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Cult Watch Title: Yakima County Man Charged With Threatening To Kill Sen. Patty Murray A 64-year-old Yakima County man has been charged with threatening to kill U.S. Sen. Patty Murray over her support of the National Health Care Reform Act. The FBI and local police arrested Charles Alan Wilson at his Selah home early Tuesday. Wilson was scheduled to make an appearance in U.S. District Court in Yakima, and he will then be transported to Seattle, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. According to the charges, staffers in Murray's office in the Jackson Building in downtown Seattle had become concerned over a series of phone calls by an unknown man over the past several months. The calls came from a blocked number, and often were made in the evenings or on weekends. Usually, according to a staffer identified by the initials "M.G.," the calls were merely vulgar and harassing. But on March 22, "the caller began to make overt threats to kill and/or injure Senator Murray," according to the complaint signed by FBI Agent Carolyn Woodbury. In that message, a man the FBI says it has identified as Wilson stated, "I hope you realize there's a target on your back now ... Kill the [expletive] senator! I'll donate the lead." In several other vulgar and profanity-laced messages left over the next week, the caller repeatedly threatened the Democratic senator's life and said he "hopes somebody kills" President Obama as well, according to portions of transcripts in the complaint. In a call made Sunday evening, according to charging documents filed in federal court, Wilson made reference to being in a group of demonstrators who protested outside the Red Lion Hotel in Yakima last week when Murray was in town to speak at a Chamber of Commerce event. Local tea party activists participating in the demonstration held signs protesting health care reform and equating President Obama's agenda with socialism. The FBI obtained the phone number that coincided with the calls through a search warrant served on Verizon. Another agent called the number, posing as a representative of "Patients United Now," a group that has called for the repeal of the Health Care Reform Act, and identified Wilson by his voice, according to the charges. The use of that group, which is affiliated with the pro-tea party, anti-big-government organization "Americans For Prosperity," caused some concern among the latter organization's officials. FBI Special Agent Fred Gutt said he spoke with AFP officials and acknowledged "they weren't happy" about being affiliated with Wilson or the perception that they might be working with the feds. "They didn't like it, but they understood how it happened," Gutt said. advertising He explained that the agents needed to talk to Wilson to verify his identity, and they wanted a ruse to get him to the phone. They found Patients United Now on the Web, and called the contact number to ask permission. However, the number was disconnected. "They presumed the organization was defunct," Gutt said. "It wasn't." "It's unfortunate, but remember they were working to address a violent threat," Gutt said. AFP did not return several messages for comment left at its headquarters. The complaint notes the timing of the threats corresponded to the passage of the health-care bill, and in several of the messages the caller "expressed his strong disapproval for the health-care reform legislation, and the fact that Senator Murray voted in support of the bill." The threats came amid a rash of ugliness aimed at lawmakers who supported the sweeping federal health care legislation. Some lawmakers have been spit on and several have reported receiving threatening calls. FBI spokesman Bill Carter said Wilson is believed to be the first person in the country arrested for such threats. The FBI said Wilson possesses a concealed-weapons permit. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Seattle said there is a limit to the protections offered by the First Amendment. "Free speech is the cornerstone of our democratic process, and we are a country of vigorous debate," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd Greenberg. "However, threats of violence have no place in that debate. The threats here crossed the line, and violate the law." Murray's office issued the following statement Tuesday afternoon: "As this is an ongoing FBI investigation, Senator Murray or her office will not make any additional comments. Senator Murray will continue to focus on working for the people of Washington state." A longtime neighbor of Wilson's was surprised by the news. "I'm kind of shocked, really," Robert Crawford of Selah said by telephone. "Just talking to him, I never would have thought of him being involved in anything like this, but then you never really know about people." Crawford said he has lived on the same block as Wilson for more than 20 years, and believes Wilson is retired. "I talk to him every now and then, but I can't say I know that much about him."
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
He's upset she's not leftwing enough...(laughing)
my anti groupie can't get through life without me.
Isn't she already just an ugly lesbian?
Sneakypete, have you ever been married? Said things you later regretted?
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