Posted on 11/13/2006 10:21:14 AM PST by mucho muchacho
The man arrested on Saturday for sending more than a dozen envelopes containing "fake anthrax" to anti-war celebrities, journalists, and politicians may have ties to the conservative supersite Free Republic, RAW STORY has found.
Chad Castagana, a 39 year old Californian named as the FBI's prime suspect in the case, is due in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles today, where procecutors are expected to file criminal complaint against him for sending threatening letters through the U.S. mail. Castagana has an extensive online history, often writing about science fiction and conservative politics, and many bloggers are convinced that he is also a contributor at the conservative activist Free Republic website under the name Marc Costanzo.
Earlier today, users at the liberal websites Democratic Underground and Daily Kos brought to light the similarities between Castagana's Internet footprint and Costanzo's writings at Free Republic, and RAW STORY has found a series of eyebrow-raising connections between the two men.
Link (wasn't able to include it as a source URL)
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Fake_anthrax_hoax_by_conservative_blogger_1113.html
(Excerpt) Read more at rawstory.com ...
RTFA
Thanks, I remember when FR was unmoderated, that was then, this is now. It's a necessary evil, pity we have trolls and such to disrupt the forum.
=)
But, "conservatism made him do it" , right?
I saw that too. I find their site difficult to look for stuff. I don't know how the DUmmies Funnies people do it. I only tend to look in latest news for examples of lefty madness.
I am lucky. Now I get along with all except brother in Asia (lefty). I have one SIS who is a Dem, but don't talk politics with her.
Special Agent Mary Hogan's search warrant affidavit is fascinating reading. Chad's one einstein of a crook! Seems he purchased the Ready Post Document Mailers and unusual stamps, together with a $15 money order that he sent to Katherine Harris's campaign, all at the same time. Because of the stamps, the postal clerk remembered him and could describe him. But his real downfall occurred when the money order was cashed. The postal inspectors traced it right back to him.
So, they staked out his house. They were watching when he emerged with a handful of envelopes and starting walking. They followed him 0.6 miles and were watching when he mailed the letters. Then they called in the hazmat guys, who carefully extracted his latest batch of threatening letters.
So, Chad's toast! It's going to have be a mental defense.
After the anthrax attacks of 2001, and the Unabomber attacks (who Clinton could not find...) hoaxes of any kind are even less funny (if they ever were). Throw the book at the culprit I say.
Larisa Alexandrovna
DU's own Lalarawraw
9/11 Press For Truth - Documentary on the Jersey Girls and the lack of press
It is a timeline of news reports of warnings about a possible terror attack leading up to 9/11 as well as the search for truth by the Jersey Girls. It also goes over how they were the ones responsible for making sure the 9/11 Commission came to be. It then goes into detail about who was on that commission. It is a fantastic documentary - DU's own Lalarawraw was a part of making it.
"host a screening"
Or just buy the DVD and arrange to show it in a church, library, home, university
classroom or what have you.
The widows presented 300 questions to the 9/11 Commission.
200 of those questions were ignored. Only 27 were adequately
answered.
Here are the questions, and the widows' ratings of the responses:
http://tinyurl.com/yh5z25
He is suspended!!!
Very strange and sad!
He was always posting on most of the threads regarding Ms. Kathrine Harris, and contrary to all the banned anti_K.H. spammer, he was politely and very very supporting of her. His donation to her gave himself away and apparently finally became his downfall!!
A real "Dr. Jerkyll and Mr. Hyde"!!!
A real "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"!!!
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Agreed. The alternative, a closed forum requiring a password for access, would severely restrict new membership. Moderation is preferable to that, I think.
I noticed that too. Someone edited the source, as it no longer says this person was also at DUer.
I did bother to read it. It said they were 'convinced' but I didn't see anything I would have called 'proof' in the article.
I agree with you.
I guess I should have put I don't WANT to believe a freeper would do this. Time will tell.
I was born in the late '60s and I'm 30. That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it.
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