DOJ: Three Men Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Provide Material Support to a Plot to Attack Power Grids in the United States
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Three men pleaded guilty today to crimes related to a scheme to attack power grids in the United States in furtherance of white supremacist ideology.
According to court documents, Christopher Brenner Cook, 20, of Columbus, Ohio; Jonathan Allen Frost, 24, of West Lafayette, Indiana, and of Katy, Texas; and Jackson Matthew Sawall, 22, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists. The charge and plea agreements indicate that the defendants knew and intended that the material support they conspired to provide would be used to prepare for and carry out the federal offense of destroying energy facilities.
“These three defendants admitted to engaging in a disturbing plot, in furtherance of white supremacist ideology, to attack energy facilities in order to damage the economy and stoke division in our country,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security Matthew G. Olsen. “The Justice Department is committed to investigating and disrupting such terrorist plots and holding perpetrators accountable for their crimes.”
“These defendants conspired to use violence to sow hate, create chaos, and endanger the safety of the American people,” said U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Parker for the Southern District of Ohio. “As this case shows, federal and state law enforcement agencies are dedicated to working together to protect this country against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
“The defendants in this case wanted to attack regional power substations and expected the damage would lead to economic distress and civil unrest,” said Assistant Director Timothy Langan of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division. “These individuals wanted to carry out such a plot because of their adherence to racially or ethnically motivated violent extremist views. When individuals move from espousing particular views to planning or committing acts of violence the FBI will investigate and take action to stop their plans. We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to protect our communities.”
“Those inspired to commit terrorist acts in the name of hate pose a serious threat to our nation," said Special Agent in Charge J. William Rivers of the FBI’s Cincinnati Field Office. “I am thankful for the Joint Terrorism Task Force and our law enforcement partners who work each day to prevent this type of violence from occurring in our communities.”
According to court documents, in fall 2019, Frost and Cook met in an online chat group. Frost shared the idea of attacking a power grid with Cook, and within weeks, the two began efforts to recruit others to join in their plan.
As part of the recruitment process, Cook circulated a book list of readings that promoted the ideology of white supremacy and Neo-Nazism. By late 2019, Sawall – a friend of Cook’s – joined the conspiracy and assisted Cook with online recruitment efforts, operational security and organization.
As part of the conspiracy, each defendant was assigned a substation in a different region of the United States. The plan was to attack the substations, or power grids, with powerful rifles. The defendants believed their plan would cost the government millions of dollars and cause unrest for Americans in the region. They had conversations about how the possibility of the power being out for many months could cause war, even a race war, and induce the next Great Depression.
In February 2020, the co-conspirators met in Columbus, Ohio, to further discuss their plot. Frost provided Cook with an AR-47 and the two took the rifle to a shooting range to train.
Frost also provided Cook and Sawall with suicide necklaces during the Columbus meeting. The necklaces were filled with fentanyl and were to be ingested if and when the defendants were caught by law enforcement. Both Cook and Sawall expressed their commitment to dying in furtherance of their mission.
Upon arriving in Columbus, Sawall and Cook purchased spray paint and painted a swastika flag under a bridge at a park with the caption, “Join the Front.” The defendants had additional propaganda plans for their time in Ohio, but they were derailed during a traffic stop, during which Sawall swallowed his suicide pill but ultimately survived.
Court documents detail that Cook and Frost continued to travel together after their Ohio meeting, and drove to Texas in March 2020. Cook stayed in different cities with various juveniles who he was attempting to recruit for their plot.
Cook, Frost and Sawall were each charged with providing material support to terrorism by a bill of information filed on Feb. 7. The defendants face a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica W. Knight for the Southern District of Ohio and Trial Attorney Justin Sher of the National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section are prosecuting this case.
The case was investigated by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force in Columbus, Milwaukee, Indianapolis and Houston. The U.S. Attorney’s Offices in the Eastern District of Wisconsin and Northern District of Indiana provided valuable support.
The details of the plot:
Beginning no later than October 2019 and continuing at least until in or about March
2020, in the Southern District of Ohio and elsewhere, the defendants, CHRISTOPHER
BRENNER COOK ("COOK"), JONATHAN ALLEN FROST ("FROST"), JACKSON
MATTHEW SAWALL ("SAWALL") and others, did conspire and agree to provide material
support and resources, to wit, training, weapons, explosives, and personnel, including
themselves, knowing and intending they were to be used in preparation for and in carrying out, a
violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1366(a), Destruction of an Energy Facility. Specifically, the defendants
conspired and agreed to attack power grids throughout the United States in furtherance of white
supremacist ideology.
After meeting in an online chat group, FROST shared the idea of attacking a power grid,
a perceived vulnerable target, with COOK, who appeared to FROST to be serious about
engaging in action. FROST provided COOK with information that he had gathered about
possible power grids as targets. Within weeks of this initial online meeting, COOK and FROST
began efforts to recruit others to join in their plan. COOK soon took over the responsibilities of
recruitment while FROST focused more on logistics. As part of the recruitment process, COOK
often asked a lot of literary questions; COOK even circulated a book list of suggested, if not
required, reading that promoted the ideology of white supremacy and Neo-Nazism, including
such titles as "A Squires Trial" and "Siege." Siege places an emphasis on gaining power through
violence as opposed to political means. COOK also sought out recruits that were younger,
believing it was less likely the individuals were members of law enforcement.
By late 2019, SAWALL, a friend of COOK's in real life and online, joined the group and
assisted COOK with the online recruitment efforts, operational security and organization.
SAWALL also was responsible for the online propaganda chat group, "The Front," which served
to assist in recruitment and would have ultimately claimed responsibility for the attacks. Those
that made it past the initial screening were invited into an online chat group titled, "Lights Out."
To this group, COOK shared plans via text to participate in a large-scale power outage by
attacking the U.S. Electric Grid that included a link to a U.S. Department of Energy report titled,
"Large Power Transformers and the U.S. Electric Grid," that discussed specific information
about the grid and issues with replacing large transformers in a timely manner.
Specifics of the plan to attack power grids, however, were closely held and shared only
with those members of the "Lights On" online chat group, which included COOK, FROST,
SAWALL and a few others. The organizational structure of the group initially took on a cell
structure, with a leader and cell members for each region of the United States where an attack
was being planned. Initially, COOK was responsible for the Northeast, FROST was responsible
for the Southwest, and SAWALL was responsible for the Midwest; two others, one of whom was a juvenile, were responsible for the Southeast and Northwest, respectively. Eventually, the
reality of managing cells proved unrealistic and the group switched to one person attacking each
targeted substation.
The plan was to attack the substations, or power grids, with powerful rifles that would
penetrate the transformers, which members of the group estimated would cost the government
millions to recover. In addition, the defendants believed that time associated with replacing the
substations would cause confusion and unrest for Americans in the region. There were also
conversations about how the possibility of the power being out for many months could cause
some serious change or straight out war, even a race war; additionally, that without power across
the country, it could cause the next Great Depression, people wouldn't show up to work, the
economy could crash and there would be a ripe opportunity for potential (white) leaders to rise
up. One theme of the group discussions centered around the need to create disorder to bring the
system down, which would cause people to doubt the system and create a true revolutionary
force against the system.
In January 2020, COOK provided a YouTube video link regarding an explosion to the
"Lights On" chat group. FROST responded that the explosion would be "a pretty good
distraction." COOK added, "That's what I was thinking; especially if you were to use a propane
tank too." FROST further commented that "...there was a real fireball and fire present for many
minutes. THINK BIG." FROST continued, "[W]e can delay police response by an additional 5-
10 minutes if our distraction plans succeed." The investigation revealed that FROST purchased
the necessary materials to build an explosive device and had begun testing devices for this plan.
In furtherance of the conspiracy, FROST sought to provide several AR-47 rifles, which
he had previously acquired and built himself with 80% receivers purchased online, to members
of the conspiracy. SAWALL also discussed plans to assist others in obtaining weapons, to
include providing fi nancial support to FROST while he built additional rifles. During a visit to
Columbus, Ohio in February 2020, FROST brought an AR-47 with no serial number, also known
as a ghost gun, to COOK for use in carrying out their plan. FROST originally built the rifle in
Texas, then traveled from Indiana to Columbus, Ohio to transfer it to COOK. COOK paid
FROST several hundred dollars for the rifle, which was exchanged in the back of SAWALL's
truck. Later during the visit, FROST and COOK took the rifle to a shooting range to train;
FROST taught COOK how to operate and shoot the rifle. Later in the investigation, the AR-47
rifle was seized from COOK during a law enforcement interaction in Tennessee.
In the "Lights On" chat group, COOK, FROST, SAWALL and others also discussed
purchasing necklaces that would contain a lethal substance to be ingested if and when they were
caught by law enforcement. Ultimately, FROST purchased the materials needed to make suicide
necklaces online, which he filled with Fentanyl. On at least one occasion, both COOK and
SAWALL expressed their commitment to dying in furtherance of their mission. In February
2020, FROST eventually provided the necklaces to COOK and SAWALL during their meeting
in Columbus, Ohio.
The purpose of the meeting in Columbus, Ohio between COOK, FROST and SAWALL
was in furtherance of the conspiracy. It served to provide a chance for COOK and SAWALL to
meet FROST in person; for FROST to provide COOK with the firearm and to distribute the Fentanyl necklaces; as well as an opportunity for the three to talk further about logistics and
propaganda for their cause. SAWALL paid for the hotel room and most other expenses on the
trip for the three conspirators. Upon fi rst arriving in Columbus, SAWALL and COOK
purchased spray paint and painted a swastika fl ag under a bridge at a park with the caption, "Join
the Front." They later showed the graffiti to FROST, who took a picture of COOK and
SAWALL with the image. There were also plans to hang propaganda posters as well as record
or photograph the spray painting of a mosque and cutting down a telephone pole as part of
propaganda for The Front. These plans were derailed after a traffic stop, during which
SAWALL swallowed his suicide pill and ultimately survived.
COOK and FROST continued undeterred and eventually traveled to Texas together in
March 2020. In the meantime, COOK had continued his recruitment efforts, primarily of
juveniles, several of whom also lived in Texas. When FROST decided to return home for spring
break in March 2020, COOK joined him for the drive with the intention of living with some of
the contacts he had made there and continuing their plans for an attack. On the drive south,
COOK and FROST made plans to meet a recruit in Oklahoma, but the individual lost their phone
and couldn't be reached for the meet. Instead, the person who found the phone and the Nazi
propaganda on it answered their calls and told them the phone would be turned into the police,
which caused FROST and COOK to start destroying their online communication accounts.
FROST and COOK again were stopped by law enforcement in Texas, which led to the discovery
of a small amount of Fentanyl that had been left over from the necklaces as well as multiple
electronic devices and burner phones. Eventually, the pair made it to Katy, Texas and met up
with another juvenile recruit. During a meeting with the same individual the following day,
COOK again was encountered by law enforcement, which FROST observed and the two decided
to split up. COOK made his way to Jasper, Texas to stay in the home of another juvenile recruit.
In August of 2020, the Federal Bureau of Investigation searched the residences of
COOK, FROST and SAWALL. In COOK'S bedroom, agents located a copy of the book
"Siege," the cellular telephone used to communicate with coconspirators, a tactical magazine and
various camouflage jackets and pants. Racially Motivated Violent Extremism (RMVE) Nazi
material also was found in the digital evidence seized from COOK. A recently acquired, but not
yet assembled, rifle also was found in the pantry. In FROST'S home, agents discovered multiple
firearms, including an AR15 pistol with no serial number, suppressors, milling tools and
components. Chemicals and components found in FROST's bedroom were consistent with
someone attempting to test and assemble an explosive device; in fact, FBI lab testing later
confirmed that the chemicals could be used to create an explosive device. Digital evidence
seized from the search revealed a large amount of RMVE Nazi related material such as videos,
books and images, detailed U.S. power infrastructure information, an article regarding the
sabotage of a power substation in California and a list of specific power substations, weapons
modification manuals and explosives production diagrams and manuals. SAWALL's residence
revealed three memo pads that contained various writings, including statements like "Revolution
is our solution," A laptop contained documents describing The Front, the recruitment process,
and an oath of allegiance. SAWALL's cellular telephone contained The Front propaganda
posters and photographs of "Join The Front" graffiti and the Nazi flag graffiti by COOK and
SAWALL in Ohio.
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Three men pleaded guilty today to crimes related to a scheme to attack power grids in the United States in furtherance of white supremacist ideology.
According to court documents, Christopher Brenner Cook, 20, of Columbus, Ohio; Jonathan Allen Frost, 24, of West Lafayette, Indiana, and of Katy, Texas; and Jackson Matthew Sawall, 22, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists. The charge and plea agreements indicate that the defendants knew and intended that the material support they conspired to provide would be used to prepare for and carry out the federal offense of destroying energy facilities.
“These three defendants admitted to engaging in a disturbing plot, in furtherance of white supremacist ideology, to attack energy facilities in order to damage the economy and stoke division in our country,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security Matthew G. Olsen. “The Justice Department is committed to investigating and disrupting such terrorist plots and holding perpetrators accountable for their crimes.”
“These defendants conspired to use violence to sow hate, create chaos, and endanger the safety of the American people,” said U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Parker for the Southern District of Ohio. “As this case shows, federal and state law enforcement agencies are dedicated to working together to protect this country against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
“The defendants in this case wanted to attack regional power substations and expected the damage would lead to economic distress and civil unrest,” said Assistant Director Timothy Langan of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division. “These individuals wanted to carry out such a plot because of their adherence to racially or ethnically motivated violent extremist views. When individuals move from espousing particular views to planning or committing acts of violence the FBI will investigate and take action to stop their plans. We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to protect our communities.”
“Those inspired to commit terrorist acts in the name of hate pose a serious threat to our nation," said Special Agent in Charge J. William Rivers of the FBI’s Cincinnati Field Office. “I am thankful for the Joint Terrorism Task Force and our law enforcement partners who work each day to prevent this type of violence from occurring in our communities.”
According to court documents, in fall 2019, Frost and Cook met in an online chat group. Frost shared the idea of attacking a power grid with Cook, and within weeks, the two began efforts to recruit others to join in their plan.
As part of the recruitment process, Cook circulated a book list of readings that promoted the ideology of white supremacy and Neo-Nazism. By late 2019, Sawall – a friend of Cook’s – joined the conspiracy and assisted Cook with online recruitment efforts, operational security and organization.
As part of the conspiracy, each defendant was assigned a substation in a different region of the United States. The plan was to attack the substations, or power grids, with powerful rifles. The defendants believed their plan would cost the government millions of dollars and cause unrest for Americans in the region. They had conversations about how the possibility of the power being out for many months could cause war, even a race war, and induce the next Great Depression.
In February 2020, the co-conspirators met in Columbus, Ohio, to further discuss their plot. Frost provided Cook with an AR-47 and the two took the rifle to a shooting range to train.
Frost also provided Cook and Sawall with suicide necklaces during the Columbus meeting. The necklaces were filled with fentanyl and were to be ingested if and when the defendants were caught by law enforcement. Both Cook and Sawall expressed their commitment to dying in furtherance of their mission.
Upon arriving in Columbus, Sawall and Cook purchased spray paint and painted a swastika flag under a bridge at a park with the caption, “Join the Front.” The defendants had additional propaganda plans for their time in Ohio, but they were derailed during a traffic stop, during which Sawall swallowed his suicide pill but ultimately survived.
Court documents detail that Cook and Frost continued to travel together after their Ohio meeting, and drove to Texas in March 2020. Cook stayed in different cities with various juveniles who he was attempting to recruit for their plot.
Cook, Frost and Sawall were each charged with providing material support to terrorism by a bill of information filed on Feb. 7. The defendants face a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica W. Knight for the Southern District of Ohio and Trial Attorney Justin Sher of the National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section are prosecuting this case.
The case was investigated by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force in Columbus, Milwaukee, Indianapolis and Houston. The U.S. Attorney’s Offices in the Eastern District of Wisconsin and Northern District of Indiana provided valuable support.
The details of the plot:
Beginning no later than October 2019 and continuing at least until in or about March
2020, in the Southern District of Ohio and elsewhere, the defendants, CHRISTOPHER
BRENNER COOK ("COOK"), JONATHAN ALLEN FROST ("FROST"), JACKSON
MATTHEW SAWALL ("SAWALL") and others, did conspire and agree to provide material
support and resources, to wit, training, weapons, explosives, and personnel, including
themselves, knowing and intending they were to be used in preparation for and in carrying out, a
violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1366(a), Destruction of an Energy Facility. Specifically, the defendants
conspired and agreed to attack power grids throughout the United States in furtherance of white
supremacist ideology.
After meeting in an online chat group, FROST shared the idea of attacking a power grid,
a perceived vulnerable target, with COOK, who appeared to FROST to be serious about
engaging in action. FROST provided COOK with information that he had gathered about
possible power grids as targets. Within weeks of this initial online meeting, COOK and FROST
began efforts to recruit others to join in their plan. COOK soon took over the responsibilities of
recruitment while FROST focused more on logistics. As part of the recruitment process, COOK
often asked a lot of literary questions; COOK even circulated a book list of suggested, if not
required, reading that promoted the ideology of white supremacy and Neo-Nazism, including
such titles as "A Squires Trial" and "Siege." Siege places an emphasis on gaining power through
violence as opposed to political means. COOK also sought out recruits that were younger,
believing it was less likely the individuals were members of law enforcement.
By late 2019, SAWALL, a friend of COOK's in real life and online, joined the group and
assisted COOK with the online recruitment efforts, operational security and organization.
SAWALL also was responsible for the online propaganda chat group, "The Front," which served
to assist in recruitment and would have ultimately claimed responsibility for the attacks. Those
that made it past the initial screening were invited into an online chat group titled, "Lights Out."
To this group, COOK shared plans via text to participate in a large-scale power outage by
attacking the U.S. Electric Grid that included a link to a U.S. Department of Energy report titled,
"Large Power Transformers and the U.S. Electric Grid," that discussed specific information
about the grid and issues with replacing large transformers in a timely manner.
Specifics of the plan to attack power grids, however, were closely held and shared only
with those members of the "Lights On" online chat group, which included COOK, FROST,
SAWALL and a few others. The organizational structure of the group initially took on a cell
structure, with a leader and cell members for each region of the United States where an attack
was being planned. Initially, COOK was responsible for the Northeast, FROST was responsible
for the Southwest, and SAWALL was responsible for the Midwest; two others, one of whom was a juvenile, were responsible for the Southeast and Northwest, respectively. Eventually, the
reality of managing cells proved unrealistic and the group switched to one person attacking each
targeted substation.
The plan was to attack the substations, or power grids, with powerful rifles that would
penetrate the transformers, which members of the group estimated would cost the government
millions to recover. In addition, the defendants believed that time associated with replacing the
substations would cause confusion and unrest for Americans in the region. There were also
conversations about how the possibility of the power being out for many months could cause
some serious change or straight out war, even a race war; additionally, that without power across
the country, it could cause the next Great Depression, people wouldn't show up to work, the
economy could crash and there would be a ripe opportunity for potential (white) leaders to rise
up. One theme of the group discussions centered around the need to create disorder to bring the
system down, which would cause people to doubt the system and create a true revolutionary
force against the system.
In January 2020, COOK provided a YouTube video link regarding an explosion to the
"Lights On" chat group. FROST responded that the explosion would be "a pretty good
distraction." COOK added, "That's what I was thinking; especially if you were to use a propane
tank too." FROST further commented that "...there was a real fireball and fire present for many
minutes. THINK BIG." FROST continued, "[W]e can delay police response by an additional 5-
10 minutes if our distraction plans succeed." The investigation revealed that FROST purchased
the necessary materials to build an explosive device and had begun testing devices for this plan.
In furtherance of the conspiracy, FROST sought to provide several AR-47 rifles, which
he had previously acquired and built himself with 80% receivers purchased online, to members
of the conspiracy. SAWALL also discussed plans to assist others in obtaining weapons, to
include providing fi nancial support to FROST while he built additional rifles. During a visit to
Columbus, Ohio in February 2020, FROST brought an AR-47 with no serial number, also known
as a ghost gun, to COOK for use in carrying out their plan. FROST originally built the rifle in
Texas, then traveled from Indiana to Columbus, Ohio to transfer it to COOK. COOK paid
FROST several hundred dollars for the rifle, which was exchanged in the back of SAWALL's
truck. Later during the visit, FROST and COOK took the rifle to a shooting range to train;
FROST taught COOK how to operate and shoot the rifle. Later in the investigation, the AR-47
rifle was seized from COOK during a law enforcement interaction in Tennessee.
In the "Lights On" chat group, COOK, FROST, SAWALL and others also discussed
purchasing necklaces that would contain a lethal substance to be ingested if and when they were
caught by law enforcement. Ultimately, FROST purchased the materials needed to make suicide
necklaces online, which he filled with Fentanyl. On at least one occasion, both COOK and
SAWALL expressed their commitment to dying in furtherance of their mission. In February
2020, FROST eventually provided the necklaces to COOK and SAWALL during their meeting
in Columbus, Ohio.
The purpose of the meeting in Columbus, Ohio between COOK, FROST and SAWALL
was in furtherance of the conspiracy. It served to provide a chance for COOK and SAWALL to
meet FROST in person; for FROST to provide COOK with the firearm and to distribute the Fentanyl necklaces; as well as an opportunity for the three to talk further about logistics and
propaganda for their cause. SAWALL paid for the hotel room and most other expenses on the
trip for the three conspirators. Upon fi rst arriving in Columbus, SAWALL and COOK
purchased spray paint and painted a swastika fl ag under a bridge at a park with the caption, "Join
the Front." They later showed the graffiti to FROST, who took a picture of COOK and
SAWALL with the image. There were also plans to hang propaganda posters as well as record
or photograph the spray painting of a mosque and cutting down a telephone pole as part of
propaganda for The Front. These plans were derailed after a traffic stop, during which
SAWALL swallowed his suicide pill and ultimately survived.
COOK and FROST continued undeterred and eventually traveled to Texas together in
March 2020. In the meantime, COOK had continued his recruitment efforts, primarily of
juveniles, several of whom also lived in Texas. When FROST decided to return home for spring
break in March 2020, COOK joined him for the drive with the intention of living with some of
the contacts he had made there and continuing their plans for an attack. On the drive south,
COOK and FROST made plans to meet a recruit in Oklahoma, but the individual lost their phone
and couldn't be reached for the meet. Instead, the person who found the phone and the Nazi
propaganda on it answered their calls and told them the phone would be turned into the police,
which caused FROST and COOK to start destroying their online communication accounts.
FROST and COOK again were stopped by law enforcement in Texas, which led to the discovery
of a small amount of Fentanyl that had been left over from the necklaces as well as multiple
electronic devices and burner phones. Eventually, the pair made it to Katy, Texas and met up
with another juvenile recruit. During a meeting with the same individual the following day,
COOK again was encountered by law enforcement, which FROST observed and the two decided
to split up. COOK made his way to Jasper, Texas to stay in the home of another juvenile recruit.
In August of 2020, the Federal Bureau of Investigation searched the residences of
COOK, FROST and SAWALL. In COOK'S bedroom, agents located a copy of the book
"Siege," the cellular telephone used to communicate with coconspirators, a tactical magazine and
various camouflage jackets and pants. Racially Motivated Violent Extremism (RMVE) Nazi
material also was found in the digital evidence seized from COOK. A recently acquired, but not
yet assembled, rifle also was found in the pantry. In FROST'S home, agents discovered multiple
firearms, including an AR15 pistol with no serial number, suppressors, milling tools and
components. Chemicals and components found in FROST's bedroom were consistent with
someone attempting to test and assemble an explosive device; in fact, FBI lab testing later
confirmed that the chemicals could be used to create an explosive device. Digital evidence
seized from the search revealed a large amount of RMVE Nazi related material such as videos,
books and images, detailed U.S. power infrastructure information, an article regarding the
sabotage of a power substation in California and a list of specific power substations, weapons
modification manuals and explosives production diagrams and manuals. SAWALL's residence
revealed three memo pads that contained various writings, including statements like "Revolution
is our solution," A laptop contained documents describing The Front, the recruitment process,
and an oath of allegiance. SAWALL's cellular telephone contained The Front propaganda
posters and photographs of "Join The Front" graffiti and the Nazi flag graffiti by COOK and
SAWALL in Ohio.
