David Kellerman Awaiting Trial On 2000 Lbs Of Explosives
3/27/2007 6:28:38 AM
Miami, Florida -- David Kellerman, a former leader in the National Alliance, has pled in court that he was an FBI undercover agent in the group and that his recent arrest for smuggling 2000 lbs of explosives out of Afghanistan was part of a government approved operation to sell the material and not a terrorist plot.
Kellerman, a former Green Beret, was arrested in October 2006 and charged with illegally possessing explosives.
In court, Kellerman has pled that the FBI instructed him to obtain the explosives in order to impress Erich Gliebe, who confirmed that Kellerman was a National Alliance member at the time. The FBI has declined to comment on or deny Kellerman's claims.
The government admits that Kellerman was entitled to obtain some of the weapons and explosives he is charged with possessing as part of his work with the government, but claims that he failed to properly register them.
Kellerman's work in Afghanistan is featured in a 2003 book by Atlantic Monthly contributor Richard Kaplan. Kellerman was an air marshal charged with protecting US airplanes and is alleged to have smuggled explosives into the US on civilian airliners.
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