Man injured in bomb blast suspected of terrorism ties Federal prosecutors in Spokane are looking into charging an Asotin County man, who was critically injured in a bomb accident last year, with attempting to aid Islamic terrorists.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015050211_bombwarrant14m.ht ml By Mike Carter <http://search.nwsource.com/search?searchtype=cq&sort=date&from=ST&byline=Mi ke%20Carter> Seattle Times staff reporter Federal prosecutors in Spokane are looking into charging an Asotin County man, who was critically injured in a bomb accident last year, with attempting to aid Islamic terrorists. Joseph Jeffrey Brice, 21, is accused of creating a jihadi website and using it to post bomb-making tips and videos, according to federal sources and documents filed in U.S. District Court in Spokane. Members of the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force executed several search warrants last week on homes and cars owned or associated with Brice, of Clarkston, who earlier this week was indicted by a Spokane grand jury for manufacturing a powerful improvised explosive device (IED) whose premature detonation nearly killed him in April 2010. The warrants allege Brice set up a YouTube channel under the pseudonym "StrengthofAllah" and posted videos of explosions and jihad-related content. Some of the videos, according to the FBI, were embedded with the Islamic logo of al-Qaida of Iraq. Bomb experts determined two of the videos of explosives were filmed near where Brice's injuries occurred along Highway 193 in Whitman County, according to the warrants. A federal law-enforcement source familiar with the investigation said prosecutors are using information gathered with the warrants to determine whether to charge Brice with manufacturing a weapon of mass destruction and rendering material support to terrorists. A number of individuals who appear interested in jihad, including some within the U.S., accessed the site, according to the warrant. Brice also allegedly planned through email with an unidentified man to rob a Zions First National Bank in Lewiston, Idaho, possibly using a bomb left on nearby school grounds to distract police. The plan was never put into motion. Agents also found links to an English-language magazine sponsored by al-Qaida. They discovered videos Brice posted to a forum depicting suicide bombings in Pakistan, and also links he accessed to an English-language jihadi-linked site that contains instructions on how to make explosives, according to the search warrants. Assistant U.S. Attorney Tom Rice in Spokane would say only the investigation into Brice and his activities is ongoing. Telephone calls to Brice's federal public defender in Spokane were not immediately returned Friday. The warrants say Brice found an FBI tracking device hidden on his car in February, a month after a backpack bomb was found hidden along the parade route of Spokane's Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. "For some reason they have singled out myself," he posted on another YouTube channel. A known white supremacist, Kevin Harpham, has been charged in that incident. Brice allegedly attempted to obtain several false identifications, at one point complaining via email to the Dubai, United Arab Emirates, police that a local company had failed to send the fake ID he had paid for. He also opened email and PayPal accounts using the name of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, according to the warrant. Based on his postings, FBI bomb technicians believe Brice was constructing sophisticated and powerful explosive devices, including the one that nearly blew his legs off last April. He initially told investigators the device consisted of Tannerite, a common substance used to make exploding targets. Authorities says the reality, though, was that he had made a high-yield explosive using aluminum, acetone and ammonium nitrate that detonated prematurely after he lit it. The blast blew his pants and shoes off, broke one of his legs and peppered him with shrapnel, according to the warrant. Agents noted he was unavailable for an interview because he was hospitalized and in rehab for several months. "That bomb was massive, though," Brice wrote in a text message to a friend. "Launched me like ten feet and I have crazy scars." -------------------- http://m.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/may/13/man-indicted-for-making-bomb-in-clar kston/ CLARKSTON, Wash. (AP) - A Clarkston man who has been indicted on a federal charge wrote about robbing a Lewiston bank and ordered bomb-making materials under the name of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, according to court documents. An intercepted email attachment titled "Zion Job" was sent from Joseph Jeffrey Brice's account, according to the documents released Thursday. An affidavit described how he and an accomplice planned to rob Zions Bank on Main Street in Lewiston, the Lewiston Tribune reported. Brice, 21, has pleaded not guilty to one count of manufacturing a destructive device, stemming from an explosion on April 18, 2010, when he detonated an improvised device in Whitman County and was seriously injured. The affidavit also detailed text messages, emails and online posts attributed to Brice that outlined plans to obtain and use materials needed to build and detonate improvised explosive devices. The documents emerged at a detention hearing in Spokane, where U.S. Magistrate Judge Cynthia Imbrogno ordered Brice to be held without bond. They also described Brice's shuttered YouTube channel, StrengthofAllah, which was traced to him using crime scene photographs from the April 2010 explosion. The channel included several videos of bomb detonations that began with logos attributed to al-Qaida and featured a jihad chant soundtrack. =============== Feds: Brice plotted bombing, bank heist http://www.mspnews.com/news/2011/05/13/5509832.htm May 13, 2011 (Lewiston Tribune - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- To view a copy of the affidavit, visit the All Points Bulletin blog. ------ Joseph Jeffrey Brice wrote of robbing a Lewiston bank and ordered bomb-making materials under the name of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, according to a search warrant affidavit unsealed in U.S. District Court in Spokane on Thursday. Brice was arrested by federal agents at his Clarkston apartment Monday. In an intercepted email attachment included in the affidavit titled "Zion Job" sent from Brice's Hotmail account, Brice describes in detail how he and an accomplice would rob Zions Bank on Main Street in Lewiston, according to court documents. The plan included planting an inert explosive device on school property in the Lewiston Orchards to distract police, then going through with the heist, court documents show. Brice also had a contingency plan if things went wrong, according to court records. "I will need your rifle support though, because if someone makes a grab for my gun while getting the money out of drawers, we will have to kill someone," he wrote, according to court records. A grand jury indicted Brice, 21, on one count of manufacturing a destructive device on May 3 and he was taken into custody Monday by federal agents with the FBI; Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and the U.S. Marshal's Service. The charge refers to an April 18, 2010, incident in which Brice was seriously injured after detonating an improvised explosive device near the Red Wolf Bridge in Whitman County. He pleaded innocent to the charge on Monday. U.S. Magistrate Judge Cynthia Imbrogno ordered Brice to be detained with no bond during a detention hearing in U.S. District Court in Spokane on Thursday. Imbrogno found Brice could be a flight risk and "there are no conditions or combination of conditions other than detention that will ensure the safety of the community," according to court documents. He was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshal pending trial. The affidavit details the April 18 incident, in which Brice was severely burned on the lower half of his body. The explosive device was first thought to be made from Tannerite -- a legal substance used for exploding targets -- but Brice later told investigators it was made from a combination of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, acetone peroxide and concrete bleach. The affidavit also describes Brice's now-closed YouTube channel, StrengthofAllah, which was traced to Brice using crime scene photographs from the April 18 explosion. The channel included several videos of bomb detonations that began with logos attributed to al-Qaida and featured a jihad chant soundtrack. The affidavit also details text messages, emails and online forum posts Brice allegedly made that outlined plans to obtain and use materials needed to build and detonate improvised explosive devices. He also is accused of being a frequent visitor and contributor to a website called the Young News Channel, described in court documents as a "public internet video sharing service that caters to users that wish to post extreme pornographic and violent video content," as well as an online magazine allegedly linked to al-Qaida that "frequently contains instructions and information on how to make explosives, use them as destructive devices and weapons of mass destruction, and provides guidance on how to place those devices in support of violent jihad." The affidavit was written and signed by Leland C. McEuen, special agent bomb technician with the FBI, and signed by Imbrogno. A log of the evidence recovered from Brice's apartment on Riverview Boulevard in Clarkston was also unsealed Thursday. Items seized by investigators Monday included recordable CDs and DVDs, an iPhone and iPad, three laptop computers and a digital camera. A jury trial for Brice is scheduled for July 11 in Spokane. ========================================== (F)AIR USE NOTICE: All original content and/or articles and graphics in this message are copyrighted, unless specifically noted otherwise. All rights to these copyrighted items are reserved. Articles and graphics have been placed within for educational and discussion purposes only, in compliance with "Fair Use" criteria established in Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976. The principle of "Fair Use" was established as law by Section 107 of The Copyright Act of 1976. 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