Right Wing Abortion Terrorist Taunts Victims From Jail

Posted by Cliff Schecter at 3:36 PM on May 14, 2007.

Cliff Schecter: Imagine the media frenzy if Eric Rudolph were an Islamic terrorist instead of an anti-abortion obsessed, Christian right killer?

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Imagine this a little differently

Extremist Taunts His Victims From Prison

By JAY REEVES, Associated Press Writer

Monday, May 14, 2007
(05-14) 11:12 PDT Birmingham, Ala. (AP) --

Victims of ~~Eric Rudolph~~ Osama Bin Laden, the anti-~~abortion~~ America extremist who pulled off a series of bombings across the ~~South~~ world, say he is taunting them from deep within the nation's most secure federal prison, and authorities say there is little they can do to stop him.

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But ~~Rudolph's~~ Osama's long essays have been posted on the Internet by a supporter who maintains a ~~Army of God~~ Web Taliban site. The ~~Army of God~~ Taliban is the same loose-knit group that Rudolph bin Laden claimed to represent in letters sent after the blasts.

In one piece, ~~Rudolph~~ bin Laden seeks to justify violence against ~~abortion clinics~~ Americans by arguing that ~~Jesus~~ Allah would condone "militant action in defense of the innocent."

Any of the prisoners in Gitmo get to send mail to their fans?

Terrorism is Terrorism, no matter which God you offer it up to.

Tagged as: media, abortion, domestic terrorism, rudolph

Cliff Schecter is a political consultant and author. He writes on cliffschecter.blogspot.com.

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Radical Islamists DO make pronouncements and tirades from prison and jail. [Report this comment] Posted by: albrechtkrausse on May 14, 2007 3:44 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Just recently in Holland it has become a controversy, but it is nothing new in Isreal or, like the infamous shiek of WC bombing#1, in the USA (even through their attorneys!) Many radicals of all stripes and religions make 'statements' and 'manifestos' from jail! Sometimes, like the French case, of Carlos "the Jackel" they even get more prison time for them! Once again Alternet authors know so little of world events and the past, and current, situation in the world. To Wit: (from Dutch news) Mohammed B. as bloodthirsty as ever 11 May 2007 AMSTERDAM - What should a Muslim do to someone who insults Islam? Behead them. What should he do to someone who insults the prophet? Mohammed B.: "Off with their head. Slaughter them." Two and a half years in a high security prison has done little to make the convictions of Theo van Gogh's killer any less extreme. Carlos the Jackal's latest: http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=696592007 [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: adical Islamists DO make pronouncements and tirades from prison and jail. Posted by: Joshua Holland » RE: adical Islamists DO make pronouncements and tirades from prison and jail. Posted by: albrechtkrausse » pronouncements from jail=not the point... Posted by: brasilaron » RE: adical Islamists DO make pronouncements and tirades from prison and jail. Posted by: Benjaminsjw » RE: adical Islamists DO make pronouncements and tirades from prison and jail. Posted by: JNagarya » RE: adical Islamists DO make pronouncements and tirades from prison and jail. Posted by: lessbread Double Standard for Rudolph [Report this comment] Posted by: lessbread on May 14, 2007 7:45 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Here are the key passages from the article: Extremist Taunts His Victims From Prison Bureau of Prisons regulations give wardens the right to reject correspondence by an inmate for "the protection of the public, or if it might facilitate criminal activity." That includes material "which may lead to the use of physical violence." The Bureau of Prisons failed to respond to repeated inquiries from The Associated Press about whether Rudolph's writings violate prison rules. But U.S. Attorney Alice Martin, who helped prosecute Rudolph for the Alabama bombing, said there is nothing the prison can do to restrict Rudolph or the supporter who keeps posting his writings, anti-abortion activist Donald Spitz of Chesapeake, Va. "An inmate does not lose his freedom of speech," she said. It seems to me that Alice Martin has got it wrong and that she Martin might be sympathetic to Rudolph's cause though not his method. According to this analysis: Government as Administrator of Prisons A prison inmate retains only those First Amendment rights that are not inconsistent with his status as a prisoner or with the legitimate penological objectives of the corrections system.810 The identifiable governmental interests at stake in administration of prisons are the preservation of internal order and discipline, the maintenance of institutional security against escape or unauthorized entry, and the rehabilitation of the prisoners. Here's an account of another prisoner in Florence Supermax that the warden seems to have no troubles censoring: The Long Silence As an aspiring 26-year-old writer with a dark past, Mark Jordan figures he has plenty to tell the world. He has stories about bank robberies, for instance, and the many episodes of violence he's seen in eight years of prison life. And how federal authorities have been trying to coerce him into confessing to a murder that he swears he didn't commit. But as U.S. Bureau of Prisons inmate #48374-066, Jordan has no right to publish anything, anywhere, about any of these matters. According to his keepers, even the act of trying to get his views into print amounts to a violation of prison regulations, subject to disciplinary action. In the past year, Jordan has been punished twice for the crime of "acting as a reporter or publishing under a byline," offenses that have resulted in his losing some of the few privileges he has left as a 23-hour-a-day lockdown inmate in the highest-security prison in the country. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] And the real issue is.... [Report this comment] Posted by: mviscid on May 15, 2007 8:39 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] The point of this article is to show that abortion clinic bombers in this country are not treated as the terrorists they are. I wonder why? [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » Because they are doing it for God (Allah) Posted by: james2021 Taunting the victims? Come on !! [Report this comment] Posted by: zipper696 on May 15, 2007 9:00 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] This is BS of the highest order. The guy writes stuff, sends it to a buddy who publishes it on a website that 99% of "the victims" will never have heard of. My guess is some hack was skimming through all the nutjob sites, found the article and, seeing potential $$ for the story, made it known to the victims. Result? Instant headline story (such as this) [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Freedom Of Speech [Report this comment] Posted by: dam on May 16, 2007 10:53 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Someone wearing an anti-war t-shirt or sporting an anti-war bumper sticker on his/her car can be arrested but a prisoner convicted of attempted murder doesn't lose his freedom of speech? Now that I've fallen down the rabbit hole, can someone please introduce me to Alice? [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] good behavior [Report this comment] Posted by: uncleeddie on May 16, 2007 3:38 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] I wonder if the criminal bastard eric will be released early for good behavior. If the warden is a christian fundamentalist as I'm sure many warden are, that would seem like a certainty. What is less certain is would a recommondation from Jerry Falwell be helpful in gaining Gods forgiveness for poor old eric. What's absolutely certain is that recommondation will be comming from HELL! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

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» RE: adical Islamists DO make pronouncements and tirades from prison and jail. Posted by: Joshua Holland

» RE: adical Islamists DO make pronouncements and tirades from prison and jail. Posted by: albrechtkrausse

» pronouncements from jail=not the point... Posted by: brasilaron

» RE: adical Islamists DO make pronouncements and tirades from prison and jail. Posted by: Benjaminsjw

» RE: adical Islamists DO make pronouncements and tirades from prison and jail. Posted by: JNagarya

» RE: adical Islamists DO make pronouncements and tirades from prison and jail. Posted by: lessbread

» Because they are doing it for God (Allah) Posted by: james2021

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