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Attorney: FBI Trained NJ Blogger to Incite Others Defense attorney: FBI had trained NJ blogger how to incite others when he was an informant
A New Jersey blogger facing charges in two
states for allegedly making threats against
lawmakers and judges was trained by the
FBI on how to be deliberately provocative,
his attorney said Tuesday.
Hal Turner worked for the FBI from 2002 to
2007 as an "agent provocateur" and was
taught by the agency "what he could say
that wouldn't be crossing the line," defense
attorney Michael Orozco said.
"His job was basically to publish information
which would cause other parties to act in a
manner which would lead to their arrest,"
Orozco said.
Prosecutors have acknowledged that Turner was an informant who spied on radical right-wing
organizations, but the defense has said Turner was not working for the FBI when he allegedly
made threats against Connecticut legislators and wrote that three federal judges in Illinois
deserved to die.
"But if you compare anything that he did say when he was operating, there was no difference. No
difference whatsoever," Orozco said.
Special Agent Ross Rice, a spokesman for the FBI in Chicago, said he would not comment on or
even confirm Turner's relationship with the FBI.
Orozco spoke to reporters after a court hearing in Hartford on Tuesday. Turner, 47, of North
Bergen, N.J., did not appear, because he is in federal custody in Illinois. His arraignment on the
Connecticut charges was rescheduled to Oct. 19.
In June, Turner urged his readers to "take up arms" against Connecticut lawmakers and
suggested government officials should "obey the Constitution or die," because he was angry
over legislation — later withdrawn — that would have given lay members of Roman Catholic
churches more control over their parish's finances.
He wrote in Internet postings the same month that the Illinois federal appeals judges "deserve to
be killed" because they issued a ruling that upheld ordinances in Chicago and suburban Oak
By KATIE NELSON Associated Press Writer
HARTFORD, Conn. August 18, 2009 (AP)
The Associated Press
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