Previous posts indicate his family is being harrassed. What would you do if it was your family?
And, I don't believe the self-serving stories about the threats. If you want to believe that Jeff Gannon, or whatever his real name is, is the salt of the earth and the sun rises in his eyes go right ahead, you'll have plenty of company and won't even notice that I'm not there.
Have you seen this one yet?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1340479/posts