Spokane Bombing Arrest Details Emerge
Officials have just identified the suspect in Spokane, Wash., as 36-year-old Kevin William Harpham. Harpham was charged federally with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and receiving and possessing an improvised explosive device.
Harpham was a member of the neo-Nazi in late 2004. It was not known when Harpham joined or if he was still a member. The National Alliance was one of the most prominent hate groups in America for decades, but has fallen on hard times since the 2002 death of its founder, . Pierce is the author of The Turner Diaries, a race war novel often referred to as the Bible of the radical right.
Our research indicates that Harpham was apparently in the military in 1996-97, when records suggest he was part of the 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment at Fort Lewis, Wash. The °Ä²Ê¿ª½± that Fort Lewis was one of several military installations with a concentration of secret extremist members.
KXLY-TV reported earlier today that law enforcement officials were executing a search warrant at a home in Addy, where Harpham was said to live.
