Presidential motorcade map found in bomb probe

A map of Camp David marked with President Bush's motorcade route. A document that appears to describe how to kill someone at a distance of 200 meters. Two fake IDs -- one as a CIA agent, the other as a federal contractor protected by the Geneva Convention. And a cache of armor, including 50 pounds of chemicals, assault-style weapons and armor-piercing bullets.

Those were among the items found by police in Montgomery County, Md., a suburb of Washington, according to an article in the Washington Post about the strange case. An 18-year-old recent high school grad, Collin McKenzie-Gude, is in jail facing charges of weapons violations, possession of explosives and attempted carjacking of a 78-year-old man in a local shopping mall. His father, a Treasury Department employee, has been charged with buying guns for his son.

Assistant State Atty. Peter Feeney said at a court hearing Tuesday that police also found a list of home addresses for teachers at the private St. John's College High, which McKenzie-Gude attended, and that "some of those names were highlighted." Feeney also said police found "kind of a to-do list of items to be bought by October of 2008," including "range-finding glasses that typically are used by a sniper team" and "equipment to convert semiautomatic rifles to fully automatic rifles."

With the discovery of items relating to the presidential motorcade, said prosecutors, the investigation has now been expanded to include officials from the CIA, the FBI and the Secret Service.

-- Johanna Neuman

Comments

[Unamused]

Alternate name for the article: how to completely screw up your life before you can legally order a drink.

Whatever happened to stupid kids starting a heavy metal band and writing lousy lyrics about how much they hate the system and theiir parents, even though they still live in their basement? Why does everyone have to go all 'John Hinckley' when they get angry these days?

[Deline]

Yes, in certain circumstances, saying "No" to drugs may actually make things worse. If he was a typical teenage pothead, no way he could ever be this motivated.

Scary.