"HATE" tattooed on his right hand as he pleads guilty under oath

Christopher W. McIntosh, 23, of Maple Shade, New Jersey has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of arson, setting fire to the McDonald's restaurant near Seattle's Space Needle in 2003, an act he claimed he did on behalf of two groups of domestic terrorists - Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front. Before pleading guilty, McIntosh raised his right hand to be sworn under oath and revealed the letters "H-A-T-E" tattooed onto four fingers. The Seattle Times did not report the "hate" message that was clearly visible on the arsonist's hand, but the Seattle Post Intelligencer prominently mentioned it. Under terms of the plea agreement, McIntosh will be sentenced on December 16 to eight to 10 years in a federal prison. His attorney, Stephan Illa, said McIntosh decided to make a deal because prosecutors were prepared to invoke an anti-terrorism statute and seek a mandatory minimum of 30 years if he lost at trial. Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Friedman told the court that after setting the fire, at 10:39 a.m. that same day, McIntosh placed an anonymous phone call to the Seattle arson tipline, stating, "[t]here was an E-L-F-A-L-F hit at McDonald's across from the Space Needle. There will be more. ... As long as mother Earth is pillaged, raped, destroyed. As long as McDonald's keeps hurting our furry brothers, there will be more."....

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