Email Threats Giffords-Style Attack on New York Lawmakers

WBEN 930 AM News ^ | Rachel Kingston Reporting

[SandRat]

Albany, NY (WBEN) -- State Police in the Capitol region are investigating a series of threatening emails that were sent to numerous state and local lawmakers in Albany on Friday.

The emails are "similar in content," according to investigators. Troopers are not officially releasing any further information, citing the sensitivity of the investigation.

But an Albany-area television station obtained a copy of the email Friday evening, from Assemblyman James Tedisco. (Click here read the entire text of the email, courtesy of WTEN-TV). [email Text near the bottom of the WTEN page that opened]

In it, the writer expresses outrage over government power, and the perceived arrogance of politicians and those who support them. The person threatens a mass-shooting like the one in Tucson earlier this year, in which Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was critically wounded and several other people, including a federal judge and a nine-year-old girl, were killed.

"It is obvious to me that the wealthy in this country are so well insulated that nothing will pull them off task and that, in order to deal with them, I need to incite people to violence. In a day where those in power are bold enough to eliminate labor unions and the government conducts surveillance on Americans whenever they speak out, the response must be violence," the email opens.

The author claims to work in a state office, and promises to exploit that connection.

"I personally am going to use my position and contacts in State government to gather information about the vulnerabilities of public and private targets in New York. The idiots that I work with don't have the slightest idea about my extracurricular activities," the writer says.

"There is one legislator who should immediately recognize the writer of this message because 3 years ago, I spoke to him in person and warned him about these very topics, including the school attacks. But you know what - I bet he wasn't paying attention. We're going to get his attention," the person taunts.

The writer also threatens to attack school busses full of children, as a way to create a public uproar, and says that print and broadcast journalists who "do the bidding for those in power and side against unions and the working class in favor of pro-corporate nonsense" will be targeted, as well.

The message ends with a chilling reference to the Tucson shooting.

"Come visit my agency. Give me a chance to pull a Gabby Giffords."

Investigators are now trying to trace the obscure Yahoo account from which the messages were sent.

Trooper Maureen Tuffey, the public information officer for State Police Troop G, would not comment Friday on whether additional security is being provided to legislators.

[SandRat]

Think Plucking Yew. No permit needed to carry a Quiver and a Bow.

[Lees Swrd]

They are not if you try to use a proxy most times it will kick you out trying to set up an email trying to use Tor will get you the same response. You could use fake information to set up the email but the IP address is logged.

[2CAVTrooper]

“You could use fake information to set up the email but the IP address is logged.”

He probably uses public libraries to gain access.

[Lees Swrd]

Yep or a friends computer.The library here you have to show 3or4 types of ID to use their computers but I did forget to take that into consideration.
I tried once to set up email using different proxies and always got the same response but it may be possible.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Damned: Palin has a great cosmetician! Probably the same one who worked on Larry King, starting around 1914.

[doug from upland]

I had to research it to discover he is a Republican.

[SandRat]

That’s typical of SEIU types tohate and threaten violence.

[doug from upland]

Here is the mocking in song of Katherine Windels in Wisconsin -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R05_dZD7xZo

[Talisker]

The liberal woman near Madison,WI who made specific death threats against WI repubs, has not been arrested, not arraigned, not had any bail amount set and IS FREE AS A BIRD, not even a worthless restraining order has been issued on her to keep her away from “the children” or the repubs and their families who were also specifically given death threats. The DA is a lefty, the courts in Dane Co are ruled by lefties, and it’s evidently open season on all repubs in WI. We have a tyranny. The whack job who threated the WI repubs is an elementary PUBLIC school teacher.

But look at the threatned RINOs who refuse to make a stink about the very person who not only threatened their lives, but the lives of their children. Why aren't these Republican senators screaming about this? Why aren't they filing a writ of mandamus to force her arrest? Why aren't they literally making a federal case out of it, and going after the DA's office?

Liberals cannot function without Leftists.

Leftists cannot function without RINOs.

If you see a liberal/Lefist atrocity, look for the enabling RINOs to find out what is really going on - you'll never come up dry.

[Pining_4_TX]

Ha, ha, funny stuff! Byrd and Kennedy both held onto their seats long after they were semi-comatose (no doubt still collecting their full salaries). And what about the senator from one of the Dakotas who had a stroke? Has he recovered? Somehow I doubt it, and I’m sure his staff is doing the voting for him. Dems have Republicans cowed. Republicans are scared of appearing to be “mean”.

[matt1234]

I heard a broadcast about this story. Accd. to the broadcast, the threatening letters were critical of Tea Party members. The letters suggested that Tea Party members were crazy.

[Del Rapier]

Let them start a war,they talk as if they understand violence beyond the perversion they’ve made of this society.Most of them are too chicken to be any better then just mindless rabble fond of double speak.

Hopefully 2012 is the death knell for this particular phase for the left,I still have room in my heart to listen to real progressives......people genuinely interested in improving the way we view each other,not those cynically bent on exploiting society by pimping out ethnic labels.

[grey_whiskers]

Cheers!

[Soothesayer]

They are far too chicken to fight armed adult conservatives but these filthy worthless cowards have already proven that they can target the weak and the helpless, particularly the children.

If it comes to open war it won’t be for self-defense but the defense of those who can’t defend themselves.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

Thank you for your reply...

I am not sure, but I think...mayby...this an Arizona State law.

Arizonian Freepers can put us up to speed on this.

[kevkrom]

“You could use fake information to set up the email but the IP address is logged.”

He probably uses public libraries to gain access.

Or unsecured wireless access points and bonus MAC addresses.

[VRWCmember]

Sounds like a term paper.

Or a turn page paper.

[Gabrial]

“Wow a GOVERNMENT UNION WORKER threatening to murder people.”

Anarchy is not all it's cracked up to be. This person has some real issues.

[Marty62]

Well as we are seeing in WI. The Fascist will NOT accept election results.

If Zero loses in 2012, expect outright anarchy. These people will NEVER accept the Rule of Law.

They expect the majority of Americans to support(money) their intellectually failed ideas. And if we refuse, they will FORCE us to.