vi) device similar to any of the devices described in the preceding clauses;​
(B) any type of weapon (other than a shotgun or a shotgun shell which the Attorney General finds is generally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting purposes) by whatever name known which will, or which may be readily converted to, expel a projectile by the action of an explosive or other propellant, and which has any barrel with a bore of more than one-half inch in diameter;
...​
 
ugg. ive encountered this bit of law while playing with potato guns.... confusing term associations for sure.
 
So basically, any bomb? (So iraq DID have wmd!)

Have they ever charged any other bomber with using WMD ?
 
Hello, first post here, long time reader

Just to note in the affidavit it includes part 8
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8. The explosions had a substantial impact on interstate and foreign commerce.
Among other things, they forced a premature end to the Marathon and the evacuation and
temporary closure of numerous businesses along Boylston Street for several days.
Seems a bit gratuitous, but apparently is so that they can pursue the death penalty on a federal level as Massachusetts does not have the penalty
 
So basically, any bomb? (So iraq DID have wmd!)

Have they ever charged any other bomber with using WMD ?

Yes, examples:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/44203/Bomber-facing-a-stretch.html
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Blake Steidler, 25, faces a possible life sentence after admitting weapons of mass destruction charges.The factory worker from Philadelphia, USA sent the gunpowder bomb in a jewellery box after becoming unhappy with the £4,500 op to extend his manhood.
But he had a change of heart and called cops before the bomb was delivered.
Steidler's lawyer said his client was mentally ill but the WMD charges branded him a terrorist. Steidler will be sentenced in July.
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2013/04/bridge-bomber_suspects_trial_s.html
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AKRON, Ohio -- Joshua Stafford, the last of five men charged in a failed plot to blow up the Ohio 82 bridge last year, will stand trial June 10, a federal judge ruled this morning.
U.S. District Judge David Dowd Jr. reached the decision after meeting briefly today with federal prosecutors and Stafford's defense lawyers.
Dowd ruled last week that Stafford, 23, of Cleveland, was competent to stand trial and assist his lawyers in his defense following a competency hearing at which two forensic psychologists presented their mental diagnoses to the judge.
Stafford is charged with the use of weapons of mass destruction and aiding and abetting the use of weapons of mass destruction.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/29/najibullah-zazi-to-be-arr_n_302654.html
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Najibullah Zazi To Be Arraigned On Weapons Of Mass Destruction Charges

NEW YORK — As a suspected al-Qaida operative pleaded not guilty Tuesday to plotting a bomb attack in New York, the city's police commissioner pronounced the threat neutralized and said there is nothing to fear from the defendant's three alleged accomplices.
But definitions vary between Military and Civilian, and there's some confusion. Iraq did not have WMDs under the meaning of the term in the military context.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon_of_mass_destruction#Definitions_of_the_term
 
Yes, example:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/44203/Bomber-facing-a-stretch.html
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Blake Steidler, 25, faces a possible life sentence after admitting weapons of mass destruction charges.The factory worker from Philadelphia, USA sent the gunpowder bomb in a jewellery box after becoming unhappy with the £4,500 op to extend his manhood.
But he had a change of heart and called cops before the bomb was delivered.
Steidler's lawyer said his client was mentally ill but the WMD charges branded him a terrorist. Steidler will be sentenced in July.
But definitions vary between Military and Civilian, and there's some confusion. Iraq did not have WMDs under the meaning of the term in the military context.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon_of_mass_destruction#Definitions_of_the_term

Well , I'm with that guys lawyer, if they'd slapped uranium round the device or put it into a tanker, then maybe so.. but these are "just" normal bombs made to injure people. Not "nice" but to call it a WMD seems politically motivated.
 
Well , I'm with that guys lawyer, if they'd slapped uranium round the device or put it into a tanker, then maybe so.. but these are "just" normal bombs made to injure people. Not "nice" but to call it a WMD seems politically motivated.

So what should we consider the definition of "mass destruction?" Two people? Five? A hundred? Not people but things? A room? A house? A city block? A city?

As I've said before, it ends up going to perspective.
 
Well , I'm with that guys lawyer, if they'd slapped uranium round the device or put it into a tanker, then maybe so.. but these are "just" normal bombs made to injure people. Not "nice" but to call it a WMD seems politically motivated.

It's just the legal definition in the criminal code. WMD has acquired a particular meaning in popular culture since the Iraq war. But this legal definition predates it.

It's a bit like calling a car a "deadly weapon". That's quite jarring to a lot of people.
 
It's just the legal definition in the criminal code. WMD has acquired a particular meaning in popular culture since the Iraq war. But this legal definition predates it.

It's a bit like calling a car a "deadly weapon". That's quite jarring to a lot of people.

when did it change? because the wtc bomber doesn't appear to have been charged with wmd? it just seems political in order to get the death penalty there.

mcveigh did, but he used a fuel bomb, which I thought was in a wmd in military definition as well? (edit: . i'm confused, i was mixing a fuel bomb with a fuel air bomb.. not the same..)

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gah, maybe googling fuel bomb isn't a great idea...... some interesting looking links there.
 
when did it change? because the wtc bomber doesn't appear to have been charged with wmd? it just seems political in order to get the death penalty there.

mcveigh did, but he used a fuel bomb, which I thought was in a wmd in military definition as well?

1994 (a year after the 1993 WTC bombing). With the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, which greatly expanded the Federal death penalty.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_Crime_Control_and_Law_Enforcement_Act
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Title VI, the Federal Death Penalty Act, created about 60 new death penalty offenses, for crimes related to acts of terrorism, murder of a federal law enforcement officer, drug trafficking, civil rights-related murders, drive-by shootings resulting in death, the use of weapons of mass destruction resulting in death, and carjackings resulting in death.

The 1995 Oklahoma City bombing occurred a few months after this law came into effect, and the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 was passed in response, further increasing the federal death penalty. In 2001, Timothy McVeigh was executed for the murder of eight federal law enforcement agents under this title.

Here's a 1998 paper discussing the problem of definition
http://www.ndu.edu/centercounter/full_doc.pdf
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The Department of Defense defines a weapon of mass destruction toinclude nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons, but the legal definition is different. "The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Act of 1994," defines a WMD to include "any destructive device as defined in section 921" of Title 18 of the U.S. Code. According to
section 921, a destructive device is "any gun with a barrel larger than half an inch, any bomb, any grenade, any "rocket having a propellant
charge of more than four ounces." In other words, to the FBI, a weapon of mass destruction is basically any destructive device, including a
great many that clearly cannot cause mass destruction and that have nothing to do with nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons.
 
1994. With the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, which greatly expanded the Federal death penalty.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_Crime_Control_and_Law_Enforcement_Act

Here's a 1998 paper discussing the problem of definition
http://www.ndu.edu/centercounter/full_doc.pdf
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The Department of Defense defines a weapon of mass destruction toinclude nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons, but the legal definition is different. "The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Act of 1994," defines a WMD to include "any destructive device as defined in section 921" of Title 18 of the U.S. Code. According to
section 921, a destructive device is "any gun with a barrel larger than half an inch, any bomb, any grenade, any "rocket having a propellant
charge of more than four ounces." In other words, to the FBI, a weapon of mass destruction is basically any destructive device, including a
great many that clearly cannot cause mass destruction and that have nothing to do with nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons.

so next question/answer.

why not the atlanta olympics bomber?


or this all a 'ruse' to 'encourage' a guilty plea bargain ?
 
so next question/answer.

why not the atlanta olympics bomber?


or this all a 'ruse' to 'encourage' a guilty plea bargain ?

I don't know what the motivation is. But obviously plea deals for lesser charges are not uncommon.
 
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