FBI Paid Right-Wing Blogger Charged With Threats

Wired by David Kravets | Aug. 20, 2009 (News Report)

A notorious New Jersey hate blogger was an FBI "agent provocateur," paid tens of thousands of dollars for years to spew rhetoric, his lawyers says. Now the government has turned the tables on Hal Turner, charging that his online rants amounted to an invitation to kill judges and ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S.
Topics: Racism, Law Enforcement
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Aug 19, 2009 - 2:41 PM PDT
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Aug 21, 2009 - 7:18 AM PDT

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