Keith Olberman interviews John Cook of Radar Online about "39-year-old Chad Castagana on suspicion of sending threatening letters to media outlets and the homes of several public figures including "Countdown" host Keith Olbermann."
Chad Castagana is a terrorist, a rightwing terrorist. Will the rightwing pundits address this? While they feel justified in calling liberals and Democrats terrorists?
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Update: Link in comments says Castagana is under house arrest and there was a lot more anti-semitic and bomb-making literature. Why so mild a response to this nutjob?
Quoting the commenter: "Try this thought experiment -- imagine how the FBI/JTTF investigation and the bond hearing and the news coverage would have been different, if Castagana hadn't said "I am a Conservative Republican" but if Castagana had said, instead, "I am a Devout Muslim.""
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CASTAGANA GETS HOUSE ARREST
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_320174527.html
Nov 16, 2006 2:42 pm US/Pacific
Man Gets House Arrest In Threatening Letters Case
Castagana Is Scheduled To Be Arraigned Dec. 11
(CBS) LOS ANGELES -- A Woodland Hills man who allegedly sent threatening letters ... under house arrest while he awaits trial ... ordered not to mail anything while on bond, and will have to wear an electronic monitoring device ... faces up to 15 years in federal prison if convicted ... allegedly told FBI agents that he sent the letters because he did not like the recipients' liberal politics.
... public defender argued ... letters were sent after Castagana's mother had a heart attack and had to temporarily move out of the home she shares with her son, who suffers from depression ...
The above CBS story didn't mention Castagana's alleged infatuation with substitute mommas, nor did the CBS story mention:
http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2006/11/the-castagana-correspondence-right-what-you-know.php
AFFIDAVIT
iv. ITEMS TO BE SEIZED
4.p. Possible chemicals that could be used to make weapons of mass destruction or literature showing how to make it;
4.t. Literature regarding Kathleen [sic] Harris;
4.u. Anti-semitic literature and or left wing hate rhetoric;
vi. THE INVESTIGATION
6.a. ... "Do you know Alan Berg? You should. Death to demagogues." Alan Berg was the Jewish talk radio host assassinated by white supremacists in Denver in 1984 ...
6.h. ... "I hope you live to see the destruction of your Judas city" ... "NYC = death to demagogues."
9.a. ... The money order was made out to "Friends of Katherine Harris."
11.d. ... "Rosenberg's = Liberal Journalist's = Benedict Arnold's = Judas's."
As item 4.t illustrates, the FBI/JTTF could use better proofreading. As item 4.u illustrates, the FBI/JTTF is a little hazy about the difference between left and right.
The FBI/JTTF affidavit doesn't mention any possible investigation of Castagana's alleged online statements ("I am a lifelong Conservative Republican ... Ann Coulter is a Goddess and I worship Laura Ingraham and Michele Malkin.") but the affidavit does say that the FBI/JTTF will be investigating the information stored locally on Castagana's computer.
Most of Castagana's alleged targets are Jewish, and, throughout the FBI/JTTF affidavit, the dominant theme of Castagana's alleged activities is Castagana's anti-semitism.
Try this thought experiment -- imagine how the FBI/JTTF investigation and the bond hearing and the news coverage would have been different, if Castagana hadn't said "I am a Conservative Republican" but if Castagana had said, instead, "I am a Devout Muslim."
Jeez! I had no idea. Thanks for the linkage!
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