HAL TURNER: SNITCH

We don’t need to say much about this. Let’s instead take some quotes from some of our favorite WP sites. From VNN: “I guess that explains Hal’s constant radio announcements about FBI and SS coming to his house.” “A snitch and a mental defective. That’s all you need to know about Hal Tuner.” “The jew-faced Hal Turner.I listened to a few of his shows in the past and always believed that his accent was more of a jewish accent than a Jersey accent.” From Stormfront: “Told you so.” “They don’t call them provocateurs for nothing.” “Just think about all the people here who sent that asshat money for his defense. His day of reckoning is coming.” From the Phora: “I really don’t know what to say, he totally had me fooled.” “Is it possible that this is just more Hal Turner bulls–t? After all, he was complaining that he wasn’t ‘cut out’ for prison. Whether it is BS, or not, then what else will he cough up to gain favor?” In other words, today’s news from Hal Turner’s court appearance that he admitted he was an FBI informant is going through the WP scene like nobody’s business. And it is only going to get better. See, the prosecutor and judge isn’t sure what to make of the assertion, especially where he said his information that saved President Obama’s life (and you know THAT went over well in the WP scene!) That means an FBI agent is about to be dragged into court. So this promises to be even more entertaining as the Hal Turner trial goes along!

Associated Press

CHICAGO — A New Jersey blogger accused of threatening to kill three federal judges has been an FBI informant and even told authorities about a potential plot to assassinate President Barack Obama, his lawyer said Tuesday.

Extremist blogger Hal Turner pleaded not guilty earlier in the day to charges that he threatened to kill three Chicago-based federal appeals judges.

At his bond hearing, defense attorney Michael Orozco said the 47-year-old Turner of North Bergen, N.J., was not a danger to the community as federal prosecutors claim. Turner deserved to be released on bond, Orozco said, adding that he had served as an FBI confidential informant.

“He provided information about the potential assassination of President Obama,” Orozco told U.S. Magistrate Judge Martin C. Ashman.

Assistant U.S. Attorney William Hogan told Ashman he “never heard anything about that” and said Turner’s contacts with the FBI ended “quite some time ago.” After court, Hogan and a federal spokesman, Randall Samborn, declined to comment further about Turner’s relationship with the FBI or federal marshals.

Ashman suggested that Orozco had only his client’s word that he had given information about a potential assassination to federal authorities. The judge ordered Turner held in custody pending the outcome of an Aug. 10 continuation of the bond hearing.

After court, Orozco told reporters that Ashman was correct that he had no independent knowledge of what Turner had told federal marshals. But he said he would try to subpoena Turner’s FBI “handler” for the Aug. 10 hearing.

Turner had said in Internet postings in June that the three federal appeals judges “deserve to be killed” because they issued a ruling that upheld ordinances in Chicago and suburban Oak Park banning handguns. He included their photos and the room numbers of their chambers in Chicago’s Everett M. Dirksen Federal Courthouse.

Orozco said Turner had never advocated the murder of judges but merely gave his opinion. He said that was “outlandish” but was nevertheless constitutionally protected free speech.

The lawyer also said Turner had stopped taking medicine for an unspecified emotional condition some time ago because “he doesn’t need it.”

“Whether it was for depression or what I don’t know,” he said.