True enough, but likewise a plea bargain does not mean a person was innocent either. In this case, he admitted making a threat to kill Obama, a class E felony. Threatening other government officials (FBI) is likewise a felony. Finding a pipe bomb that was "unregistered" is apparently also a crime. Given the physical evidence of threats, and physical evidence of the pipe bomb, he sure sounds guilty to me, and it sounds like he made a good choice in the plea bargain.

You sound doubtful that he did anything wrong. Do you disagree his threats were crimes, or possession of pipe bombs was a crime, or do you think this was all planted evidence or what? Or is this just a reminder that plea bargains are part of the unfair leverage the law uses (a point I agree with, partly because it is often applied to the most vulnerable to get a conviction).