Silas Trim Bissell

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1980s
State:Washington
Support
Anti-Imperialism Communism Weather Underground
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Biography

White anti-imperialist organizer and Weather Underground fugitive who lived under an assumed identity for 17 years after a 1970 ROTC bombing attempt at the University of Washington. Captured in Eugene, Oregon in January 1987 and prosecuted on federal explosives and fugitive charges. Documented in PFOC Breakthrough magazine.

Case

Federal Bureau of Prisons
Charges: Attempted bombing of ROTC building, University of Washington; unlawful flight
Arrested: Jan 13, 1987
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: California

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