Attack Planned on Hancock Muslim Community

A former candidate for the U.S. Congress in Tennessee has accepted a plea deal after federal prosecutors say they found he was planning an attack on a mosque and school in a Muslim village in Hancock, New York.

63 year old Robert Doggart was arrested in April, accused of planning a mass murder at the Islamberg village in Delaware County using an M4 rifle, explosives and other weapons and utilizing snipers.

Doggart was charged April 10 with solicitation, intentionally defacing, damaging or destroying religious property as well as interstate communication of threats in urging others to join his call to attack the Muslim community.

In spite of objections by federal officials and Muslims of America, Inc., Magistrate Susan Lee has released Doggart under surveillance.

Last year Doggart had run as an Independent candidate in an unsuccessful challenge of incumbent Republican Congressman Scott Desjarlais.