Reports Say Pentagon Shooter John Patrick Bedell was 911 Truther, Anti-Bush Zealot and Anti-military

Reports from several, credible sources say that the Pentagon shooter, John Patrick Bedell, was a 911 Truther, an anti-Bush zealot and, just for good measure, anti-military. Bedell was the shooter (terrorist?) who unsuccessfully attempted to storm the Pentagon late yesterday and inflict many fatalities before being fatally shot and dying, hours later, in a nearby hospital. The extent of his damage was minor-two cops with grazing wounds-but the implication of just who he was and what his now all-important motive was will be very severe. Early this morning, many sources are reporting that Bedell was a 911 conspiracy theorist/nut who believed the WTC towers came down in a demolition; was angry at the US government for enforcement of marijuana laws; was an anti-Bush zealot; had links to the University of California, San Francisco; and was an anti-military zealot regarding a supposed "cover-up" in the 1991 death of Marine Col. James Sabow.

Don't count on the liberal, mainstream media to report anything coming even close to the truth about the Pentagon shooter since all reports heavily indicate he was a liberal, based on his gripes, politics and locale. However, here's what a collection of reports knows thus far about John Patrick Bedell, 36:

First, going back to 2006, Bedell recorded some worrisomely creepy and fanatical-sounding internet opinions (read: ramblings), which rail against apparent "criminal organizations" (Bush-Cheney reference??) within the US government for perpetrating the 911 terrorist attacks and also prosecuting the war in Iraq. Without a doubt, this sounds like talking points from any run-of-the-mill, left-wing group that was ticked off at Bush for liberating Iraq! Additionally, Bedell also railed against US government control of private property and the economy in those same internet ramblings; remember, these recordings were done in 2006, way before the Obama bailouts and stimulus. So what must be kept in mind here is, if Bedell was already so on-the-edge during Bush's presidency, just imagine how much more Obama's increasing takeover of the US economy during 2009 pushed him over the edge!

Next, we have internet postings from Bedell which suggest that he was both a 911 Truther and harbored resentment against the US military due to more conspiracy theory beliefs, this time relating to the 1991 death of Marine Col. James Sabow. Writing under the name JPatrick Bedell, the shooter wrote that he was "determined to see that justice is served" in Sabow's death. Though this death was ruled a suicide, the case has nonetheless bred a whole underground, internet community which believes the conspiracy theory that the death was instead a cover-up. As for his 911 Truther beliefs, Bedell insinuated that he believed the WTC towers were demolished as in a controlled explosion when he wrote that the Sabow case was "a step toward establishing the truth of events such as the September 11 demolitions."

The same internet postings also berate the US government regarding its enforcement of marijuana laws; these link to the shooter's 2006 court case in Orange county for cultivating marijuana as well as resisting a cop. Clearly, anger towards marijuana laws and even the cultivation of marijuana itself just flesh out the growing body of evidence that Bedell's belief system was liberal.

As for the anti-Bush zealotry-in addition to the aforementioned ranting against the Iraq war-there also exists a link to the shooter's apparent Amazon user profile (who can make this stuff up, huh?!) which, again, just confirms increasingly the profile of a typical liberal. Among his many favorite books that he long desired while alive apparently? Why, just the usual, typical, liberal, reading selections: The Immaculate Deception: Bush Crime Family Exposed, Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, the Powerful Forces that put it in the White House, and What Their Influence Means for America, and The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 911 Attacks.

Additionally, at the time of this writing, the Amazon wish list for J. Patrick Bedell lists a Karen Bedell and her address in Hollister, California, as the shipping destination. The California shipping address all but confirms that the list is the shooter's since an AP story has Bedell's parents' home-in which he was said to be residing-in...you guessed it...Hollister, California. So by locale, which is a left-coast, liberal state, the profile for this shooter keeps getting more solidly liberal. Not to mention, yet another internet posting with his name on it supplies his e-mail address at a department of the University of California, San Francisco.

The political/ideological leanings of this Pentagon shooter would ordinarily not be important if-and only if-the liberals who monopolize the mainstream media hadn't been ruthlessly unfair and obsessed with delivering low blows as they did by linking right-wingers and Tea Party supporters to criminals/terrorists like the man in Texas who flew his plane into an IRS office. Thus, nowadays, it becomes almost a requirement to research the backgrounds of these killers just to guard against more, unjustified, liberal media bomb-throwing. The only remaining, really important question is this, Will the liberal, mainstream media tell the truth about John Patrick Bedell-based on all the evidence of reports, more than likely a liberal conspiracy theorist, marijuana supporter and anti-military guy-or will they brand him a conservative Tea Party person? We'll soon know, but in the meantime, reports like this one are essential.

To send Marc questions, praise or criticism, you can email him at marc_schenker@telus.net
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Sources:

Directions to Freedom, part two (25 November 2006), Internet Archive

Stephan Tawney, Pentagon Shooter was 911 Truther, anti-Bush, Amerpundit.com

Christine Simmons, Officers hurt, gunman killed in Pentagon shooting, AP

New Revelations in Death of Col. Sabow, militarycorruption.com

Pentagon shooter apparently doubted 911 facts in Web posting, LA Times

Patterico, Pentagon Shooter: Anti-Bush Nut Case and 911 Truther, Patterico.com

Karen Bedell: Wish List, Amazon

John Patrick Bedell, CMOS open layers and cross-sections, mail.mems-exchange.org