FBI: Chamberlain had device 'designed to maim or kill'

Source: SF Chronicle

The San Francisco political and media consultant who was arrested after a three-day manhunt had a model rocket motor, a circuit board, ball bearings, screws and other items in his apartment - materials for a remote-controlled bomb that was "designed to maim or kill," the FBI said Tuesday.

Agency officials, though, did not say whether they had any information indicating that Ryan Chamberlain planned to use the equipment discovered in a Saturday raid. They suggested they had sought to intervene before he had a chance.

The description of the materials was another puzzling development in the investigation of Chamberlain, who is well-known in Bay Area political circles and who, during his time as a fugitive, posted a "Goodbye" letter to Facebook saying he was depressed and had "scoured the Internet absorbing fuel for morbid fantasies."

The alleged bomb-making supplies were in a rust-colored messenger bag found on the dining room floor of Chamberlain's apartment on Polk Street, FBI Special Agent Michael Eldridge said in a court affidavit unsealed Tuesday.

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