Man/Boy love group NAMBLA puts $10,000 hit on New York's Attorney General

[0ni0n]

ALBANY - A $10,000 In ternet bounty was placed on Attorney General An drew Cuomo's head by a suspected agent of the North American Man/Boy Love Association, The Post has learned.

The shocking death threat by the infamous organization of pederasts was posted three weeks ago on an Internet news-group bulletin board that originated in The Bronx, law-enforcement sources said.

The threat, described by a source as "unprecedented" because it is believed to come from an organization, prompted a sweeping and ongoing criminal probe by the Attorney General's Office and at least one other law-enforcement organization, and subpoenas were issued, sources said.
The "reward" was offered under the headline: "$10,000 to shoot Andrew Cuomo in the face!"

"I am an official of NAMBLA, and I can confirm that we have raised the cash to reward any individual who manages to accomplish this task. Thank you," read the message, a transcript of which was obtained by The Post.

The message, which investigators have linked to an imprisoned pervert with strong NAMBLA ties - and whom Cuomo's office is seeking to keep behind bars under a "civil commitment" law - was spotted by a citizen who brought it to the attention of Verizon, his Internet service provider.

Law-enforcement sources declined to reveal the imprisoned man's identity.
But an informant connected to the man's case told investigators NAMBLA is, in fact, out to kill Cuomo, sources said.

"He said he believes the death threat on the Internet is connected to an effort by NAMBLA to kill the attorney general," an investigative source said.
"It is our understanding that people in the, and I hate to call it this, 'pedophile community' are angry at Cuomo's office because he's been making the [Internet service providers] take responsibility for policing child pornography - and he's been very aggressive in seeking to keep NAMBLA types behind bars through civil commitment."

Verizon security officers quickly removed the posting and notified police agencies, including Cuomo's office, sources said.

"An aggressive criminal investigation" was then launched with subpoenas issued targeting the Internet site and the person who sent the message, the sources said.

Security around Cuomo - normally light to nonexistent - was immediately tightened.

The attorney general, who has recently garnered national and international attention through his investigation of huge bonuses paid to Merrill Lynch executives as their firm was being acquired by Bank of America, is now being accompanied during public appearances by several armed investigators who work for his office.

Criminal investigators, working with Verizon, tracked the message to a news group maintained by a woman living in a private home in The Bronx.
The woman denied any knowledge of the message, allowed investigators to examine her personal computer, and was eventually told she was not a suspect, sources said.

"She was clearly not involved," one source said.
Investigators, meanwhile, tried to track the source of the message itself - locating a partial e-mail address - but computer-tracing efforts "led to a dead end," according to the source.

Cuomo's office has kept at least 75 convicted sexual predators, including several linked to NAMBLA, in state prison under a tough, new civil-commitment law approved in 2007. The measure allows sexually violent offenders to be confined even when their sentences would otherwise be up.
A Cuomo spokesman called the threat "an ongoing security matter that we take very seriously."

Security surrounding public officials is a sensitive subject rarely discussed openly, but in early 2007, after then-Gov. Eliot Spitzer authorized State Police protection for former Gov. George Pataki, it was revealed that Pataki had been the subject of 146 "high-risk" threats during his 12 years in office.
NAMBLA, once a publicly active organization with chapters in New York City and on the West Coast, has largely been driven underground by a series of criminal prosecutions, civil lawsuits and aggressive infiltration by law-enforcement organizations.

[GeneJackit]

sounds like a plot to a Cohen Bros movie

[miokomioko]

NAMBLA is the most ridiculous organization. Also, death threats are death threats, but... lolinternet death threats.

[Elvis]

Hahaha. Imagine if NAMBLA becomes a terrorist group...

[thatwasnifty]

I can't wait to see the episode they make about this on Law & Order.

[archibaldcrane]

Fuck NAMBLA (or...well, don't actually) but that civil-commitment law sounds pretty fucking shady.

[Olo401]

in b4 link posted from The Onion (edit: I HOPE)

[Stiker]

I can't wait to see the episode they make about this on Law & Order.

First thing that crossed my mind too lol.

[Khamsin]

Fuck NAMBLA (or...well, don't actually) but that civil-commitment law sounds pretty fucking shady.

Why? It only applies to proven violent sexual offenders, and isn't something they can use against your average citizen minding their own business.

Now, if it could be used to detain suspected offenders, or people who just happened to run afoul of a vindictive woman who thought your compliment about her hair was sexual harrassment, then it would be shady.

[aurik]

Why?

Because it's ex-post facto, mainly. Also violates a bunch of amendments, particularly equal protection, due process, etc.

[Komm Suesser Tod]

At least he knows he's doing his job well enough to piss people off that bad.

[Araelus]

At least he knows he's doing his job well enough to piss people off that bad.

Reminds me of Rudy Giuliani's old radio show where he would just get screamed at for hours by people who weren't happy with his method of crime fighting. Hilarious.

[Devek]

I very cynical and question this whole situation..

Why would these people be so stupid as to make a death threat like this?

This smells like it was set up to me.. and gives them all the power in the world to investigate and go after these people.

Don't be surprised if in a few months we hear about how this was all bullshit, but while investigating the death threat they found all sounds of kiddie porn and stuff on the their machines and are charging them with that instead. While those are good ends, they never justify the means...

[Eticket]

in b4 link posted from The Onion (edit: I HOPE)

It's the NY Post, so it's not far off...

PERV GROUP PUTS 10G 'HIT' ON ANDY - New York Post

[Tricen]

NAMBLA is real?

[Elvis]

only if you say it 3 times in front of a mirror. then you get fondled by this guy

http://www.thematthewbryant.com/Dennis%20Franz.jpg

[Araelus]

^ I thought it was his job to shoot the pedos for fun.

[Elvis]

Nah, that's this guy's job

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hxe2XaMP2H.../freakshow.jpg

Clearly, he was working undercover as The Elephant Man.

[Senoska]

Why? It only applies to proven violent sexual offenders, and isn't something they can use against your average citizen minding their own business.

Now, if it could be used to detain suspected offenders, or people who just happened to run afoul of a vindictive woman who thought your compliment about her hair was sexual harrassment, then it would be shady.

I bet you're the type of person that says "I AINT GOT NOTHIN TO HIDE!" when bush was wiretapping people illegally.

[Khamsin]

I bet you're the type of person that says "I AINT GOT NOTHIN TO HIDE!" when bush was wiretapping people illegally.

Nah, because I disagree with Bush on pretty much everything.

I value something called the Constitution except when applied to certain classes of people arbitrarily deemed unfit for our society based on dominant contemporary morals and societal norms.