Joe Stack

Austin Attack Suspect's Daughter Retracts 'Hero' Comments

Justin Elliott | February 22, 2010, 3:38PM

Joe Stack's daughter called ABC today to retract her earlier statement that her father was a hero for standing up to the government.

Stack is accused of flying his plane into an IRS building in Austin, killing one person and injuring about a dozen others.

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Topics: Joe Stack, Samantha Bell, Vernon Hunter

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Stack's Daughter: My Dad Was A Hero For Standing Up To The Man (VIDEO)

Justin Elliott | February 22, 2010, 8:34AM

The daughter of the man who allegedly flew a plane into an IRS building in Austin, killing one person and injuring a dozen others, says her father is a hero because he stood up to the system.

"I think too many people lay around and wait for things to happen. But if nobody comes out and speaks up on behalf of injustice, then nothing will ever be accomplished," Samantha Bell told Good Morning America.

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Topics: Austin, Texas, IRS, Joe Stack, Samantha Bell

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Who Was Joe Stack?

Justin Elliott | February 19, 2010, 1:06PM

Early reports paint a picture of Joe Stack as a normal guy, described as personable and calm by those who knew him, whose burning anger at the government was present just below the surface.

Stack allegedly killed himself and at least one other Thursday when he piloted his Piper Cherokee plane into a building in Austin that housed IRS offices.

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Suspected Austin Pilot's Past Racked By Tax Problems

Justin Elliott | February 19, 2010, 10:00AM

The California Franchise Tax Board suspended the licenses of two businesses owned by Joe Stack because of unpaid taxes or failure to submit returns, KCRA in Sacramento reports.

Stack, who allegedly flew a small plane into a building with IRS offices in Austin yesterday -- reportedly killing at least one person inside -- railed against the tax system in the note he is thought to have written before allegedly carrying out the attack.

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Topics: IRS, Joe Stack, Taxes

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Stack's Company Web Site Traces Path From CA To Austin

Justin Elliott | February 18, 2010, 4:58PM

The cached version of Joe Stack's software engineering firm, Embedded Art, says Stack's mission was to "advance the art of programming, one project at a time; by achieving an optimum balance between cost, schedule, functionality, reliability, and maintainability."

Stack, who allegedly flew a small plane into an Austin building containing IRS offices today, "founded the business in 1983 in Southern California, under the name Prowess Engineering."

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Crash Pilot Appears To Have Written Anti-IRS, Anti-Corporate Screed

Zachary Roth | February 18, 2010, 2:45PM

Joe Stack, the Texas man who this morning, say law enforcement officials, flew a plane into an Austin building that houses a local IRS office, appears to be the author of a lengthy online screed, lashing out at the IRS, the federal government, and big corporations, and referring to his coming death.

The rant reflects many of the same populist, anti-government, anti-tax, and anti-corporate themes that have surfaced around the country over the last year. It is entitled, and concludes: "Well, Mr. Big Brother IRS man, let's try something different; take my pound of flesh and sleep well."

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Topics: Bailout, FBI, IRS, Joe Stack