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The two men were
indicted July 11. Thompson was arrested several days later and released on a
personal recognizance bond. Graham was arrested Friday and released on an
unsecured $10">
The two men were
indicted July 11. Thompson was arrested several days later and released on a
personal recognizance bond. Graham was arrested Friday and released on an
unsecured $10,000 bond. Neither man
could not be reached for comment. The devices were
described in a search warrant affidavit filed by FBI agent Mark Holstlaw as
cardboard tubes measuring 21/2 inches long and 11/2 inches wide. They contained
less than a half ounce of a high-explosive mix, and contained the same power of
about a quarter stick of dynamite.
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The
Time coverage charges that the police,
parents, and the community failed to see how Harris and Klebold’s violent
fantasies were motivated not so much by the desire for revenge as ultimately the
desire for celebrity. "Because this may have been about celebrity as much as
cruelty. "They wanted to be famous," concludes FBI agent Mark Holstlaw. "And
they are. They’re infamous. It used to be said that living well is the best
revenge; for these two, it was to kill and die in spectacular fashion." The
emphasis on the killers’ desire for fame in the coverage downplays the extent to
which the shootings were politically motivated as Giroux and Williams show, but
the emphasis on fame as an alibi also effaces the extent to which the shootings
took the competitive culture of violence to its logical extension, even turning
themselves into commodities, notorious for an instant. Harris and Klebold were
even willing to sacrifice their own lives to win at the game they had been
losing for years.
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Two high school students Dylan Klebold and Erie Harris made a series of home
videos leading up to their killings of fellow students at Columbine High School
in Colorado.
Time Magazine viewed the video tapes, and reports that Klebold and Harris
expressed hatred for nearly all their schoolmates. Kelbold said on one tape, “I
hope we kill 250 of you. “At lunchtime on April 20, Kelbold and Harris opened
fire, and went on to kill 12 other students and one teacher before taking their
own lives.
Time says the tapes made over a
five – week period before the violent(暴力的)
act make it clear that Klebold and Harris felt alienated and wanted revenge(报复)
against those who disliked playing together with them or laughed at them –
mainly the Columbine sports students.
The magazine says, the only regret
that the shooters show on the tapes is when Harris admits that his and Klebold’s
parents would be “put through hell(地狱)
once we do this.” But he said, “there is nothing you guys (the parents) could
have done to prevent this,” Klebold said, “I’m sorry I have so much anger in my
heart.” Harris talked of having to move often with his family, starting over
each time at the bottom of the social ladder, where people made fun of “
my face, my hair, my shirts.” Time reports Klebold and Harris saw the attacks
as a way to get “the respect we should”, Klebold said directors “will be
fighting over this story”. FBI agent Mark Holstlaw told Time “They wanted to be
famous. And they are. They’re infamous.”
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Here are some selected Excerpts:
'Harris and Klebold have an inventory of their ecumenical hatred:
all "niggers, spics, Jews, gays, f___ing whites,"
theenemies who abused them and the friends who didn't do enough to defend them.
But it will all be over soon.
"I hope we kill 250 of you," Klebold
says.
He thinks it will be the most "nerve-racking 15
minutes of my life, after the bombs are set and we're waiting to charge through
the school. Seconds will be like hours. I can't wait. I'll be shaking like a
leaf."
Klebold '...knows what hisparents will be thinking.
"If only we could have reached them sooner or
found this tape," he predicts they will say.
"If only we would have searched their room,"
says Harris.
"If only we would have asked the right
questions."
...'"They wanted to be famous," concludes FBI agent Mark Holstlaw.
"And they are. They're infamous."
It used to be said that living well is the best revenge; for these two, it was
to kill and die in spectacular fashion. '
...'These boys had read their Shakespeare: "Good
wombs hath borne bad sons," Harris quoted from The Tempest, as he
reflected on how his rampage would ruin his
parents' lives. The boys knew that once they staged their final act, the
audience would be desperate for meaning. And so they provided their own
poisonous chorus, about why they hated so many people so much.'
In Harris's website this was written:
"I'm coming for EVERYONE soon and I WILL be
armed to the f___ing teeth and I WILL shoot to kill." He rails against the
people of Denver, "with their rich snobby attitude thinkin they are all high and
mighty...God, I can't wait til I can kill you people. Feel no remorse, no sense
of shame. I don't care if I live or die in the shoot-out. All I want to do is
kill and injure as many of you as I can, especially a few people. Like Brooks
Brown."
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INVESTIGATIVE PLANNING On
Friday, April 23, 1999, over 100 investigators met in the band room at Columbine
High School and shared the critical information each had obtained during the
previous three days. Over 500 preliminary interviews were reviewed which named
several critical witnesses, associates of Harris and Klebold, background
information on the Trench Coat Mafia, and any indications of involvement by
others. On
Sunday, May 2, 1999, Sheriff Stone and Undersheriff Dunaway conferred with
several key investigators, including Lt. Kiekbusch and investigators from other
jurisdictions, to discuss the information currently known and to plan the
direction of the investigation from that point. The discussion ultimately led to
the development of a multi-jurisdictional task force that would investigate the
incident, an organization that would become the Columbine Investigation Task
Force. Undersheriff Dunaway assigned Kiekbusch to direct the investigation.
Over
the weekend, Capt. Harris helped secure space in the Countys' administration
building for the task force operations. Clerical support was provided by the
FBI, the ATF and the Sheriff's Office. Forty computers were installed for report
writing, Internet searches and criminal history searches. The FBI "Rapid Start"
automated tracking software was installed on several computers to assist in
tracking leads. Rapid Start required every lead that came into the task force to
be written on a lead sheet, entered into the computer, assigned a number and
then given to an investigator to follow up. The investigator would complete the
assignment, and only after the written report was turned in, was the lead
closed. The Rapid Start program ensured that every lead was followed up and
duplicate leads were kept to a minimum. The task force completed over 3,900
leads in addition to the initial 500 interviews. At
the onset of this investigation it was apparent that no one agency could
effectively handle the number of leads, interviews and evidence analysis which
this case required. Approximately 80 investigators from a dozen city, county,
state and federal law enforcement agencies formed the Columbine Task Force.
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ASSOCIATES TEAM CREATED The
Associates Team, led by Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Investigator Don Estep
and FBI Special Agent Mark Holstlaw, had the responsibility of identifying all
associates of Harris and Klebold. Included in the identification were any
members, past or present, of the TCM. Once
identified, all members and associates were to be interviewed and investigated
by the associates team. The goal was to determine if any other person may have
participated or conspired with Harris and Klebold in the preparation or carrying
out of the events of April 20 or any related crime. The team was also assigned
to identify anyone who had any prior knowledge that Harris and Klebold were
planning the shootings.
Twenty-one individuals were initially identified as TCM members. These initial
21 provided pertinent information regarding the origin and membership of the
Trench Coat Mafia and their associates. Some of these individuals also provided
specific information about Harris and Klebold and how they related to the other
members in their social circle. From
these interviews, 20 additional individuals were identified as associates of
Harris and Klebold, and several others were identified as acquaintances. In
addition, the associates team identified any friends or co-workers of Harris and
Klebold in order to obtain background information on the activities of the two.
After conducting numerous interviews, the associates team determined each
identified person's relationship to Harris and/or Klebold. Some appeared to have
had only a peripheral or minimal relationship with the shooters. Close
associates of Harris and Klebold and the Trench Coat Mafia primarily consisted
of friends within Columbine High School. Others were initially associated with
the group only because they were friends of an alleged TCM member. Several
individuals were identified as associates because they worked at Blackjack Pizza
with Harris and Klebold or socialized with them outside of Columbine High
School.
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It turns out there
is much more to the story than that. Why, if their
motive was rage at the athletes who taunted them, didn't they take their guns
and bombs to the locker room? Because retaliation against specific people was
not the point. Because this may have been about celebrity as much as cruelty.
"They wanted to be famous," concludes FBI agent Mark Holstlaw. "And they are.
They're infamous." It used to be said that living well is the best revenge; for
these two, it was to kill and die in spectacular fashion.
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On
Fox, the show reached about 5.5 million homes. Boos said she hopes the
newsletter, which costs $18.95 a year, would have subscriptions for 1 percent of
that market, or 55,000 people. The
newsletter has the blessing of the FBI's Denver office. Special Agent Mark
Holstlaw said the newsletter "would be valuable to law enforcement. There have
been several agencies concerned about the cancellation of the program."
Holstlaw said the FBI supported any means to publish information about criminals
that might lead to their arrest. The agency, he said, was studying how it might
help the newsletter itself, whether by supplying information about fugitives or
more general information to help people learn to make themselves less vulnerable
to street crime.
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Bowling for Columbine I
do not condone what Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold did by taking other peoples
lives, yet it is a proven winner for publicity. The
boys knew that once they staged their final act, following endless Television
references to Lee Harvey Oswald (and the rest), the audience would be desperate
for meaning.
This was about celebrity as much as cruelty.
“They wanted to be famous,” concludes FBI agent Mark Holstlaw.
“And they are. They’re infamous.” It
used to be said that living well is the best revenge; for these two, it was to
kill and die in spectacular fashion.
They wanted movies made of their story, which they had carefully laced with “a
lot
of foreshadowing and dramatic irony,” as Harris put it. “Directors will be
fighting over this story,” Klebold said - the boys chewed over which could be
trusted with the script: Steven Spielberg or Quentin Tarantino. The
simple (not obvious) difference between me (mine) and them (theirs) is in how
and what is being expressed when human beings make art.
This "show" is a written reflection of Harris and Klebold’s expression and uses
the concept of death to provoke thought about life.
War is art, everything is art.
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Federal
Whistleblower 702 362-9567 stewwebb@s... P.O.Box 31052 Las Vegas, NV
89173 Partner:
www.almartinraw.com
www.stewwebb.com coming soon FBI DENVER FIELD
OFFICE TRYING TO SET STEW WEBB FEDERAL
WHISTLE-BLOWER UP ON A MURDER
CHARGE Today I contacted
the Colorado Gaming Commission to verify the age of one of its
commissioners, Richard Millman. (In his 40s) After a lengthy
conversation with a Colorado State Agent, he revealed to me that he had
been previously contacted by FBI agent Mark Holstlaw of the Denver FBI
office regarding a Richard Millman. I had reported to
FBI agent Mark Hostlaw a month ago that I had information that
Bush Crime Family Kingpin Leonard Yale Millman of Denver,
Colorado, was using fictitious names one being a Richard Millman of Colorado Springs,
Colorado. I had asked Mark Hostlaw Division 5 FBI to
see if the Colorado Gaming Commissioner was the same 76 year old
as Leonard Millman. FBI Hostlaw never
reported back. I had given this
to FBI Mark Hostlaw to test him and his office, to see if
obstruction of Justice would occur. I did not tell him
what I had discover regarding Leonard Millman The Bush Crime
Family Narcotics Money Launderer and Scamster my
former-father-in-law. (Re:
www.almartinraw.com-From Cradle to Cabal -Gale
Norton-story) What I have
discovered about Leonard Millman aka Richard Millman. (More will come
out about Leonard the Richard) While talking to
this State Investigator, I was told Mark Hostlaw had contacted him
about The Gaming Commissioner Richard Millman. (Note this Richard
Millman an Attorney from Col. Springs, is not the same Richard
Millman I have identified as Leonard Millman) After lenthy
conversation with the State agent I was told that FBI Mark Hostlaw
contacted Richard Millman the Attorney and warned him
that Stew Webb might try to harm him. Because Stew Webb
thought this was his former-in-law and that Stew Webb
had made threats against Leonard Millman in the past. (I
was locked up on false threat charges for 10 1/2 months 1992-1993
the case was dismissed with prejudice see story below)
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Associated Press
Writer Dec. 17, 3:45
p.m. - The FBI arrested an 18-year-old in Florida today and charged him with
sending a threat by Internet instant mail to a Columbine High School student
that led to closing the facility for two days. FBI agent Mark
Holstlaw said the youth, Michael Ian Campbell, 18 of Cape Coral, Fla., confessed
to agents today that he used the screen name "Soup 81" to send the message over
AOL's instant message system to Erin J. Walton. He was charged
with transmitting a communication containing threat in interstate commerce,
according to a complaint and an affidavit by Holstlaw, both released by the
Justice Department here. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in
prison and a $250,000 fine. Holstlaw said
"Soup 81" informed Walton on Wednesday evening she should not go to school the
next day because "Soup 81" needed to "finish what begun" and did not want
Walton's "blood on my hands." School and law enforcement officials interpreted
that as a reference to the shootings at the high school last April in which two
students killed 13 people at the school. FBI agents in
Florida seized a computer at Campbell's home Wednesday and showed him a
transcript of the instant message chat and that he admitted that he had sent the
"Soup 81" message. Authorities
closed the school Thursday after a threat was sent by someone using the Soup 81
screen name to 16-year-old Columbine student Erin Walton. It warned her not to
go to school Thursday, Jefferson County sheriff's spokesman Steve Davis said.
"I need to
finish what begun (sic) and if you do I don't want your blood on my hands," it
read in part, Davis said. Sheriff's
Division Chief John Kiekbusch said it is possible the writer knew the girl was a
Columbine student through her AOL user profile. Critics of
Jefferson County authorities have said they ignored threats Eric Harris and
Dylan Klebold posted on the Internet before their April 20 attack on the school.
They killed 12 students and a teacher before committing suicide.
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2.There was a dispute at trial about how Graham came to profit on the
transactions in the first place, and what he actually did with the money. Graham
contended that he took a profit only at the insistence of Kronfeld and that the
profit was always intended as a donation to the Organization. He further
testified that, pursuant to Kronfeld's orders, all of the money was used to
further Organization activities. Kronfeld admitted that the topic of a donation
to the Organization was discussed, but denied insisting on such. According to
Special Agent Mark Holstlaw, Graham confessed during the search of the Store
that although a portion of the money went to the Organization, a portion also
"went to his business" and "to the Young Marine program." Tr. of Trial
Proceedings at 127, R. Vol. 4. We find this factual dispute irrelevant to our
analysis. See
infra note 9.
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10.
Officially: Battan said that all suspects had passed lie detector tests.
Families' contention:
Columbine student
Nathan Dykeman failed his test and refused to take another. Student Zachary
Heckler's test was inconclusive.
News' findings:
Battan did say all
suspects passed polygraphs; documents showed that one was "inconclusive" and
another was "deceptive" on key questions. Battan told the
Rohrboughs, according to their audiotape: "Some of these people have been
interviewed six or seven times. Many of these people, and closer friends, have
taken polygraphs. Everybody has passed the polygraphs, which I don't believe
polygraphs 100 percent ever." FBI agent Mark
Holstlaw told the News in a Dec. 14,
1999, story, that everyone who had taken lie detector tests had passed, and
other methods were used to clear those who had refused.
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Fearing
terrorist attacks this summer and fall, the FBI is using its latest intelligence
to expand "interviews"
in U.S. (Emphasis added!) ------- "An FBI official
said the interviews will be driven by information gathered by the 2004 Threat
Task Force, composed of bureau agents and analysts, plus experts from the
intelligence community and Department of Homeland Security. ..." "The FBI has
conducted community interviews before, going into Arab-American neighborhoods
after the Sept. 11 hijackings to seek information. And, after the United States
invaded Iraq, the FBI interviewed thousands of Iraqi-born individuals living in
the United States to try to uncover potential terrorists and to protect the rest
from hate crimes. ..."
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The Honorable
Wesley E. Brown, District Judge, United States District Court for the District
of Kansas, sitting by designation.
1Graham contended at trial that he lied about the new manufacturer because he
was scared of Kronfeld and wanted to find a way out of participating in further
transactions. The jury was apparently unpersuaded by this testimony.
See
generally
United States v. Edmonson, 962
F.2d 1535, 1547-48 (10th Cir. 1992) ("[T]he evidence may be sufficient even
though it does not exclude every reasonable hypothesis of innocence or [is not]
wholly inconsistent with every conclusion of guilt [.] A jury is free to choose
among reasonable constructions of evidence.") (internal quotations omitted).
2There was a dispute at trial about how Graham came to profit on the
transactions in the first place, and what he actually did with the money. Graham
contended that he took a profit only at the insistence of Kronfeld and that the
profit was always intended as a donation to the Organization. He further
testified that, pursuant to Kronfeld's orders, all of the money was used to
further Organization activities. Kronfeld admitted that the topic of a donation
to the Organization was discussed, but denied insisting on such. According to
Special Agent Mark Holstlaw, Graham confessed during the search of the Store
that although a portion of the money went to the Organization, a portion also
"went to his business" and "to the Young Marine program." Tr. of Trial
Proceedings at 127, R. Vol. 4. We find this factual dispute irrelevant to our
analysis. See
infra note 9.
3This motion was initially raised and denied at the conclusion of the
government's case-in-chief, and was also renewed without success at the end of
the presentation of the evidence, before the jury deliberated.
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Even the FBI is
taking notice. Agent Mark Holstlaw from the Denver FBI office attended Sunday’s
rally in Denver at the bequest of FBI headquarters and sat with the sizeable
rally crowd. After the meeting he contacted Bob Schulz and told Schulz that he
"thoroughly enjoyed" the speeches by Schulz and the former IRS agents and would
report to headquarters that any fears the FBI "may have had" about our efforts
are completely unfounded. Holstlaw even offered the FBI’s assistance in DC and
referred Schulz to an agent in the DC office that will help us if needed.
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He spent much of
the first afternoon inside an Arapahoe County sheriff's van talking on his cell
phone to students barricaded in the school. With him were two other seasoned FBI
hostage negotiators. One of them,
Mark Holstlaw, had been at home, just a quarter-mile from the school, when the
call came. He'd had a tooth pulled that morning, and he was holding an ice pack
to his jaw. "I didn't think
I would be much good as a negotiator with a mouth full of cotton, but I went
anyway," he recalls. Using extension
numbers supplied by school officials, the negotiators talked with students in
the administration area, the choir room and elsewhere. As they dialed,
Fuselier, wondering where his son was, spoke with his wife, Mimi. Do you know
where Brian is? she asked. He told her he
believed their boy was at the public library across Clement Park from the
school. But he wasn't sure. "I didn't tell
her that I knew then that we had students who had been killed outside," he says.
At the scene,
Kiekbusch and West talked about how to structure the investigation.
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At the same
time, Estep and other intelligence officers probed for everything they could
learn about Harris, Klebold and others who might have been involved. If they had
to negotiate with the gunmen, Estep reasoned, they'd need that information, and
fast. But how many
suspects were there? No one knew. Shaken students
described a dozen characteristics of the gunmen. Someone was shooting from the
rooftop. Two gunmen were wearing dark, Western dusters. One killer had a white
T-shirt. Out of the
chaos, conflicting stories became the rule. Investigators got the first inkling
of how difficult their work would be. There would be
at least 2,000 witnesses to interview -- some who saw nothing, others who knew a
lot. Some would be wounded students. Many others would be in shock themselves.
Battan
dispatched detectives to every hospital.
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