Criminal complaint: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23937421-baluchi
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> On or about August 27, 2023, the USCG Cutter VALIANT continued to make efforts to disembark BALUCHI utilizing their small boat. However, BALUCHI displayed two knives and threatened to hurt himself if officers boarded the Vessel. Moreover, BALUCHI threatened to blow himself up, along with the Vessel. USCG officers believed this to be a valid threat, as they observed BALUCHI holding wires in his hand. USCG officers contacted the U.S. Navy Explosive Ordinance Disposal Unit at Kings Bay, Georgia to determine blast and fragmentation radius of the alleged bomb.
> On or about August 28, 2023, the USCG Cutter CAMPBELL arrived on scene with the USCG Cutter VALIANT to provide support. The USCG Cutter CAMPBELL launched a small boat to attempt to deliver food, water, and predictions of the incoming hurricane to BALUCHI. USCG officers again ordered BALUCHI off the Vessel, but he again refused. It was then that BALUCHI informed the USCG officers that the bomb was not real.
The complaint goes on. The Coast Guard spent a week on this guy. Seems like he wasn't obeying the rules and earned his arrest at a minimum. All of this while a hurricane was on its way.
the imploded submarine was consistently told it was unsafe, but also had managed to make several successful dives. it did have failsafes, albeit woefully ineffective, and a crew on a ship hanging out above. they had real operational plans and experience, they just cut corners on everything and eventually it went bad.