Right Wing Terrorism Watch: FBI arrests frmr. soldier for plans to bomb news station

The report concluded that Shea, a Spokane Valley Republican first elected in 2008, is closely associated with several armed militias and uses his prominence in the Patriot Movement to dispatch militia members to conflicts with government officials. The Patriot Movement is a loose organization of conservative groups and individuals in mostly rural areas that includes organized militia members and so-called sovereign citizens, who are generally united by deep suspicion and fear of the federal government.

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Last year, Shea acknowledged distributing a document titled “Biblical Basis for War” that provides guidelines for conducting holy war. The document included guidelines like, “If they do not yield — kill all males.” Shea has said he distributed it purely as a historical sermon and that it has been taken out of context.

Investigators wrote that it was likely they “were preparing for a conflict that carried with it significant risk of violence.”

Other stories reported that Shea allegedly discussed tracking political opponents with methods like GPS devices, purportedly keeps a list of Washington law-enforcement officers, and was tied to to a group of young men in Eastern Washington that have trained with firearms in preparation for biblical warfare.

Some of those reports emerged with the help of two former Shea allies who grew troubled by the lawmaker and his actions.

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