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Play the terrorist ,pay for the Crime. #1267656
03/22/09 07:34 PM
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St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN)
Feds say former Minnesota man helped solve Wisconsin eco-terrorism
By Ed White
Associated Press
Posted: 03/19/2009 12:01:00 AM CDT
http://www.twincities.com/allheadlines/ci_11950554?nclick_check=1

DETROIT — Ian Wallace is a graduate student in anthropology in New
York who has studied fossils in Kenya, combed excavations in Syria and
France and written about his research in scholarly journals.

But next week, he will be sentenced to federal prison for trying to
blow up two buildings at a Michigan university in 2001 when he was a
radical eco-saboteur.

It is another case of federal agents catching up to people who
formerly were passionate members of the Earth Liberation Front, known
as ELF.

"Ian Wallace's past has come back to harm him," Assistant U.S.
Attorney Hagen Frank said in a court filing this week.

The judge in the case "faces the difficult task of crafting an
appropriate sentence for a promising young man of 27 years for things
he did when he was barely more than a child," Frank wrote.

Wallace, a graduate student at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook,
N.Y., qualifies for 10 years in prison when he appears Monday in
federal court in Marquette in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

But Frank is recommending a significant drop in the sentencing
guidelines to as low as 70 months, or just under six years, because of
Wallace's help in solving a case in Rhinelander, Wis., where 500
research trees were destroyed or badly damaged in ELF's name in 2000.

"His cooperation with the government has been extraordinary," defense
lawyer Edward Panzer said.

In October, Wallace pleaded guilty to attempting to firebomb two
buildings at Michigan Technological University in Houghton in November
2001.

After midnight, he and an acquaintance placed homemade incendiary
devices outside the buildings. Wallace said the goal was to destroy
tree research and intimidate the public. The timers, however, failed.

Frank's filing reveals details of how authorities snagged Wallace years later.

The FBI contacted him in January 2007 after a tip in an ELF-related
case in Oregon. Three months later, Wallace spilled his past to the
government, admitting the Michigan Tech crimes and providing critical
information about the attack on trees in Wisconsin, which caused $1
million in damage.

Three people subsequently were indicted and pleaded guilty in federal
court in Wisconsin, Frank said.

"This would not have happened but for (Wallace's) cooperation and his
readiness to testify at trial," the prosecutor wrote.

Wallace has acknowledged vandalizing vehicles at a Forest Service
research station at the University of Minnesota in April 2000. He also
has taken responsibility for an arson at a construction site at the
university in January 2002. The loss was $630,000.

Wallace's academic resume on the Stony Brook University Web site says
he graduated with high honors from Minnesota in 2006. It shows he has
traveled the world to pursue his interest in science.

Wallace "voluntarily abandoned his violent extremism in 2002, many
years before this prosecution commenced, and became a productive
member of society without the compulsion of imminent discovery or
punishment," Frank said.

In October, another ex-ELF member was sentenced to nine years in
prison for arson at Michigan State University in 1999. Frank Ambrose
was caught after he dumped remnants of his extremist past in a
Detroit-area trash bin in 2007.

He blew the whistle on his ex-wife, who was his accomplice in the
arson as well as other acts of destruction. Marie Mason recently was
sentenced to nearly 22 years in federal prison.


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I think that if he wants the reduction in sentence, he should have to roll over on EVERY one of his former co-conspiritors.
Even the ones he can not prove ever did anything.

At least that way they have a good strating point for getting more.

Re: Play the terrorist ,pay for the Crime. [Re: Mark K] #1268035
03/22/09 10:17 PM
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Plea bargan deals and turned snitch deals should not be allowed in the sentencing desisions......... Give him min. of 20 yrs. with no parole, maybe others will think twice.

Re: Play the terrorist ,pay for the Crime. [Re: grumpyoldman] #1268726
03/23/09 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted By: grumpyoldman
Plea bargan deals and turned snitch deals should not be allowed in the sentencing desisions......... Give him min. of 20 yrs. with no parole, maybe others will think twice.



Trick isn't to get people to think twice about getting caught as much as it is about them not taking the risk that a former personal friend would rat you out down the road someday and a whole group gets jail time instead of just one. Better to catch the flock then just one and plea bargaining does increase that opportunity giving them all FELONY charges.


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Lets hope that the FBI will have the "backing" by this administration to follow up on these leads!


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Re: Play the terrorist ,pay for the Crime. [Re: MMichtrapper] #1268932
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You can lock 1 up or let them snitch and lock up 20..or more. Federal guidelines are STIFF. Not the Mickey Mouse state foo foo guidelines.

Re: Play the terrorist ,pay for the Crime. [Re: Calvin] #1269236
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Originally Posted By: Calvin
You can lock 1 up or let them snitch and lock up 20..or more. Federal guidelines are STIFF. Not the Mickey Mouse state foo foo guidelines.



I go with catching as many as possible and getting felony charges laid. That way they are on a road that allows the law to keep moderating them till they are to old to run away from a terrorist activity. grin


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Upper Michigan Source
Tech bomber to be sentenced Monday
He may get break from the judge.
Monday, March 23, 2009 at 12:04 p.m.
http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=277039

MARQUETTE -- The New York man who tried to bomb two buildings at
Michigan Tech in 2001 is expected to be sentenced Monday.

Twenty-seven-year-old Ian Wallace appears in federal court in
Marquette this afternoon.

The two bombs at Michigan Tech were never detonated and no one was hurt.

Last year, Wallace turned himself in and pled guilty.

Wallace said he planted the bombs at Tech, acting on behalf of the
Earth Liberation Front.

Since turning himself in, he's helped law enforcement authorities in
solving a case of eco-sabotage in Rhinelander, Wisconsin.

That's why he may get break from the judge.

Normally, Wallace could expect a sentence of 10 years in prison.


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FOX-28 (South Bend IN)
NY student gets 3 years in prison for eco-crime
Associated Press –
March 23, 2009 5:54 PM ET
http://www.fox28.com/Global/story.asp?S=10056873

MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) - A New York college student has been sentenced
to three years in prison, a significant break, for trying to firebomb
two buildings at a Michigan university in 2001.

Ian Wallace appeared Monday in federal court in Marquette in the Upper
Peninsula. The maximum penalty was 10 years in prison.

In October, Wallace pleaded guilty to attempted destruction of
government property at Michigan Technological University in Houghton.
He was a member of the Earth Liberation Front, known as ELF, a radical
band of environmental activists.

Wallace placed homemade incendiary devices outside two buildings at
Michigan Tech. The goal was to destroy tree research and intimidate
the public, but the devices failed.

The 27-year-old Wallace is a graduate student at Stony Brook
University in Stony Brook, N.Y.

Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This
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Deseret News
Animal-rights activist remains in Cache jail
By Ben Winslow
Monday, March 23, 2009 11:25 p.m. MDT
http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705292692,00.html

An animal-rights activist jailed for contempt of court is apparently
still refusing to testify before a federal grand jury presumably
investigating a series of attacks on local mink farms.

Jordan Halliday, 21, is in the Cache County Jail — where he'll stay
until he either testifies or the grand jury's term expires. He
apparently refused to testify when called before the grand jury last
week. Federal prosecutors declined to comment Monday on whether
Halliday will be called before the secret panel again.

"They said, 'Let us know if he does change his mind.' He's not going
to," Halliday's lawyer, James Mouritsen said Monday.

Mouritsen has filed an appeal on his client's behalf. The U.S.
Attorney's Office for Utah declined to comment, citing rules about
grand-jury secrecy.

Halliday was subpoenaed last month in connection with an investigation
into raids on mink farms across the state. He refused to testify,
leading to him being jailed for contempt.

Two other activists have been indicted: William James Viehl, 22, and
Alex Jason Hall, 20, on charges of damage and interference with animal
enterprises. They are accused of raiding mink farms in South Jordan
and Hyrum, Cache County, last year.

The Animal Liberation Front, considered by the FBI to be a domestic
terrorist organization, has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Supporters have created a legal-defense fund for the men, soliciting
donations on the Internet.

"This is very important, because we are trying to get Alex a 'good'
lawyer, and it is going to cost us $10,000 minimum to retain one,"
they wrote in a posting on a MySpace page created to support the men.
"It will really help him out."

E-mail: bwinslow@desnews.com


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They all belong behind bars.Throw away the key to boot.


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Hope they all roll over on each other .

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