One doesn't have to have one's tinfoil hat on too crooked to be a bit paranoid about this one.
"The soldier from Fort Stewart, Ga, who was arrested on charges of planting an explosive device on a dirt road will serve 18 months probation after pleading no contest yesterday. A Jacksonville police officer stopped Derek Lawrence Peterson in May and found him wearing all black clothing and black plastic pads on his knees and elbows. Police said Peterson, 27, told them he was in the area practicing 'recon tactics.' After he was arrested, Peterson, who has served on an Army tank crew at Fort Stewart since March, at first was held on a $5 million bond. Peterson's attorney, Hank Coxe, said yesterday his client's case had been blown out of proportion because police initially suspected Peterson's actions were related to terrorism."
