Westchester man charged with making false bomb threat against White House

A man who allegedly threatened to blow up the White House and then got into a standoff with law enforcement officers for several hours near the Federal Building in West Los Angeles was charged today with making a false bomb threat.

Joseph Moshe, 56, of Westchester was also charged with making attempted criminal threats, said Jane Robison, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office. Moshe, who is being held on $70,000 bail, is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon. 

If convicted on all charges, Moshe faces a maximum sentence of four years in prison, Robison said.

Last Wednesday, Moshe allegedly called Los Angeles police and threatened to blow up the White House, police said. He also threatened an LAPD communications employee after she refused to give him her name.

The next day U.S. Secret Service agents and LAPD officers tried to visit Moshe, but he allegedly drove away in a Volkswagen and didn’t stop until he was near the Federal Building at 11000 Wilshire Boulevard.

Police cornered Moshe in the parking lot, where he remained in his car for several hours during a standoff with officers of several agencies. He was arrested after SWAT officers used a Taser gun to incapacitate him, police said.

-- Carlos Lozano

Photo: Los Angeles Times

Comments

[Ed Renehan]

I cannot see why so many "law enforcement" types had to be deployed for so long to the 'incident' in Westwood. Nor do I see why so many citizens have to be regularly inconvenienced for so long for simple routine acidents on the feeway while the police stand around for hours polishing their cars with the seat of their pants!!

Ed. Renehan

[Frank]

What a way to waist the taxpayers money, no bomb no evidence just a show off.
Which white house, his own white house there are too many white houses in the nation, so be more specific.

[the-real-patriot]

come on-what's really behind this recent law enforcement escapade/ is this the guy that was trying to blow the whistle on Baxter Pharma/

Also the police communicator should be required to state her name when asked-she is a PUBLIC official.
What a joke-let's report how our supposed govt leaders can not better our country without lining their pockets. Left-wing this, right-wing that. Liberal mindset, conservative agenda. How about the AMERICAN HUMAN agenda/ do something for us.

[sara]

Project Camelot and Bill Deagle reported a story involving Joseph Moshe, a biological-scientist with a dual citizenship in Israel and mussad traning in biological warfare, hence his ability to withstand the tear gas attack.

Moshe phoned Dr. Tru Ott's radio show and said that he had evidence that the vaccine company Baxter was making a bioweapon that would cause a plague when the vaccine was released.

The day after Moshe phoned the radio show, a swat team surrounded his Volkswagen Beetle near the Federal building near the Israeli consulate which was apparently Moshes destination. The federal building was locked down at noon and employees were told to stay inside.

The mainstream media spun a story that Moshe had threatened the White House with a bomb, that there were outstanding warrants against him and that he was depressed. No mention of that Moshe was a biological-scientist or the information he provided on Dr. True Otts radio show about the vaccine company Baxter.

This resulted in an eight hour standoff. A large armored military vehicle with microwave weapon, a robot and other equipment were brought in. It was reported that the electronics of the Volkswagen and Moshes cell were disabled by the microwave.

Moshe sat in the car smoking for hours before a robot broke a rear window of the car so officers could see inside and try to communicate.

Police eventually fired 4 volleys of tear gas into the window of the Volkswagen. But Moshe remained inside the car and briefly wound down the passenger window to let out the fumes. Police broke the drivers side window of the Volkswagen and tasered Moshe.

NBC LA reported on Aug 17 that Moshe was in jail other media outlets that he is in a hospital but Dr. Deagle says that Moshe has been sent to Israel.

[dc]

Joseph Moshe (Moshe is the man's middle name) is a bio-scientist. He works (worked?) for a unit within Mossad. He is an Israeli citizen.

The Secret Service was not the agency involved in the surveillance of Moshe at his home in California. This was done by the FBI, who had orders to detain him, or "bring him in."

Moshe did not send a threat to the White House. Rather, he communicated that he intended to go public with information he had regarding the flu vaccine that is being prepared by Baxter Labs, an Austrian company.