ALERT FROM GERMANY – AT 11:21 A.M. ET:  We must always remember that there are still terrorists around the world plotting destruction, as we go about our other business, political and otherwise.  From AP:

BERLIN — German prosecutors said Thursday they’ve thwarted an Islamic extremist plot to launch an attack with the deadly toxin ricin.

They said a 29-year-old Tunisian, identified only as Sief Allah H., who was arrested Wednesday, started procuring material online, including seeds needed for the creation of ricin, in mid-May.

The suspect succeeded in creating the toxin this month and investigators found it in a search of his Cologne apartment, federal prosecutors in Karlsruhe said in a written statement.

“He procured 1,000 castor bean seeds online as well as an electronic coffee grinder,” they said. The shell of the castor bean plant seed is highly poisonous and can be used to create ricin.

The authorities are still investigating exactly how the suspect planned to use the toxin, but said he was working on a “biological weapon” attack in Germany.

Prosecutors said they currently have no evidence of a connection with any extremist organization...

...He supposedly used instructions for the making of a ricin bomb that had been posted online by the Islamic State extremist group.

COMMENT:   Appears to be a very serious story.  One question I have is why any internet provider would permit instructions for a ricin bomb to be posted online. 

The fact that the alleged bomber used an Islamist website to guide him in construction of the bomb is, I think, sufficient evidence that he was acting politically.  He'll be called a "lone wolf" by some reporters, but there's really no such thing as a lone wolf.  He was radicalized by someone, and instructed by the website.  The terrorist is rarely a lone actor.

Eternal vigilance.

June 14,  2018