# Who was this Sabow the Pentagon shooter suspect was on about? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 5, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-this-sabow-the-pentagon-shooter-suspect-was-on-about/531419 "2010-03-05T15:34:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![superluser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@superluser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superluser)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-this-sabow-the-pentagon-shooter-suspect-was-on-about/531419/1 "2010-03-05T15:34:06Z")
Some of the articles about the Pentagon shooter suspect mention that he was interested in a conspiracy theory revolving around Col. James Sabow. Not knowing who that was, I googled it, and discovered that most of the results seem to be from places like [jamessabow.com](http://jamessabow.com) , [militarycorruption.com](http://militarycorruption.com) and other obviously biased sources. Does anyone know what the deal is with this guy? I’m hoping to find at least one answer that doesn’t involve someone rambing on about immanentizing the eschaton or how the UN is an arm of the Catholic Church, and I knew that the teeming millions would be the least likely to go that route. I’d ask Cecil, but it seems a little trivial, even for someone who answers questions about whether coconut juice can be used as blood plasma. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-this-sabow-the-pentagon-shooter-suspect-was-on-about/531419/2 "2010-03-05T21:33:35Z")
Per [this news story](http://wcco.com/national/pentagon.gun.shots.2.1539301.html): > [@](#): > > On a Wikipedia page linked to Bedell, a user by the name JPatrickBedell revealed ill feelings toward the government and the armed forces and made reference to another conspiracy theory. > > JPatrickBedell wrote that he was “determined to see that justice is served” in the death of Marine Col. James Sabow, who was found dead in the backyard of his California home in 1991. The death was ruled a suicide but the case has long been the source of theories of a cover up. Sabow’s family has maintained that he was murdered because he was about to expose covert military operations in Central America involving drug smuggling. > > That posting can be linked to Bedell through court documents matching the shooter’s birth date but Keevill said Friday that authorities had not made “a final determination” that the shooter was the same Bedell. > > On the Internet posting, user JPatrickBedell wrote the Sabow case was “a step toward establishing the truth of events such as the September 11 demolitions.” A Google search leads to: [THE STRANGE DEATH OF COLONEL SABOW](http://www.garynull.com/Documents/sabow.htm) Which contains > [@](#): > > Colonel Sabow’s “suicide” and its aftermath have turned up far-ranging ramifications. As this special in-depth investigation will show, an unreported secret network of CIA agents was involved in illicit drug traffic from Mena, Arkansas, and dozens of other small airports around the country, the illegal sale of C-130 aircraft from the Forest Service, and the untimely deaths of investigative reporters and pilots. These agents were also involved with one of the largest drug trafficking operations coming into the country and illegal arms going out of the country. I have no knowledge of any of this, other then internet postings. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-this-sabow-the-pentagon-shooter-suspect-was-on-about/531419/3 "2010-03-05T21:35:44Z")
Ahhh…he’s part of the Falwell/Robertson/Scaife Clinton-Crazies. Any mention of “Mena, AR” is a sure sign that what you’re about to read is one of the chestnuts of wingnut conspiracy theory. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-this-sabow-the-pentagon-shooter-suspect-was-on-about/531419/4 "2010-03-06T02:08:11Z")
Re “what he was on about” per news reports he had a long term history of profound mental illness. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/03/05/MNNJ1CBF2T.DTL](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/03/05/MNNJ1CBF2T.DTL) ---
**Author:** ![superluser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@superluser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superluser)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-this-sabow-the-pentagon-shooter-suspect-was-on-about/531419/5 "2010-03-06T04:26:03Z")
[Looks like I just had to wait for the Christian Science Monitor to weigh in](http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0305/Col.-James-Sabow-Pentagon-shooter-was-obsessed-with-1991-case). They say there was actually a Congressional investigation, but I can’t find the report.