Domestic terrorism anyone?

Four suspected members of a fringe north Georgia militia group were arrested Tuesday by federal authorities and charged with plotting to buy explosives and trying to make a deadly toxin in a bizarre plot to attack unnamed government officials.

The four men in their 60s and 70s were part of a group that also tried to obtain an unregistered explosive device and sought out the complex formula to produce ricin, a biological toxin that can be lethal in small doses, according to a federal complaint.

The four listed in the indictment are Frederick Thomas, 73; Dan Roberts, 67; Ray Adams, 65; and Samuel Crump, 68. The men live in the north Georgia towns of Cleveland and Toccoa.

They have been talking about “covert” operations since at least March 2011, according to court records, discussing murder, theft and using toxic agents and assassinations to undermine the state and federal government.

Details are still coming out on this story. The AJC has found out some of the targets:

According to federal authorities, Thomas, Roberts, Adams and others who attended the meetings discussed targeting various government officials, including employees of the IRS. The meetings were monitored and tape recorded by a confidential source for the FBI, authorities said.

Anti-IRS and government? I think it’s safe to say which side of the political spectrum these idiots belong too. Sadly that won’t silence the rhetoric from the right. Instead we can expect another circling of the wagons as they ignore more attempts at domestic terrorism. Sadly it’s going to take a lot of lives and property loss before common sense may begin to prevail.