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A Most Deadly Game
CyberCrime' investigates a website that calls for contract killings of
public officials. Is it an exercise in free speech or a manifesto for
murder? Find out more, Tuesday 4/22 at 9 p.m. Eastern.
Sneak peek: Tuesday at 7 a.m., 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 6 p.m. Eastern
Also airs: 4/24 at 12 a.m., 4/25 at 10:30 a.m., 3 p.m., and 9 p.m., 4/26
at 12:30 a.m., 4/27 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., 4/28 at 1 a.m., 11 a.m., and 7
p.m., and 4/29 at 12 a.m. Eastern.
By CyberCrime staff
April 22, 2002
Jim Bell, a 46-year-old chemist and anti-government
activist, is pushing the limits of free speech with his online
manifesto entitled "Assassination Politics" or "AP." First
published in 1997, Bell advocated a system where the
public could go online and vote to have unpopular
government officials assassinated. This week on
"CyberCrime" we investigate why law enforcement has a
renewed concern over AP.
In our report, you'll hear from Alan Hatcher, Treasury special
agent in charge of investigating Bell, and Robb London, the
ead prosecutor in the case. Plus, some insight into AP from
high tech terrorism expert Matthew Devost, founding director
of the Terrorism Research Center, and Darcy Bender, an
expert in the use of chemical and biological weapons.
Additional links
Jim Bell files
Jim Bell's essay, "Assassination Politics," and information on
his arrest, the charges against him, his pretrial jailing, the
IRS spam, his hearings, news reports, his plea bargain, his
sentencing, his letters from jail, his probation hearings, his
probation conditions, his appeal, and his rearrest and detention
for alleged probation violations.
Jim Bell's Manifesto
Read the "Assassination Politics" manifesto.
The US vs. James Bell
A list of the trial transcripts from the James Dalton Bell
case.
This article is based on original reporting by
"CyberCrime" segment producer Steve Blum.
"CyberCrime" premieres every Tuesday at 9 p.m. Eastern.
