Posted on 03/01/2007 6:30:40 PM PST by markomalley
Edited on 03/01/2007 6:35:32 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) -- He calls himself "The Bishop." Exactly why is just one of the many mysteries surrounding the increasingly menacing figure.
The man -- and investigators believe they are dealing with a man -- is suspected of sending at least a half-dozen threatening letters to financial institutions over the past 18 months and mailing two dud pipe bombs that arrived a day apart in Kansas City and Chicago in January.
In his letters, The Bishop has demanded that financial companies move the prices of certain stocks to certain levels, often $6.66 -- an apparent reference to the Antichrist, said corporate counter terrorism expert Fred Burton.
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The Bishop, like the Unabomber, is probably mentally ill, highly intelligent and a loner, said Burton, vice president of counter terrorism for Stratfor, an Austin, Texas, security and intelligence firm.
Are they saying the duds are deliberately so?
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