Jessica Stern is a lecturer at Harvard's Kennedy School who has made something of a study of terrorist groups: http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/degreeprog/courses.nsf/wzWebFaculty/Stern306?Opendocument She also worked at the National Security Council in the mid-1990s. Jim Bell is in prison currently; he is best known as the author of the political treatise "Assassination Politics": http://www.mccullagh.org/subpoena/ http://jya.com/ap.htm -Declan ----- Forwarded message from John Young <jyaat_private> ----- From: John Young <jyaat_private> Subject: Jessica Stern on Jim Bell To: cypherpunks Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 18:14:00 -0700 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Jessica Stern's new book, "Terror in the Name of God : Why Religious Militants Kill," has about 8 pages on Jim Bell, in a chapter called "Lone Wolf Avengers," which is shared with the Pakistani Kansai, assassin of CIA employees. Stern says that while Bell is not a religion-based terrorist he is included in the book as an example of the solo individual with a private agenda that smacks of religion. This appears to be a stretch, but Stern stretches her material to fit an agenda. A Stern footnote says the Bell material is based on the forthcoming publication, "James Dalton Bell." She says she had numerous telephone interviews with him beginning in 2000 after making a request in 1998 during Jim's first imprisonment. Her capsule version of Jim's "crimes" and punishment is a bellweather of what may be in store for other miscreants who are fodder for terrorism careerists. To be sure, Jim may get a movie made about him, and I guess that would be his finest hour. Stern says Jim's leadership potential has so far led only to inspiring Carl Johnson to get himself thrown into prison. ----- End forwarded message ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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