A police officer looks on as a van carrying four men accused in a terror plot leaves a federal courtroom in Gainesville, Ga., Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. The four suspected militia members allegedly boasted of a "bucket list" of government officials who needed to be "taken out"; talked about scattering ricin from a plane or a car speeding down a highway past major U.S. cities; and scouted IRS and ATF offices, with one man saying, "We'd have to blow the whole building like Timothy McVeigh." (AP Photo/John Bazemore)ATLANTA - Four suspected members of a Georgia militia who are charged with plotting attacks with toxins and explosives against unidentified government officials are set to make a court appearance.
The four men face a bond hearing at a Gainesville federal courthouse on Wednesday.
Prosecutors have accused 73-year-old Frederick Thomas and 67-year-old Dan Roberts of conspiring to obtain an explosive and possessing an unregistered silencer.
Authorities also charged 55-year-old Ray Adams and 68-year-old Samuel Crump with conspiring and attempting to make ricin, a biological toxin that can be lethal in small doses.
If convicted, the men could face more than a decade in prison. Attorneys and relatives of the men say the charges are baseless.