LA Times: Castagana Indicted For Sending Threatening Letters To Olbermann, Pelosi

[Hissyspit]

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/politics/cal/la-me-indict2dec02,1,3043721.story?coll=la-news-politics-california&ctrack=1&cset=true

Threats to celebrities bring charges
By Greg Krikorian, Times Staff Writer
December 2, 2006

A federal grand jury indicted a Woodland Hills man Friday on charges of sending threatening letters with white powder to half a dozen politicians and celebrities, including incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and television personalities Jon Stewart and Keith Olbermann.

The 14-count indictment accuses Chad Conrad Castagana, 39, of sending the letters from Sept. 7 through Nov. 9 to those three as well as Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, comedian and late-night talk show host David Letterman and Viacom Inc. Chairman Sumner Redstone. The powder turned out to be harmless.


ALSO:

http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=5759070&nav=9qrx

SoCal man indicted for sending threatening letters to celebs

LOS ANGELES A man has been indicted for sending threatening letters laced with white powder to several celebrities and politicians.

Authorities say 39-year-old Chad Castagana is being held in federal custody on 350-thousand dollars bail.

Prosectuors allege he sent letters with fake return addresses to Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, comedians Jon Stewart and David Letterman and Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone among others.

The powder contained in the letters was harmless.

Castagana is charged with 14 federal counts of threats and hoaxes, one for each letter he is accused of sending. Each count carries a 5-year sentence.

[xchrom]

1. chad's gonna get his government hating ass really well acquainted

with a government institution.

enjoy your stay chad.

[Ian David]

11. I hear prison is a nightmare of anti-American multi-culturalism, second only to Star Trek. n/t

[xchrom]

13. lol -- ah doesn't that conjure up

visions of vulcans and prison guards.

[Joe Bacon]

43. Oh no, Lost In Space would be more like it

Gene Roddenberry had enough integrity to put at least some sense into Star Trek, but as for anything Irwin Allen and his disciple Glen Larson created, well those make sense only after heavy LSD usage.

[SeattleGirl]

2. Excellent news!

Now, if they could just move on to Coulter, O'Reilly, and Malkin, among others, THAT would be da bomb!

[hwmnbn]

3. I want to see what a freeper looks like......

but thesmokinggun.com STILL doesn't have it. :cry:

[hadrons]

6. me too .....

[Ian David]

12. Can't someone in California at least get a High School yearbook picture? n/t

[kanrok]

14. You're presuming Chad went to high school

[Ian David]

28. He could have gone to Freeper Home Skool and Militia Survivalist Sci-Fi Geek Camp. n/t

[CBHagman]

15. I've seen freepers up close.

Really, they look just like anybody else, only they're louder and more intrusive, and less capable of rational thought. Spare yourself the experience; life is hard enough anyway!

[nicknameless]

41. What is with the news blackout on this guy's photo? Well, here is what his hands look like:

No joke. Several news sources are now running stories with a photo -- OF HIS HANDS! :eyes:

[BR_Parkway]

4. Well damn, the gov't finally catches a terrorist - and he ain't an Arab

what will they report on FAUX news?

We should postpone Monday's planned start of this years War on Christmas until Wednesday afternoon, so that FAUX won't have any other distracting headlines, I really want to see them cover this. Will this be the very first case that was cracked open by all those draconian measures in the Patriot Act? Or the illegal wiretapping?

Would that be karma or simply irony - both of which are not understood by the average Freeper.

And if someone can be charged with Incitement to Riot, can they bring charges against Rush and O'Lielly for Incitement to Commit a Terrorist Act?

[leesa]

42. Here's another one from Jackson, got thirty years for planning to bomb

Congress. He's a white Christian though, so nary a word about it in the news. I highly doubt they even waterboarded him for information on his 'cell' mates.


http://www.jacksonsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061129/NEWS01/611290311/1002

[GCP]

5. Hmmm - I wonder if the New York Post will report this? n/t

[johnfunk]

31. Maybe Mona "Moaner" Charon can wirte a "Free the Freeper" column

That sort of stupidity is right up that useful idiot's alley.

[Lost-in-FL]

7. What? No charges on terrorism?

There are people in Guantanamo charged as terrorists who has not done anything and this bastard is not charged with terrorism??

[Ian David]

8. Do you think The UnaFreeper will be "aggressively interrogated?"

He is, after all, a terrorist.

Which makes Free Republic a... what... terrorist cell? Some people say.

[SpiralHawk]

10. Commander AWOL recommends waterboarding for everyone

"It's not really torture (wink, wink, nudge, nudge)." - Commander AWOL

[tanyev]

17. "UnaFreeper"

:spray:

[Ian David]

9. He's not under house arrest anymore? He's actually in custody? n/t

[Berry Cool]

16. Guess so. I had a feeling there was a reason Keith looked so happy on TV last night

and maybe it wasn't just because the weekend was coming up.

As he would say: "Looks like from now on, this federal offender could end up sending letters only to his friends and family as he faces the possibility of spending up to 70 years in--THE BIG HOUSE!"

[Toots]

18. Maybe Bush* should appoint him to head up Homeland Security

He sounds like he has the qualifications required by this Administration...

[Mountainman]

19. Hey Rim Job, see what your hate filled mind has spawned? I hope this is a lesson to all you ass

holes in freeperville. In 2001 one of your loyal idiots tried to get some freepers to come to my house only the stupid fuck got the wrong city. And for what? Because I could use reason against your irrational little hate mongers.

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha

[Coaster City]

20. The silver lining of this story.....................

1. One less freeper will be living with his parents!!!!
2. He will learn that a tossed salad in prison is a lot different from the ones his mommy made him.
3. He might find a sex partner.

[noamnety]

24. Problems with this post

Rape isn't something to joke about.

Some women on DU are rape victims. Some men, though less of them, also are.

When you joke about prison rape, on some level you are reinforcing the idea that rape is an appropriate way to control or punish people, and that there is something "funny" about men being put into the role of "female" - something to laugh about when men are "fucked" - because we all know that's the role women are supposed to be in.

[Gman]

21. Why is FR still online?

they should have been shut down by now for breeding terrorists.

[Ian David]

32. Some people say it's because Rimjob is cooperating 100% with the feds...

and has turned-over every scrap of data without so much as a court order, subponae, search warrant, or even needing to hear the word "please."

Some people say.

Because unless you're guilty, you have nothing to hide.

[Joanne98]

22. Aren't the freepers going to raise to raise the money for his bail?

:)

[Autonomy]

23. Why aren't RimJob's accounts being frozen

and his assets siezed? Any other website with connections to known terraists would have had at least this much by now.

[IndianaGreen]

25. Castagana posted on Free Republic, where he bragged about his exploits

JimRob had to delete some of his more incriminating posts.

Keith Olbermann reported on Castagana's Freeper activities a couple of weeks back.

[EFerrari]

30. This is the same kind of unafreep that plotted to sneak into

Andy's hospital room and got his Medicare shut off on false allegations.

They're sociopaths. I'm happy they netted this one.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

26. facing 70 years.

one for every shitty Heinlein novel. guess he'll have to read slow.

[johnfunk]

27. 70 Years? Maybe he should trade in Heinlein for Dick

... now get you mind out of the gutter! I'm referring to Philip K. Dick...

[goforit]

29. Well hell!!! Shouldn't this apply to ANN Coulter?

[IndianaGreen]

33. Ann Coulter has made death threats on the public airwaves

She should be arrested and prosecuted.

[Hissyspit]

34. .

[mcg]

35. Yahoo News: Man indicted in letters sent to celebs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061202/ap_on_re_us/threatening_letters_2

[0rganism]

37. HAHA! The Katherine Harris connection emerges!

You knew it was bound to happen...

from the article mcg linked:
"Investigators determined that someone who bought envelopes from that post office also bought a money order, the identification number of which was registered to Castagana. Assistant U.S. Attorney Donald Gaffney said the money order was for a contribution to benefit a political cause for Republican Rep. Katherine Harris of Florida."

How very... predictable. :rofl:

[FVZA_Colonel]

38. Didn't he make some post, either at FR or on some blog somewhere,

about how he was sexually attracted to Kathrine Harris?

[mcg]

45. Yes, basically, he was obsessed with her (also Coulter, Ingraham, and Malkin).

one post:
http://www.topix.net/forum/us-house/katherine-harris/T5CUEBCETTKLFVM14

The following web page notes that is Free Republic profile said

"Ann Coulter is a Goddess and I worship Laura Ingraham and Michele Malkin ."

http://ken_ashford.typepad.com/blog/2006/11/arrest_googling.html

[Wrinkle_In_Time]

36. Hanging Chad?

Does he have dimples?
Is he pregnant?

Nah, I think that he's just spoiled.

[eridani]

39. You will suffer under Puntius Pilate for that one n/t

[Gelliebeans]

40. I wonder

if they will post this bit of news at that other site? NAH......:spray: probably not :rofl:

[Hissyspit]

44. Hmm, any volunteers?

:evilgrin:

[janx]

46. This thread is getting a lot of views--for SOME reason...

;-)

[stanwyck]

47. Will Bill-O claim he's a victim

of the Culture Wars? Are the big, bad liberals threatening this poor guy for his harmless prank? His, as Limbaugh called the Abu Gharab treatment of prisoners, fratboy antics?
Is he being persecuted for political incorrectness?
Tell us, Bill-O.
I'm sure Castagana is a fan of yours.
Take up his cause, Bill.
Get "your folks at the Factor" to help this poor kid, still living at home - love those family values, with his patriotic protest. Which just happens to qualify as terroristic threats under our new Homeland Security which you rightwingers are so adamantly in favor of -- for other people.
Ann, where are you? Your boy is facing prison time. Start stitchin' those "Free Castagana" T-shirts.
Rush -- hey, this is your guy. Show some support. Sure you've been turning on Bush lately with your "they should've listened to me!" rants.
You had your Timothy McVeigh. Now, you've got Castagana.
Take the credit where credit is due.
Your peeps are gonna think you don't really care if you don't show Castagana some wingnut love.