FBI paid Hal Turner in excess of $100K
“Here’s where the case get’s very interesting,†said Turner’s lead defense attorney, Michael Orozco, in his opening statement before calling Turner as his first witness.
Call me crazy, but I don’t think this is the wisest use of $100,000 of — um, well black box tax funds.
Amid a trial where Turner faces criminal charges for making threats of violence against public servants, he disclosed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation paid him “in excess of $100,000” over a five-year period.
Turner, a long-time racist radio host who attracted an audience of white supremacists and neonazis, was first revealed as an FBI informant in 2008. After becoming the subject of ridicule on infamous Internet forum 4chan, Turner was confronted by hackers on his site’s discussion boards with copies of e-mails he’d allegedly sent to the FBI, bragging about how he’d helped in “flush[ing] out another crazy.”
The arrest came after Turner called for the murder of three judges.
Maybe there is not really anything new in this story from the last time it was in headlines of some sort. His best defense is that his allegiances to the , and he somehow let slide a bright line saying “Do Not Threaten three judges.”  So we return to.:
But I don’t really understand what use the government has in sponsoring Turner. I would think whatever asset Turner makes in passing off information is more than offset by the inciting to violent causes to his warrior audience –Hal Turner was never dangerous per se; his audience on the other hand… It looks all very counter-productive.
What type of thing do you suppose this man was entertaining?
A Texas pilot flew a small plane into an Austin office complex today and authorities are investigating links to a hate-filled note found on the Internet, telling the IRS to “take my pound of flesh and sleep well.”
Or maybe, at a bad moment for his thought process, him?
Actually I should go ahead and lay off the Extremists for a moment, and turn to other matters.