Michael Riconosciuto from Tacoma, Washington was a player in the Inslaw incident, and has subsequently been incarcerated on unrelated drug charges. He is considered by many to be a political prisoner, jailed on trumped up charges to silence his accusations in the Inslaw case. Old Town neighborhood in Tacoma, with Mount Rainier in background Nickname The City of Destiny Location Location of Tacoma in Pierce County and Washington State Government County Pierce Mayor Bill Baarsma (NP) Geographical characteristics Area  - City    - Land    - Water 162. ... Inslaw, Inc. ... A political prisoner may be someone held in prison or otherwise detained, perhaps under house arrest, because their ideas or image are deemed by a government to either challenge or threaten the authority of the state. ...

Riconosciuto claims to be an electronics and computer expert and to have been hired to alter Inslaw's PROMIS software to allow for clandestine tracking of individuals. Riconosciuto claims his knowledge of PROMIS made him a threat to the United States Government, particularly the Justice Department, and that this resulted in his incarceration. PROMIS can refer to: Prosecutors Management Information System, developed by Inslaw Problem-Oriented Medical Information System, developed at the University of Vermont PROMIS MES (Manufacturing Execution System) from Promis Systems, now part of Brooks Automation. ... The government of the United States, established by the United States Constitution, is a federal republic of 50 states, a few territories and some protectorates. ... The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is a Cabinet department in the United States government designed to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans. ...

Riconosciuto also claims to have developed the Barometric bomb, also know as the Pineapple bomb. He was interviewed after the Oklahoma city bombing on whether this type of bomb might have been used.

In recent years, Riconosciuto has claimed inside knowledge of terrorist activities, including a claim to have correctly predicted the 9/11 attacks. The explosion resulting from the crashing of United Airlines Flight 175 into the South Tower. ...

Jerry Uhrhammer of the Tacoma Morning News Tribune read his court file and found that psychiatrists who examined him in 1972, prior to his first drug conviction, portrayed him as a mentally unstable person who had trouble discerning between fact and fiction. [1]

Riconsciuto and his father, Marshall Riconosciuto, were close associates of Fred Crisman, which ties him to a long legacy of conspiratorial traditions. Fred Crisman (July 22, 1920 - December 10, 1975) was an writer, educator, minor political provocateur, broadcaster and self-described disruption agent from Tacoma, Washington. ...

External links

• Michael Riconosciuto
• Conspiracy Planet - Riconosciuto Warns of Missile Attacks
• Summary of Michael Riconosciuto's Information Presented in Terrorism Cover Up in America
• Federal sting often put more drugs on the streets
• Chip Berlet about Michael Riconosciuto