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(Feb. 18) -- The pilot of a plane that crashed into a building in Austin, Texas, this morning was also the author of a 3,205-word anti-government rant published online, according to an official quoted by The Associated Press.
The man who piloted the plane is Joseph A. Stack III, 53, officials said. The essay was signed by "Joe Stack (1956-2010)."
"If you're reading this, you're no doubt asking yourself, 'Why did this have to happen?'" the author wrote. The rambling essay berates the government, the justice system and GM, but most especially the IRS and the tax system. "How can any rational individual explain that white elephant conundrum in the middle of our tax system and, indeed, our entire legal system? Here we have a system that is, by far, too complicated for the brightest of the master scholars to understand," the statement said.
In the past hour, the statement was removed from the Web at the request of the FBI, according to the webmaster. But it was copied elsewhere on the Web and appears at the end of this article.
The building where the crash occurred houses approximately 190 IRS employees, according to the AP. The Austin Police Department has confirmed two men were injured in the crash and one man who works in the building is still unaccounted for. Authorities have not said whether they have found the pilot of the Piper Cherokee.
"It felt like a bomb blew off," Peggy Walker, an IRS revenue officer who was at her desk in the building when the plane crashed, told the AP. "The ceiling caved in and windows blew in. We got up and ran."
A federal official told the Austin American-Statesman that the plane was registered to Joseph Andrew Stack, who is also the owner of a house that caught fire this morning. A neighbor of Stack's called 911 around 8 a.m. after hearing an explosion and seeing the house go up in flames. The plane crashed into the Echelon Building two hours later.
Authorities quoted by the Statesman said the crash was "apparently a criminal act." They also said the act was isolated, and Austin residents and others should not be concerned about further incidents. Earlier, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the incident does not appear to be terrorism.
In the online essay, the author writes that adding his "body to the count" will ensure that people will take notice of the incident.
"I can only hope that the numbers quickly get too big to be white-washed and ignored that the American zombies wake up and revolt," the author writes. "Sadly, though I spent my entire life trying to believe it wasn't so, but violence not only is the answer, it is the only answer."
Authorities haven't commented on the alleged manifesto.
Joe Stack
The man who piloted the plane is Joseph A. Stack III, 53, officials said. The essay was signed by "Joe Stack (1956-2010)."
"If you're reading this, you're no doubt asking yourself, 'Why did this have to happen?'" the author wrote. The rambling essay berates the government, the justice system and GM, but most especially the IRS and the tax system. "How can any rational individual explain that white elephant conundrum in the middle of our tax system and, indeed, our entire legal system? Here we have a system that is, by far, too complicated for the brightest of the master scholars to understand," the statement said.
In the past hour, the statement was removed from the Web at the request of the FBI, according to the webmaster. But it was copied elsewhere on the Web and appears at the end of this article.
The building where the crash occurred houses approximately 190 IRS employees, according to the AP. The Austin Police Department has confirmed two men were injured in the crash and one man who works in the building is still unaccounted for. Authorities have not said whether they have found the pilot of the Piper Cherokee.
"It felt like a bomb blew off," Peggy Walker, an IRS revenue officer who was at her desk in the building when the plane crashed, told the AP. "The ceiling caved in and windows blew in. We got up and ran."
A federal official told the Austin American-Statesman that the plane was registered to Joseph Andrew Stack, who is also the owner of a house that caught fire this morning. A neighbor of Stack's called 911 around 8 a.m. after hearing an explosion and seeing the house go up in flames. The plane crashed into the Echelon Building two hours later.
Harry Cabluck, AP
Smoke billows from a seven-story office building Thursday after a small private plane crashed into the structure in Austin, Texas.
Authorities quoted by the Statesman said the crash was "apparently a criminal act." They also said the act was isolated, and Austin residents and others should not be concerned about further incidents. Earlier, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the incident does not appear to be terrorism.
In the online essay, the author writes that adding his "body to the count" will ensure that people will take notice of the incident.
"I can only hope that the numbers quickly get too big to be white-washed and ignored that the American zombies wake up and revolt," the author writes. "Sadly, though I spent my entire life trying to believe it wasn't so, but violence not only is the answer, it is the only answer."
Authorities haven't commented on the alleged manifesto.
Joe Stack
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