Errant FBI Fax Airs Militia Plot Fears
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SPOKANE, Wash. — A classified FBI document warning that militia-linked terrorists may be plotting to bomb government agencies during the holidays was sent by mistake to a movie memorabilia shop.
Eric DuBois found the 11-page report on his fax machine Oct. 9.
“At first I thought somebody had sent me a screenplay,” said DuBois, 52, who runs Hollywood Sunset Posters in Spokane. “The more I read, the more I started thinking, ‘I probably shouldn’t be reading this.’ ”
DuBois called the FBI and also showed a copy to the Spokesman-Review, which reported on the security breach Sunday.
The document, which bears the FBI logo and is marked “confidential,” was apparently intended to alert field agents in the West. Based on the allegations of an informant, the report names radicals who are believed to have stockpiled assault rifles, handguns and explosives.
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