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Bachmann Staffer Formerly Charged with Terrorism in Uganda

HeadlineAug 22, 2011

New reports have surfaced that a staffer responsible for presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann’s faith-based organizing was once charged with terrorism in Uganda. According to the Atlantic Magazine, Peter Waldron was arrested in Africa in February of 2006 for allegedly possessing a number of assault rifles and ammunition just days before Uganda’s first multiparty elections in 20 years. Waldron spent 37 days in a prison outside Kampala before his charges were dropped. A Ugandan newspaper accused Waldron of collaborating with Congolese rebels to capture the leader of a Ugandan guerrilla group. According to the paper, the International Criminal Court placed a $1.7 million bounty on his head.

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