Real History and Hate Crimes next Click for non-JavaScript index | Index to the Traditional Enemies of Free Speech St Petersburg Times Florida, September 27, 2002 Mosque plot leads to second arrest by LEANORA MINAI; Abstract: Shannahan, a licensed firearms dealer and former Circuit City employee, has had several contacts with Pinellas County sheriff’s deputies.
Last month, Shannahan’s neighbor visited the Sheriff’s Office and told deputies she was concerned Shannahan might be a “terrorist.” Federal agents interviewed Shannahan a day after [Robert Goldstein] was charged. Agents said Shannahan was unable to provide an explanation for why he was named in Goldstein’s plans, according to the federal criminal complaint.
On Sept. 18, federal agents searched Shannahan’s unit at Scottish Towers, 444 N Paula Drive in Dunedin. During an interview that day, Shannahan told agents that on several occasions, Goldstein displayed numerous destructive devices and gloated about the damage they could cause. Full Text: