MLK Day Bomb

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

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

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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