No, it isn’t a new summer blockbuster movie. It’s the story of Brett Kimberlin and if you haven’t yet had the pleasure of hearing about him, he’s the convicted domestic terrorist who has decided to make threats and intimidation of those who tell the truth about him his reason for living. His targets have included Patterico, Aaron Worth, and Stacy McCain.
His name is attached to all manner of interesting court cases, and today Glenn Beck devoted a nice on-air chunk of time to Mr. Kimberlin and two of his victims, as well as talking about the groups formed by Mr. Kimberlin and the people who fund them, allowing him to continue his ongoing legal jihad against anyone he deems a threat(or who tells the truth about him, since they seem to be much the same thing).
The Beck link has Patterico telling some of his tale of his entanglement with Kimberlin in his own words, and it is worth hearing. I normally don’t do link-arounds, but this person apparently likes to use the legal system to abuse people, and that becomes a danger to everyone. So instead of writing more, I’ll simply tell you that my friend and sometimes co-blogger, Nice Deb has a great list of links to all the blogs talking about this, some of whom have had personal experience with Kimberlin, and others who just happen to find his connections and his past to make interesting reading.
Now start reading, and tell your friends.
I read the Patterico article and to my shock I discovered that I had a brush with one of the protagonists early in my “radio” career. This was a good two years ago. At that time the gentleman who I will not identify here (suffice it to say he is one of the three men in the headline) was rumored to have Aspergers Syndrome. From my very limited dealings with him (he called into my show a few times), he seemed an odd bird. The Patterico article does not surprise me except that I didn’t find the fellow threatening.
After reading the article you posted, and picking my jaw up off the floor, I am relieved that my association with him was limited and short lived.
BiW, kindly come over to Carin’s FB wall and beat up the troll who says Patterico brought it on himself. TIA.
BiW I am curious about one thing. If you don’t feel comfortable answering it here, drop me a line with an answer.
As an attorney, wouldn’t you advise Walker and Frey NOT to litigate this ongoing soap opera on their blogs? The volume of stuff Walker in particular has published almost make him look obsessive. I understand his life is being severely impacted but I just don’t see how blogging about it in detail helps his case.
I found the Stacy McCain story the most insidious of the bunch, BIC. If I understood the family had to uproot? I followed this to a degree at Instapundit, who had a roundup up a few days back.