(7/6, 895K) reports that the alleged plot "was thwarted by the FBI and the U.S. Army in late May, according to the department, and the FBI arrested Melzer on June 10." Acting U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss for the Southern District of New York said of Melzer, "Melzer allegedly attempted to orchestrate a

prosecutors that he shared sensitive information about his unit's upcoming deployment with a neo-Nazi group." The unsealed indictment "alleged that Melzer had admitted to his role in plotting a mass casualty attack against his fellow soldiers during a May 30 interview with military investigators." The

lty to charges that he was planning a mass casualty attack on his own unit by sending sensitive information to an extremist group." Prosecutors say Melzer "was planning an attack on his unit by sending sensitive details about his unit's location, movements and security to an extremist group known as Or

st to him, one of his co-conspirators in the plot, who went by the name Red Hourglass, was an FBI informant. The article noted that the FBI arrested Melzer on June 10, 2020, as he prepared to deploy, and he subsequently admitted to the plot during his flight to Manhattan where he was indicted. The arti