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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGlenn Beck Sued for Defamation Over His '212 3B' Boston Marathon Bombing Conspiracy Theory
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/glenn-beck-sued-defamation-over-his-212-3b-boston-marathon-bombing-conspiracy-theoryFollowing the bombing at the Boston Marathon last year, Glenn Beck went on a personal crusade to prove that the Obama administration was engaged in a massive cover-up of the role that an al Qaeda operative played in the attack and was doing so for the benefit of the Saudi Arabian government.
Beck infamously gave the US government three days to come clean about the cover-up before he exposed it on his network. When those three days passed, Beck launched into a full-scale campaign to prove that Abdul Rahman Ali Alharbi, who was injured in the bombing, was actually an al Qaeda "control agent" and "money man" who financed the operation and recruited the Tsarnaev brothers to carry it out.
Beck's theory rested on the fact that Alharbi had once been considered a "person of interest" during the investigation but was quickly cleared. Beck's network received information during the investigation that Alharbi was "was set to be deported under section 212 3B" for "terrorist activities" and it was upon that piece of information that Beck's built his entire campaign, as he spent days hammering away, challenging everyone to disprove his theory and warning that they would only discredit themselves if they tired to do so.
Eventually, Beck's crusade came to a grinding halt when he brought a former INS special agent on to his program to bolster his theory but, instead, watched as Bob Trent blew a whole right through it by pointing out that the 212 3B designation and Beck's entire timeline "doesn't make sense."
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Glenn Beck Sued for Defamation Over His '212 3B' Boston Marathon Bombing Conspiracy Theory (Original Post)
warrior1
Mar 2014
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Archae
(46,301 posts)1. I just read that at RWW...
I'd love to see Beck even *TRY* to defend himself.
Even money says he settles out of court.
sakabatou
(42,136 posts)2. I hope he loses in court
UTUSN
(70,642 posts)3. R#6 & K n/t