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Shiamuslimcantbestop, who was identified as Norman LeBoon, has taken to YouTube as his personal pulpit, having posted 515 messages of love, hate and violence (though primarily hate and violence) over the past ten months. LeBoon claimed to be the messiah in some of the videos, offering condemnations of everything from Israel to YouTube itself, and even the movie 'Babe.' The message Friday, which has since been removed, targeted Cantor for being "a liar... a lucifer... a pig... an abomination."
The day after the video was posted, the FBI contacted Google, and filed an "Emergency Disclosure Request" in order to obtain the IP address from whence the video had been uploaded. Law enforcement officials then took that address to Verizon, and filed an "Emergency Situation Disclosure Request" in order to track down the physical location of the computer associated with that IP. That led authorities to Philadelphia, where they then went through an internal database and discovered an active warrant for Norman LeBoon due to charges of terrorist threats, assault and reckless endangerment. The photo from the arrest clearly matched the man seen in the YouTube videos, and, within hours of filing the initial request with Google, FBI agents were knocking at LeBoon's front door.
Thanks to the power of the Web, agents were able to identify, locate, and apprehend a potentially dangerous man within 24 hours of his illegal threat [Ed. Note: Threats and calls to harm are not constitutionally protected] against a serving member of the U.S. government. If convicted (and considering his admission of guilt, we're sure he will be), LeBoon faces up to 15 years in jail and a fine of up to $500,000. Even after that, he'll like spend years under the strict supervision of psychologists. Just check out his prodigious collection of YouTube rants to get an idea of why. [From: Ars Technica]
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Subscribe to commentsAmyMar 31st 2010 3:00PM
It's funny how a threat that is issued during Obama's presidency is taken way more seriously than during Bush's. Go to this website and see just how many threats of death and harm OUR PRESIDENT at the time received, compared to this one against a congressman (not to say he is isn't important), and see which got any attention whatsoever by the media.
http://www.zombietime.com/zomblog/?p=621
mudclamMar 31st 2010 4:27PM
So what's your point? President Bush and Cantor are both arch conservatives, yet the threat to Cantor is far more publicized. Do you mean that the media does a better job when a Democrat is in office? Never mind, it's rhetorical.
Yar MateyMar 31st 2010 4:43PM
Considering the fact that Obama is indeed our first black president.... Measures should be taken to ensure he isnt put to rest by some racist red neck (WAYYY too many of those in this country ) or some mentally unstable republican that doesnt know what to do without his republic. The FBI and CIA have to be on their toes for the next couple years or Tupac will get shot... again... on live tv.
SkyBlueMar 31st 2010 7:08PM
That's because Bush, being a reckless cowboy, refused to believe the threats were serious, just like he refused to believe there were no WMDs.
ToniaMar 31st 2010 3:00PM
Darn, they suspended the account so I can't see what kinda crazy this guy is. :(
TomWMar 31st 2010 3:16PM
You know Amy made a good point. Threats against Bush were pretty commonplace and of course the entertainment industry did not take them seriously. I don't think people should threaten anyone, its bullying, but it was a lot more commonplace when Bush and Cheney were in office. I can remember comments about Cheney needing another heart attack, Stewie shooting up the Oval office with a machine gun and specifically blowing away a picture of Bush. We need to be a cohesive society and endeavor to be less hysterical all of the time. Regardless of who is in office, they are elected to serve, not be threatened. Now think about this. If the two goofs who crashed Obama's fundraiser (please don't call it a state dinner/it was a fund raiser and thats how they got in). had crashed a Bush event they would have been on Letterman the next day laughing it up, and on the Daily Show be heroes...serioulsy you know thats true. But it was much different for Obama wasn't it? The talking TV heads were pointing out that they could have been terrorists and got close to the President (heck yeah he posed with them/.he thought they brought a sack of money with them). So lets endeavor to be civil to all, not just whatever pollitical extreme you like. I am a Dem, voted for Obama but I can see in retrospect without the media hyping things, that Bush did a better job than we thought...and he was bipartisan. Yeah, he worked with Dems (unlike Obama's position with Repubs). Bush had a Dem Congress for 6 of the 8 years he was in office, including when he went to war...yeah Dems voted for that and supported it wildly. So the concept that people feel that they are disenfranchised comes from them being disenfranchised and the double standard for threats needs to be evened out toward all officials. The internet could certainly he a lot more civil and I am sure you will see some ugly on this very site, of people ranting...well the internet is anonymous (unless the gov wants to find you) and that makes little tiny people feel big and they can talk trash and do not have to face anyone. This guy even looks goofy doesn't he? Did you know that President Ford and Reagan had actual shots fired against them...the shooters??? Kind of celebs, lots air time even today. We need to stop the hate, not worship it.
musicalnotesbdMar 31st 2010 4:46PM
sorry pal, you're lying is obvious, your facts too wrong----you're not fooling most of us---
mosesMar 31st 2010 5:39PM
so, tom
let me get his straight. u are saying hat when bush was in office there were many threats against his life that were ignored?
aas, for ur statement hat the shooters of ford and reagan were or are celebs. thats a lie. and, to correct u further ford was never shot.
RebeccaMar 31st 2010 6:13PM
agree.
rosemattMar 31st 2010 3:30PM
Another great example of how biased the media is comes from these idiot milita pretenders in Michigan. Both Olbermann and Anderson Cooper had a guy named Mark Potok from the Southern Poverty Law Center, a group that claims to track "hate" groups. This guy on both of the channels flat out said that these idiots in Michigan were representative of a large portion of the Tea Party people. Nobody called him on it. Yet can you imagine the uproar if a conservative were to equate all environmentalists with the eco-terrorists? There is a conscious effort by not only the media but the current administration to try to project the threat of some chumps playing war and spouting off to most conservatives in general, and the Tea Party people in particular. It is a pathetic attempt to divert attention from the healthcare boondoggle and try to damage the opponents in the lowest, most disgusting manner possible. Fortunately, the vast majority of Americans see through this charade. However, the scary thing is that there are those who swallow this nonsense hook line and sinker and would be the first ones to strip us of our rights of free speech in a heartbeat.
Leila BrillsonMar 31st 2010 3:39PM
But, you do understand, this was against a REPUBLICAN, right? A Republican rather critical of Obama? The FBI was swift, and it seems that their actions were totally non-partisan. This was a threat against a Republican that the government handled -- and if it didn't, you'd cry fowl because for whatever reason. I think making this an issue of partisanship is dangerous. The FBI reacted to a threat against an ELECTED OFFICIAL, be they Repub or Dem, conservative or liberal.
KevinMar 31st 2010 6:20PM
Leila Brillson, do you relaize the FBI has finally come to its senses and therefore realizes that if they let the republicans be killed there would be absolutely no help for this country!
MikeMar 31st 2010 3:32PM
It's Allusions, not Illusions you frigging moron!!!
snowmasseyMar 31st 2010 3:38PM
He is just your average everyday tea-bagger who hates Americans,
health care, & our President and loves beck, limbaugh, & palin.
He gets all his "opinions" from faux.
DJMar 31st 2010 4:18PM
Jesus your dumb! Cantor is a republican. This guy is a crazy left wing loon. Of course you wouldn't know that, you just spew whatever NBC, ABC and CBS spoon feeds you at night.
marianMar 31st 2010 4:06PM
Freedom to speak ones mind. Well until you suggest you would like to hurt someone. Then all at once your in Russia. Yep, so much for freedom.
Never thought we were free to begin with. Glad I know that. Sure wish all those who were lied to did.
LaurieMar 31st 2010 7:59PM
That's not entirely true Marian. If you were to threaten to kill me or vice-versa not a word would be said. You just can't threated celebrities or politicians. They don't care about us regular people.
rosemattMar 31st 2010 4:06PM
Leila-the point is that the media has been engaged in an ongoing attack with a blatant attempt to smear people that they don't favor. And that is a truly scary thought. Oh, and by the way, this guy was a donor to the Obama campaign. That info is all out there. As well as the so called "hate" police trying to tie Americans who simply feel differently than they do to "terrorists" who, incidentally, haven't done anything but threaten people and from their actions, appear to be too stupid to pull of anything. Fortunately, the door will not hit the sleazy, backroom dealing people who rammed this hugely expensive and unknown "plan" down our throat in their ample behinds as they are thrown out of office in 2010 and 2012. Unless, of course, they find some way to make the election illegal.
mosesMar 31st 2010 5:48PM
a threat is a threat even if u don't have the ability to follow thought.
a threat is and has always been a crime in america. and, please tell me what point u are trying to make?
bitasnoMar 31st 2010 4:14PM
it is ok to disagree with anyone the way to overcome any politician is at the ballot box not through violence hey vote and try to convince others to your way of thinking there is noting bad about this this is the american way , i wish no president or congressman harm but i dont agree with them all either november is the way to equalise yourself with the fat cats . vote them out . or keep them as you decide the majority will rule one person one vote . no one ever had the fbi on their doorstep for voteing .