Vermont man on trial claims CIA told him to shoot three Palestinian students
FILE-Judge gavel, scales of justice and law books in court. (Brian A. Jackson/South Florida Sun Sentinel/Getty Images) A man is on trial for shooting three Palestinian college students in Burlington, Vermont in 2023. Jason Eaton, now 51, alleges he was acting on orders from the CIA and Mossad when he shot the students who were walking past his home days after Thanksgiving that year. According to The Associated Press, Eaton said the United States and Israeli intelligence agencies transmitted the messages to him via FM radio and that God was ordering him to protect his Jewish neighbors. Eaton’s allegations were at the center of his insanity defense as he went on trial for attempted murder charges on Monday.