James G. Cummings was a rich white man. Very rich; the trust fund established for him by his father “has an annual income of $10 million.”

He was also a nasty piece of work, according to his wife, who shot and killed him last December (while their 9-year-old daughter was in the house).

She said she had endured years of mental, physical and sexual abuse at the hands of her husband …

Cummings was also a white supremacist and Nazi sympathizer:

… he was an ardent admirer of Adolf Hitler and had a collection of Nazi memorabilia around the house, including a prominently displayed flag with swastika. Cummings claimed to have pieces of Hitler’s personal silverware and place settings …

His wife says that Cummings was “very upset” when Barack Obama was elected president. When police searched the Cummings home after the shooting, they found evidence that Cummings may have intended to make a dirty bomb:

James G. Cummings, who police say was shot to death by his wife two months ago, allegedly had a cache of radioactive materials in his home suitable for building a “dirty bomb.”

According to an FBI field intelligence report from the Washington Regional Threat and Analysis Center posted online by WikiLeaks, an organization that posts leaked documents, an investigation into the case revealed that radioactive materials were removed from Cummings’ home after his shooting death on Dec. 9.
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It says that four 1-gallon containers of 35 percent hydrogen peroxide, uranium, thorium, lithium metal, thermite, aluminum powder, beryllium, boron, black iron oxide and magnesium ribbon were found in the home.

Also found was literature on how to build “dirty bombs” and information about cesium-137, strontium-90 and cobalt-60, radioactive materials. …

An application for membership in the National Socialist Movement filled out by Cummings also was found in the residence, according to the report. Cummings’ wife, Amber B. Cummings, 31, told investigators that her husband spoke of “dirty bombs,” according to the report, and mixed chemicals in her kitchen sink. …
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The report noted that “uranium, thorium, cesium-137, stontium-90 and cobalt-60 are radioactive isotopes and 35 percent hydrogen peroxide is a necessary precursor for the manufacture of peroxide-based explosives. Lithium metal, thermite and aluminum are materials used to sensitize and amplify the effects of explosives.”

Cummings’ terrorist intentions may never have come to light until it was too late if his wife had not shot and killed him. The problem, of course, is that our anti-terrorism efforts are focused almost entirely on Islamist terrorists. What little attention is paid to domestic terrorism probably doesn’t extend to rich white men, even if they are known to have white supremacist sympathies.

As a nation, we are woefully unprepared for, and therefore terribly vulnerable to, terrorists like James G. Cummings.

Everyone who defended and supported the profiling of Arabs and Muslims as a legitimate response to 9/11, will presumably now defend and support the profiling of rich white men. Gotta keep the old homeland safe.