Wannabe terrorist-hunter Gary Brooks Faulkner is "not insane; he's not psychotic; he's as normal as you and I," his brother, Dr. Scott Faulkner, insists. But just in case, Pakistani authorities are asking a psychologist to evaluate the 50 year-old, part-time construction worker, arrested yesterday on his one-man mission to kill Osama Bin Laden.
"Gary Faulkner was born in California, and his family moved to Fort Collins [Colorado] in 1968. He spent several years in Central and South America, building schools and churches. He traveled with a Bible and a devout belief that he needed to exact revenge for 9/11," the *Denver Post *reports.
"My brother understood God has got his back," Scott Faulkner tells the paper.
This was Faulkner's third revenge mission. The Pakistani police seized the 40-inch sword, Chinese pistol, dagger, and night-vision goggles he planned to use to stalk Bin Laden in one of his likely hiding grounds. Faulkner was also carrying "Christian literature and a small amount of hashish," according to the Associated Press.
"It was a logical plan," Scott Faulkner says. "I felt he had a good chance."
With his "long, bushy beard and passable language skills, Faulkner was able to get weapons and move around the countryside with relative ease," the* Post *notes. According to his brother, "it's not surprising that he purchased a sword."
*Photo: Scott Faulkner via Denver Post
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