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White supremacist planned to blow up electricity station using drone laden with explosives, U.S says
Story by Patrick Smith and Michael Kosnar • 2h

A white supremacist is accused of trying to destroy an electricity substation in Tennessee in an attempt to bring down the regional power network and disrupt American society, authorities said Monday.

Skyler Philippi, 24, of Columbia, Tennessee, was arrested after an FBI investigation found that he planned to attach a bomb to a drone and fly it into the energy facility in Nashville as part of his extremist agenda, authorities said.
 
Philippi is charged with the attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and the attempted destruction of an energy facility. He appeared in court Monday and is due to appear again on Nov. 13. He remains in custody and faces possible life in prison.

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sounds like the usual suspects were there beside him to make sure he had help along the way... *****rollingeyes*****
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sounds like the usual suspects were there beside him to make sure he had help along the way... *****rollingeyes*****
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