A former Stanwood resident accused of trying to aid terrorists joins a list of Snohomish County residents arrested for alleged ties to terrorism.
Mark Robert Walker was charged earlier this week in El Paso, Texas, with providing support to a designated foreign terrorist organization. He allegedly told a federal agent that he planned to travel to Somalia and support Al-Ittihad Al-Islamiya.
Walker is the fourth past or current county resident arrested on terrorism-related charges in less than two years.
The FBI wouldn’t say if Snohomish County has a higher number of terrorist connections than other parts of the state or country.
“We’re not going to talk about the big picture,” FBI spokeswoman Robbie Burroughs said.
Paul Douglas Revak, 20, was arrested in June 2003 in Bellingham for plotting to blow up government buildings. The Maltby man had tried to enlist the help of another Western Washington University student to blow up a local U.S. Coast Guard station.
The Monroe High School graduate pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and was sentenced to five years probation.
Spc. Ryan G. Anderson, 26, was sentenced in September to life in prison with the possibility of parole after he was convicted of five counts of betraying his country.
The Lynnwood solider, who graduated from Cascade High School, was arrested in February after he was caught on tape offering to give al-Qaida terrorists information on how to destroy tanks and kill American soldiers.
The conviction is under review by the base commander at Fort Lewis, where Anderson was stationed with the Washington National Guard.
Susan Lindauer, 40, was arrested in March in Maryland for allegedly trying to assist Iraqi terrorists.
Lindauer, who had been a Herald editorial page employee in the late 1980s, was charged with several crimes, including violating laws against financial transactions with Iraq.
She pleaded innocent and was released on bond. Lindauer was required to undergo psychological counseling.
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