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Harpham's White Supremacist Prison Pen Pal Thinks MLK Parade Bomber Was Set Up

Ryan J. Reilly | January 27, 2012, 6:10AM

Less than a week after 36-year-old Kevin Harpham was arrested for allegedly attempting a racially motivated bombing of a 2011 Martin Luther King Jr. parade in Spokane, white supremacist leader Glenn Miller sent him a letter offering to help start a legal fund on his behalf.

"Keep your chin up and stay strong," Miller wrote in a letter dated March 14, telling Harpham that he and other members of an online white supremacist forum believed he'd "been set up."

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White Supremacist Harpham Gets 32 Years For Failed MLK Parade Bomb Attack

Ryan J. Reilly | December 20, 2011, 4:05PM

Kevin Harpham, the white supremacist who admitted to plotting a racially-motivated attack on a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day parade in Spokane, Washington in January 2011, as was sentenced to 32 years in federal prison on Tuesday.

Harpham, the Justice Department announced, will serve the rest of his life under court supervision. He pleaded guilty to two counts of a superseding indictment that charged him with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction as well as a hate crimes charge.

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Fishing Weights From Walmart Tied White Supremacist To MLK Day Bomb

Ryan J. Reilly | September 7, 2011, 2:42PM

Kevin William Harpham (Photo courtesy of KXLY.)

Federal authorities tied white supremacist Kevin Harpham to the bomb planted at a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day parade in Washington state after noticing unusually high sales of quarter-ounce fishing weights at a Walmart in Colville, Washington.

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Kevin Harpham Pleads Guilty, Admitting Racial Bias Behind Attempted MLK Day Bombing

Ryan J. Reilly | September 7, 2011, 1:35PM

The Justice Department announced Wednesday that Kevin Harpham, the man arrested for planting a bomb along the route of a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day parade in January, has pleaded guilty to attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and attempt to commit a federal hate crime.

Harpham's plea agreement calls for a sentence of between 27 and 32 years in prison as well as a lifetime term of court supervision after he is released from prison, according to DOJ.

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Harpham Likely To Plead Guilty In MLK Bomb Case

Ryan J. Reilly | September 7, 2011, 6:05AM

Lawyers for Kevin Harpham, the man with ties to the white supremacist movement who is accused of planting a bomb at a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day parade in Washington state earlier this year, is scheduled for a plea change hearing on Wednesday morning.

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Statements Thrown Out After Miranda Not Read To White Supremacist Terror Suspect

Ryan J. Reilly | August 17, 2011, 8:40AM

Updated: August 17, 2011, 9:45AM

The FBI's decision not to immediately advise a suspected terrorist of his Miranda rights upon his arrest has upset a federal judge and caused prosecutors to agree not to use statements he made prior to being advised of his rights in court.

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FBI Didn't Tell MLK Day Bomb Suspect Why He Was Under Arrest

Ryan J. Reilly | July 27, 2011, 12:30PM

Kevin William Harpham (Photo courtesy of KXLY.)

FBI agents wanted to gain the trust of Kevin Harpham, the man suspected of planted a bomb at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade, so they didn't give him his Miranda rights for hours after he was arrested.

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MLK Day Bomb Suspect Questions Whether Device Was A 'Weapon Of Mass Destruction'

Ryan J. Reilly | July 8, 2011, 5:20PM

Kevin William Harpham (Photo courtesy of KXLY.)

The man with alleged ties to the white supremacist movement suspected of planting a bomb at a Martin Luther King Jr. parade is questioning whether the device he's accused of leaving in a backpack can really be called a "weapon of mass destruction."

Kevin Harpham's attorneys wrote late last month that none of the four definitions of a "weapon of mass destruction" in federal law referenced an "improvised explosive device."

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Hate Crime Charge Added To Case Against MLK Day Bomb Suspect

Eric Lach | April 22, 2011, 2:57PM

Kevin William Harpham (Photo courtesy of KXLY.)

A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Washington has added a hate crime charge to the counts facing Kevin Harpham, the man suspected of planting a bomb in a backpack along a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day parade route in Spokane, Wash.

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MLK Day Bomb Suspect Indicted On Federal Charges

Eric Lach | March 23, 2011, 10:01AM

Kevin William Harpham (Photo courtesy of KXLY.)

Kevin Harpham, the man suspected of planting a bomb in a backpack along a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day parade route in Spokane, Wash., was indicted on federal charges yesterday, Reuters reports.

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MLK Day Bomb Suspect's Father: My Son Didn't Do It

Eric Lach | March 14, 2011, 9:21AM

Kevin William Harpham (Photo courtesy of KXLY.)

The father of the man suspected of planting a bomb in a backpack along a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day parade route in Spokane, Wash., says his son was home with him the day of the incident.

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Did MLK Day Bomb Suspect Leave Online Trail Of Hate?

Eric Lach | March 10, 2011, 12:38PM

Kevin William Harpham (Photo courtesy of KXLY.)

Is the man accused of leaving a backpack bomb along a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day parade route a white supremacist?

Shortly after news broke Wednesday that Kevin William Harpham had been arrested in connection with the January incident in Spokane, Wash., the Southern Poverty Law Center announced that its records show Harpham was, in 2004 at least, a member of the white supremacist National Alliance.

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MLK Day Bomb Suspect Appears In Court

Eric Lach | March 10, 2011, 9:24AM

The FBI released photos of the backpack and the T-shirts inside.

The man suspected of planting a backpack bomb along a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day parade route in Spokane, Wash., appeared briefly in U.S. District Court Wednesday afternoon. Kevin William Harpham, 36, had been arrested earlier in day at his house near the small community of Addy, about 50 miles north of Spokane. He is charged with one count of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and one count of knowingly possessing an improvised explosive device.

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SPLC: MLK Day Bomb Suspect Was Member Of Supremacist Group

Eric Lach | March 9, 2011, 4:39PM

The FBI released photos of the backpack and the T-shirts inside.

The Southern Poverty Law Center tells The Spokesman-Review that Kevin William Harpham, the man arrested in connection with with a bomb found along a Martin Luther King Day parade route in Spokane, Wash., earlier this year, was a member of a white supremacist organization.

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Suspect In MLK Day Bomb Charged With Attempted Use Of WMD

Eric Lach | March 9, 2011, 3:51PM

The FBI released photos of the backpack and the T-shirts inside.

The man arrested in connection with a bomb found along a Martin Luther King Day parade route in Spokane, Wash., earlier this year is Kevin William Harpham, 36, of Colville, Wash. Harpham has been charged in U.S. District Court with one count of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and one count of knowingly possessing an improvised explosive device.

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Report: Feds Make Arrest In Spokane MLK Day Bomb Attempt

Eric Lach | March 9, 2011, 2:04PM

The FBI released photos of the backpack and the T-shirts inside.

At least one person has been arrested by federal authorities in connection with a bomb found along a Martin Luther King Day parade route in Spokane, Wash., earlier this year, KHQ reports.

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