Neil Cavuto Interviews Thomas Leonard, Brother-in-law Of James Jay Lee

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by Jon Bershad | 6:01 pm, September 1st, 2010

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Now that the Discovery Channel hostage crisis has apparently ended, the question that remains will be who is James Lee and why did he do what he did? A short while ago, while the crisis was still ongoing, Neil Cavuto scored an exclusive interview for Fox News with Thomas Leonard, the gun man’s brother in law. Leonard described the news this morning as “surprising” and “heartbreaking” but that the family had been concerned about the “disturbed” Lee before this event.

Through his obvious grief, Leonard (whose wife is Lee’s brother) explained over the phone how the man’s erratic and “hurtful” behavior had alienated him from much of the family. He said that Lee had become a “darker type of character” partly after the death of some family members. He also explained that Lee had contacted his sister recently in an attempt to scam she and Leonard out of money.

“He reached out to my wife a few years back and claimed to have had a life threatening illness…it turned out to be a scam. He was fishing for money. In fact, I believe he wound up using some of that money to finance whatever this protest was that occurred several years ago where he was arrested and what not.”

Everything Leonard said seemed to come through tears and one could tell the way he said many would view the family as “naive” that they all must be dealing with some tremendous feelings of guilt right now. In situations like this, one’s feelings always go out to the victims (fortunately, the statements at this point seem to imply that no one was seriously injured) and their families, however, we can’t forget that the agony that Lee’s family is feeling is truly unspeakable as well. This heartbreaking interview made that clear.

Watch the entire interview below:

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lonestar77

That’s why people turn to FNC for breaking news.
http://toobeautiful.org MarkPritchard

This post badly needs editing.
1. “Leonard (whose wife is Lee’s brother)” …. Wha?
2. “He also explained that Lee had contacted his sister recently in an attempt to scam she and Leonard out of money.” …. “She”?
timzank

MarkPritchard said:
This post badly needs editing.1. “Leonard (whose wife is Lee’s brother)” …. Wha?2. “He also explained that Lee had contacted his sister recently in an attempt to scam she and Leonard out of money.” …. “She”?

Hey Mark, pretty glaring reflection on the caliber of journalism schools, eh?
LouiseLaTease

CIVILIZATION EXPOSED FOR THE FILTH IT REALLY IS. Get the real story here:
http://swellco2000.com/2010/09/james-jay-lee-kinda/#more-6851
felixw

Okay, so Fox got this scoop. But on MSNBC you could have heard Ed Schultz bragging that he could attract more people than Glenn Beck if he held a rally. And Keith Olbermann griping about Glenn Beck. And Chris Matthew whining about…you guessed it, Glenn Beck.

So once again, Fox covers the news, and MSNBC covers Fox.
mikepower

Sad story but bad news for the left. There are red blooded left wing whackos out there. Al Gore affected this poor guy and it could be argued incited him to flip out and eventually get killed listening to his global warming scam.
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More Liberty

Mediaite should be renamed to reflect their constant attacks, sometime warranted sometimes not, on FNC. LOL…mediaite is Foxnewsphobia. Isn’t that the new tactic. When someone doesn’t like what someone says, instead of debating the various points, we just call them “phobic.” It’s an interesting tactic, though it’s easily dismantled.
Sidhekitten

It really is a sad, but we all know that as soon as the media can safely shut up about this story, they will. He wasn’t a conservative or a libertarian. He did not just drive up from the Beck rally to kill people in the name of hope. No, he was one of there own, a left wing environmentalist that had clearly gone too far. The majority of the media has to close this story down, just like the NYC bomber, because it does not meet their template. James Jay Lee was man who was intent on doing an evil thing in the name of his cause, he was an insane fanatic. Fortunately, he got what most insane fanatics should get, a bullet.

Hmmm, will the EPA sue the police for using lead.
More Liberty

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http://www.sportsgrid.com/nba/cheerleaders-wear-long-pants-usa-iran-basketball/

Why is it that we always have to be the one to adhere to other people sensibilities? Why is it that many Muslim countries suffer from “Womenphobia”?
Sidhekitten

As a side note, Mr. Lee stated he believed what the Reverend Al Gore is peddling. A pity this former “Gore-on” did not actually check what his spiritual leader actually is about.

You see, I live in Nashville, so I know about the High Priest of the Planet. Of course, we know about his outdated jet fuel guzzling jet that he flies on, we know about his cries for people to stop driving to his meeting while he has a small fleet of SUV’s outside with the engines running and the air conditioning up to maximum. But do you know about his Mansion in Nashville, Bel Mead to be exact?

About two years ago, the story broke locally that the former vice-president was leaving all the lights on in his Bel Mead estate. The investigation into his power bill showed that he was using as much energy in ONE MONTH as any twenty or thirty homes used in the same period. The interesting part was is that they were left on even when the house was vacant! Now most of us may leave a few lights on to keep the thieves away, but that was not good enough for Mr. Gore. I did not believe the report at first, but since I live about five miles from him, I decided to see it for myself. Sure enough, his house was lit up like a garish version of the White House, you could have read by intensity of the light.

Personally, if you want to leave so many lights on that you could land a helicopter safely, fine. You want to fly in your private jet rather than flying coach, good for you. You want to encourage people to walk to your meetings, and many could use the exercise, feel free. However what I can not take is the level of hypocrisy that comes out of Mr. Gore and people like him. If you truly believe that man is impacting the planet and that man should cut back then start with yourself first. Walk the walk or shut your mouth. By the way, if he was so sincere then he would not refuse to debate those who do not believe in global warming. I believe that Gore will not debate the issue because he does not really believe what he is saying.
http://none pyrope

At the end of the day we have another hapless fool duped by the leftwing idiots.