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The wingnuts who mailed the threats to Moscowitz and Judge Lynch don't have a clue as to how much trouble they may have bought. And since the Patriot Act, the penalties are much stiffer. They could be charged with terrorism.

For Immediate Release
April 21, 1999



MAN CONVICTED OF THREATENING
FEDERAL JUDGES BY INTERNET E-MAIL


Katrina C. Pflaumer, United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington, announced that CARL EDWARD JOHNSON, 49, of Bienfait, Saskatchewan, Canada, has been convicted on four felony counts of sending threatening e-mail messages via the Internet to federal judges and others. The convictions were announced following a seven-day trial before United States District Judge Robert J. Bryan, in Tacoma, Washington. JOHNSON was convicted of one count of Retaliating Against a Judicial Officer, one count of Obstructing Justice by Making a Death Threat Against a Judicial Officer, and two counts of Transmitting Threatening Communications in Foreign Commerce. The first three charges were based on death threats posted to the Internet naming two federal judges based in Tacoma and Seattle. The fourth charge was based on an e-mail threat sent directly to Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates. JOHNSON was acquitted on one count of Obstructing Justice.

http://www.cybercrime.gov/johnson.htm