The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Gauntlet Thrown Down @ali
UPDATE: An SMS From RSM

by Smitty I cannot believe this. #BrettKimberlin‘s associates have now literally gone after my family. Prayers please. — Ali A. Akbar (@ali) June 4, 2012   Ace of Spades: National Day of Blogger Silence — This Friday On Friday, this site will be absolutely dead-silent, which is what Brett Kimberlin and his stalker crew seeks, […]

‘A Faint Whiff of Vigilante Hysteria’: Weinergate’s Kimberlin Connection

FROM AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION The phrase quoted in the title is from a Firedoglake diarist who accurately calls the Brett Kimberlin story a “complex saga, as densely peopled and subplotted as a 19th century Russian novel.” While I resent the suggestion that I’m involved in any sort of “hysteria” — vigilante or otherwise — I’m […]

Inside Neal Rauhauser’s Twisted Mind

FROM AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION I’m about 1,200 words into a long follow-up post — trying to connect more of the scattered dots in the Brett Kimberlin orbit — but meanwhile I see Patterico has added important background on the Neal Rauhauser “Kookpocalypse” drama: After Aaron Walker went to court to get a peace order based on […]

Raw Story Disavows Ties to Kimberlin

In a previous item, I mentioned that former Raw Story reporter Larisa Alexandrovna is an “indefatiguable defender” of convicted terrorist Brett Kimberlin. Some other writers (not me) have suggested a closer relationship between Raw Story and Kimberlin. A week ago, Raw Story issued this official statement: Raw Story was founded by John Byrne in 2004, […]

The Profoundly Dishonest Brett Kimberlin

‘Speedway Bomber’ Brett Kimberlin was sentenced to 50 years in 1981 FROM AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION While researching further background material, I happened upon a November 2011 post at DFQ2 in which Seth Allen discussed Brett Kimberlin’s ties to the left-wing news site Raw Story. Allen was particularly interested in Larisa Alexandrovna, a former Raw Story reporter […]

When Neal Rauhauser Complained About ‘Menacing’ and ‘Cyberstalking’

FROM AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION As September 2010 came to an end, Neal Rauhauser’s “beandogs” operation was rapidly imploding. Using his “WingNutWatch” Twitter account, Rauhauser had “organized a group of E-Thugs meant to harass, threaten, provoke, disparage, intimidate, verbally assault, berate & employ hate-speech against those not in agreement with his brand of politics,” as conservative blogger Patrick Read said […]

The Only Answer Is ‘Heh’

Professor Glenn Reynolds asks: “How’s that brass-knuckles reputation management working out for you?”  The professor links an excellent examination of the legal precedents in Aaron Walker’s case by Hans Bader of the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Suffice it to say, Walker got railroaded.

Radicals Justify Their Evil by Invoking Their Presumed Moral Superiority

“This could happen to you. It could happen in a context utterly unrelated to politics as you understand them. . . . Crazy stalking can happen to anyone for any reason.” — Popehat, “Brett Kimberlin and Aaron Worthing: Censorship And Retaliation Through Lawfare” FROM AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION In my Thursday account of the connections between […]

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