{"id":122416,"date":"2024-11-05T17:59:16","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T10:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122416"},"modified":"2024-11-05T17:59:16","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T10:59:16","slug":"tennessee-man-arrested-for-plotting-to-destroy-nashville-power-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122416","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee man arrested for plotting to destroy Nashville power plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33swe7l00003b6muuwq52va@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A Tennessee man faces federal charges for allegedly plotting to blow up a Nashville energy facility, an attack that if successful could have left thousands without power, the Justice Department said Monday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm344tle0000h3b6mwmymiz7w@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Skyler Philippi, 24, was arrested November 2 when he <strong>\u201c<\/strong>believed he was moments away\u201d <s> <\/s>from launching a drone armed with explosives at an electric substation in the Nashville area, according to a DOJ press release. He\u2019s charged with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and attempted destruction of an energy facility.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm344tle0000i3b6mhc7nulyh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN has reached out to Philippi\u2019s attorney for comment.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm344tle0000k3b6mcw30dxs9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Philippi\u2019s plan was an attempt \u201cto further his white supremacist ideology \u2013\u2013 but the FBI had already compromised his plot,\u201d Attorney General Merrick Garland said in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/man-arrested-and-charged-attempting-use-weapon-mass-destruction-and-destroy-energy-facility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press release.<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm344tle0000l3b6mqxis0ah3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThis case serves as yet another warning to those seeking to sow violence and chaos in the name of hatred by attacking our country\u2019s critical infrastructure: the Justice Department will find you, we will disrupt your plot, and we will hold you accountable,\u201d Garland added.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm344tle0000m3b6mtfq7638w@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/media\/1376071\/dl?inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criminal complaint<\/a> filed in US District Court alleges in June Philippi told a confidential source he wanted to commit a mass shooting at a YMCA facility in Columbia, Tennessee. In July, the complaint states, Philippi introduced the idea for the energy facility plot to another confidential source.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm344tle0000n3b6m9og41gbr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The complaint alleges Philippi was motivated by \u201caccelerationist ideology,\u201d which is \u201ca white-supremacist belief that the existing state of society is irreparable and that the only solution is the destruction and collapse of the \u2018system.\u2019\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm344tle0000o3b6mt5pq0fd3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In a July text exchange with a confidential source Philippi said: \u201cif you want to do the most damage as an accelerationist, attack high economic, high tax, political zones in every major metropolis,\u201d according to the complaint.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm344tle0000p3b6mt9s131jh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In September, accompanied by undercover FBI agents posing as accomplices, Philippi allegedly conducted \u201ca reconnaissance of the substation.\u201d He also ordered explosive materials from undercover agents and discussed plans for disguises, the complaint states.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm344tle0000t3b6mlqr7j5jz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            On November 2 undercover agents accompanied Philippi to the site where he planned to carry out the attack and acted as his \u201dlookouts\u201d while he attached explosives to the drone in the back of his car, the complaint alleges. Minutes before the planned attack, law enforcement agents arrested Philippi.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm344tle0000x3b6m9tt188m5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Philippi is expected to appear in federal court on November 13.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/05\/us\/tennessee-man-nashville-energy-facility-hnk\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 A Tennessee man faces federal charges for allegedly plotting to blow up a Nashville energy facility, an attack that if successful could have left thousands without power, the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122416\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=122416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122416\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=122416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=122416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=122416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}