Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Adam Busby (born 1948) is a convicted terrorist and hoaxer, claiming to be a Scottish separatist and the founder of the Scottish National Liberation Army. Born in the Seedhill area of Paisley, he infiltrated the British army on behalf of an earlier separatist group called the Scottish Liberation Army, and trained briefly in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.Busby fled to Dublin in 1983 after a letter-bombing campaign against the Ministry of Defence, oil companies and high-profile public figures. He reportedly tried to join forces with the Provisional Irish Republican Army, but the offer is said to have been refused. He organised attacks from Dublin involving anthrax hoaxes, bomb threats, and genuine parcel bombs. In 1997, Busby was jailed in Ireland for two hoax phone threats against Scottish media organisations.In September 2006, the Sunday Times reported that Busby might be targeted for extradition to the United States to face terror charges. Police in Ireland are said to have agreed to help the FBI, MI5 and Special Branch to investigate following a series of e-mails to the US about how to contaminate US water supplies. In May 2006, he sent threats by email from Charleville Mall public library to BAA at London Heathrow Airport claiming bombs were on two New York flights. BAA did not take the threats seriously. Busby denied making the threats, but in July 2010 he was sentenced by a Dublin court to four years in jail after being convicted in June 2010. Two of the years were suspended due to his age and health, as he has multiple sclerosis and uses a wheelchair.His son, Adam Busby Jr., was convicted in May 2009 of sending suspect packages, including to Alex Salmond of the Scottish National Party (SNP).In 2010, Busby is alleged to have made threats against then-Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Gordon Brown.On 15 August 2012, a United States federal grand jury returned two indictments charging Busby, a resident of Ballymun, Dublin, Ireland, with emailing bomb threats targeting the University of Pittsburgh, three federal courthouses and a federal officer. A separate four-count indictment charges Mr. Busby with, on 20 and 21 June, maliciously conveying false information through the Internet claiming bombs had been placed at federal courthouses in Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh, Erie and Johnstown.Busby was released from an Irish prison on March 21, 2014. He is reported to be living in a Dublin hostel, banned from internet access, awaiting verdicts about his extradition to Scotland and the US.. }
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- Adam_Busby abstract "Adam Busby (born 1948) is a convicted terrorist and hoaxer, claiming to be a Scottish separatist and the founder of the Scottish National Liberation Army. Born in the Seedhill area of Paisley, he infiltrated the British army on behalf of an earlier separatist group called the Scottish Liberation Army, and trained briefly in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.Busby fled to Dublin in 1983 after a letter-bombing campaign against the Ministry of Defence, oil companies and high-profile public figures. He reportedly tried to join forces with the Provisional Irish Republican Army, but the offer is said to have been refused. He organised attacks from Dublin involving anthrax hoaxes, bomb threats, and genuine parcel bombs. In 1997, Busby was jailed in Ireland for two hoax phone threats against Scottish media organisations.In September 2006, the Sunday Times reported that Busby might be targeted for extradition to the United States to face terror charges. Police in Ireland are said to have agreed to help the FBI, MI5 and Special Branch to investigate following a series of e-mails to the US about how to contaminate US water supplies. In May 2006, he sent threats by email from Charleville Mall public library to BAA at London Heathrow Airport claiming bombs were on two New York flights. BAA did not take the threats seriously. Busby denied making the threats, but in July 2010 he was sentenced by a Dublin court to four years in jail after being convicted in June 2010. Two of the years were suspended due to his age and health, as he has multiple sclerosis and uses a wheelchair.His son, Adam Busby Jr., was convicted in May 2009 of sending suspect packages, including to Alex Salmond of the Scottish National Party (SNP).In 2010, Busby is alleged to have made threats against then-Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Gordon Brown.On 15 August 2012, a United States federal grand jury returned two indictments charging Busby, a resident of Ballymun, Dublin, Ireland, with emailing bomb threats targeting the University of Pittsburgh, three federal courthouses and a federal officer. A separate four-count indictment charges Mr. Busby with, on 20 and 21 June, maliciously conveying false information through the Internet claiming bombs had been placed at federal courthouses in Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh, Erie and Johnstown.Busby was released from an Irish prison on March 21, 2014. He is reported to be living in a Dublin hostel, banned from internet access, awaiting verdicts about his extradition to Scotland and the US.".