Austin Pilot Suicide Note

Was the pilot who flew his plane into an Austin, Texas office building seeking revenge against the IRS? That is the indication from a sprawling, bizarre suicide note found online, that allegedly was written by the pilot.

Says the pilot, allegedly, in his note: "I saw it written once that the definition of insanity is repeating the same process over and over and expecting the outcome to suddenly be different. I am finally ready to stop this insanity. Well, Mr. Big Brother IRS man, let's try something different; take my pound of flesh and sleep well." Others might argue, on the other hand, that the definition of insanity is deciding to fly your airplane into a building.

The pilot, Joseph Stack, goes on for some 5,000 words about his financial problems, student loans, troubles with his IRA, and beefs with income tax rules and tax codes. It seemes to be intended as some sort of political manifesto, ending with what appears to be a call for communism, but it's hard to make sense of it, and also doesn't seem worth the effort, especially when it is rewarding him with the very attention he sought through such terrible means.

Austin Pilot Suicide Note

Below is an alleged online note written by Joseph Stack, who has been identified as the man who crashed a plane into a building that houses the Internal Revenue Service in Texas. A senior law enforcement official tells CBS News that the FBI is treating the "suicide note" as real. Stack's diary takes aim at the IRS, outraged at loopholes that benefit large corporations and the Catholic Church, but not average Americans. He claimed that the IRS cost him "$40,000+, 10 years of my life, and set my retirement plans back to 0."

Austin Pilot Suicide Note