First, I have been a little under
the weather and combined with being busy with other things, I have not been
able to blog as much as I would like.
And of course there is lots of other things happening, but you will
forgive me if I pay a little more attention to news about SWATting.
But to review a few events you
might not have seen. First, as I noted
previously, Bill Schmalfeldt had made a threat last October to SWAT John Hoge—or
more precisely it was made from an IP address, that Schmalfeldt has been known
to use. And then as Patterico
pointed out, Erik Rush had a disagreement with Bill Schmalfeldt and what a
coincidence, he
was SWATted, too!
Meanwhile I appeared on the
Huffington Post Live with several other people to talk about SWATting. You can watch the program, here:
And one of the people on the show
was California State Senator Ted Lieu, who was pushing some anti-SWATting
legislation in California. This is what
he looks like:
And in apparent revenge for that
act, Mr. Lieu was SWATted. From ABC 7 in
Los Angeles:
TORRANCE, Calif.
(KABC) -- Torrance Police responded to a report of shots fired at the Torrance
residence of California Senator Ted Lieu (D-Torrance).
Police received the
report at about 1:10 p.m. Friday via an Internet service for the
hearing-impaired.
Responding officers
discovered the residence belongs to Lieu. It was a multi-unit response with
fire department personnel on standby.
Officers made phone
contact with Lieu's wife, who was home at the time. She exited the residence
and police cleared the scene.
Police determined
the call was a fake, known as a "swatting" incident (named for SWAT
responses to some of the calls in the past).
Read
the whole thing. It’s like a bad
mafia movie. You try to punish the
SWATters, you get SWATted. Are they even
intelligent enough to know that any law he passed couldn’t be applied to past
crimes?
But this is in fact more serious
than frankly my own SWATting. This was
clearly designed to dissuade Senator Lieu from pushing his law, and to
terrorize other lawmakers into refusing to support it. It is an attack upon the people of California’s
right to govern themselves. Consider
what I wrote when Gabby Giffords was shot (like when it just happened):
And it highlights
what is evil and undemocratic about this kind of thing. I don’t know Ms.
Giffords from anyone. But what I know is that the people of her district chose
her to represent them, to speak and vote on their behalf and even if she
recovers the people of Arizona will most likely be denied that voice and vote
until she recovers. One person vetoed the votes of all the people who chose her
and that is wrong and evil, and yes, more serious than the average attempted
murder.
Likewise Mr. Lieu and other state
legislators represent their respective districts. And this SWATter is trying to bully them into
not obeying the will of the people, but caving in to what can only be described
as terrorism.
Hopefully, Mr. Lieu will have the
courage to stand up to that sort of thing.
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And returning from my brief blogging
hiatus, let me express my sorrow at the suffering of the people of Boston and
my relief that it looks like the bastards are under control. The only remaining question is they are in
league with an international terrorist organization, or “lone wolves.” Only time will tell.
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Also it was very nice of the
Huffington Post to let me tell a great deal of my story. And indeed it was not a surprise to them when
I mentioned my active stalking situation and that was indeed why the camera
wasn’t on my face. But I do deeply
appreciate the opportunity.
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My wife and I have lost our jobs
due to the harassment of convicted terrorist Brett Kimberlin, including an
attempt to get us killed and to frame me for a crime carrying a sentence of up
to ten years. I know that claim sounds
fantastic, but if you read starting here, you will see absolute proof of these
claims using documentary and video evidence.
If you would like to help in the fight to hold Mr. Kimberlin
accountable, please hit the Blogger’s Defense Team button on the right. And thank you.
Follow me at Twitter @aaronworthing,
mostly for snark and site updates. And
you can purchase my book (or borrow it for free if you have Amazon Prime), Archangel: A Novel of Alternate, Recent
History here.
And you can read a little more about my novel, here.
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Disclaimer:
I have accused some people,
particularly Brett Kimberlin, of
reprehensible conduct. In some cases, the conduct is even
criminal. In all cases, the only justice I want is through the
appropriate legal process—such as the criminal justice system. I do not want to see vigilante violence
against any person or any threat of such violence. This kind of conduct is not only morally
wrong, but it is counter-productive.
In the particular case of Brett
Kimberlin, I do not want you to even contact him. Do not call him. Do not write him a letter. Do not write him an email. Do not text-message him. Do not engage in any kind of directed
communication. I say this in part
because under Maryland law, that can quickly become harassment and I don’t want
that to happen to him.
And for that matter, don’t go on
his property. Don’t sneak around and try
to photograph him. Frankly try not to
even be within his field of vision. Your
behavior could quickly cross the line into harassment in that way too (not to
mention trespass and other concerns).
And do not contact his organizations,
either. And most of all, leave his family alone.
The only exception to all that is
that if you are reporting on this, there is of course nothing wrong with
contacting him for things like his official response to any stories you might
report. And even then if he tells you to
stop contacting him, obey that request. That
this is a key element in making out a harassment claim under Maryland law—that
a person asks you to stop and you refuse.
And let me say something
else. In my heart of hearts, I don’t
believe that any person supporting me has done any of the above. But if any of you have, stop it, and if you
haven’t don’t start.
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