Jihadi sniper Lee Malvo pulls media stunt with ABC News
Today is the fifth anniversary of the first murder in the Beltway jihadi sniper case that terrorized the D.C. area. I’ll never forget zig-zagging at the gas station to avoid getting shot. I won’t forget the idiotic and dangerous Charles Moose. I won’t forget the open-borders debacle that let jihad sniper Lee Malvo loose. I won’t forget the victims.
Reflecting on the terror that gripped my neighborhood in 2002, I’m disgusted by this new development involving Malvo:
Cheryll Witz was in the Costco in Tucson, Ariz., shopping for a birthday cake when her cell phone rang. Waiting to speak to her was one of the nation’s most notorious serial killers — the man who five years ago had killed her father.
“I need to apologize for what I’ve done to you and your family,” Lee Boyd Malvo told her on Sept. 20.
Witz stood, stunned, in the shopping aisles.
“I was standing in the Costco bawling my eyes out,” she said.
In March 2002, Malvo shot and killed Witz’s father, Jerry Taylor, as he practiced chip shots on a golf-course practice green. Taylor’s murder was a precursor to a killing spree that terrorized the Washington, D.C., area, in which the teenage Malvo and partner John Allen Muhammad killed 10 people and wounded three others over a three-week span that began Oct. 2, 2002.
Malvo placed the call to Witz through a third party. He had initially called a producer at ABC News, who then used three-way calling to connect Malvo to Witz after she agreed to take the call. Such calls violate prison policy, said Virginia Department of Corrections spokesman Larry Traylor. He would not comment, though, on Malvo’s specific phone calls or whether he has called any other victims. A network spokesperson said the producer did not know three-way calls were prohibited, and would not have connected the two had she been aware.
Witz confirmed to the Associated Press that she received the call. At one point, she said Malvo broke down as he spoke. “The first thing he said was, ‘I tried to write a letter to you but I couldn’t. I didn’t know what to say,’” Witz said. Witz has tried for years to learn more about the circumstances of her father’s death, and at one point even wrote to Malvo urging him to divulge what he knew.
Unfortunately, some of the answers Malvo provided in the brief, five-minute call were far from comforting. For personal reasons, Witz did not want to discuss all the details of the call, particularly those surrounding the exact circumstances of her father’s death. But she said some of what Malvo said raised more questions in her mind about exactly what happened and why.
More here.
I have a feeling ABC News is going to make a big publicity splash and glamorize/sympathize with the jihadi sniper as the anniversary events continue over the next three weeks.
Shame on them.
As for Malvo and whatever sob stories he might tell the Kleenex-wielding media, I have three syllables: Boo-freaking-hoo.
Actually, one more: Rot.
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May he and they rot in hell where they belong.
Anything the Lame Stream Media can do to save them they will do.
Little do they know or believe, we are here, The New Media, to stop them.
This dumba$$ can’t even spell islam right?? Who’s letting this genius use a phone??? As my favorite but long dead comedian Sam Kinison would say “PUT HIM BACK IN THE HOLE!!”
Malvo played this silly ABC wench for a total fool. Why do media libs love to snuggle with the wicked?
The only angle ABC needs to pursue is that these murders were jihad.
A-always
B-Bull
C-Crap
They have no shame. Why does this clown deserve a cell phone. To coordinate more jihad activity? What are the authorities thinking?
I have a millon thought running thru my mind. I just had a debate with a loony lefty, I dare not speak now. later
GRRRR
lol I had to vent
How come the press is never held accountable for bending or breaking the rules. They can leak all the top secret crap they want with impunity. Ever hear of ethical reporting ABC news?
ABC = Anything But Compassion
What I am still waiting to find out is why the press never called the chain of shooting what is was – Terrorism!
allrsn, its O.K. the left does that to us : )
jose , the MSN ethical …. PAlizzzze you no better devil dog ! thats why we are here at Michelle’s blog
Having read Jayna Davis’ book “The Third Terrorist”, I have to ask “Where is our Justice Department, our CIA, our FBI?”
More importantly, where is our FENCE??
Kudos to our current Administration that we are…..so far….terrorist attack-free, but without the fence and border security, how long will it last?
I would certainly be looking at a major lawsuit if I were Witz. What ABC did was unconscionable.
I remember the killings. I was living in South Arlington a few blocks off Route 50 at the time. As the Malkins will attest to, that is just a couple of miles from the Falls Church Home Depot where an FBI person was killed. I DO remember crouching around to get my gas … it was terror.
I lived about 2 miles from the Pentagon during that time. It still burns me to hear from people who weren’t at or near one of the ground zeros what I should feel. That was my neighborhood in 2001 and 2002.
Why the hell is the prison allowing him to make unsupervised calls to the media? He should be locked away in solitary awaiting execution. Screw what the Supreme court said, they were wrong!
I too remember zig-zagging at the gas pumps when I frequently travelled the area on business during that time frame. And I remember the frantic phone calls from family and friends letting me know the murderers had struck again. I will be watching the agenda driven media to see how they portray this story – likely with sympathy towards these terrorists.
What this person at ABC did is unconscionable. Who gave her the authority to not only decide when and how this animal would call his victims, but gave her permission to do so? What made her think that she was the person to decide when this scum was given a chance to once again prey on the same victims he preyed on before? This had to be the equivalent of having it happen all over again. If nothing else, this idiot should have contacted her and at least ASKED if she wanted to speak to this Islamic thug and under what circumstances and when and where. 20 bucks says that ABC recorded the entire conversation for possible use during Sweeps Week.
And after five years, they are STILL not using their Muslim names and treating it as just another crime rather than calling it what it is…an Islamic Terrorist attack held a year after 9-11, bent to kill the Infidels and bend them to the will of Islam.
As long as the media hides Muslim attacks as just another crime, this country will continue to run along in blissful ignorance, susceptable to the nonsense that the Left spews. Over 9000 separate Islamic Terrorist attacks globally since 9-11 and rising daily, and the Left…including the Dem front runners claim that there is no Islamic threat and that it is all just Right-Wing bumpersticker scare tactics.
A lways
B ased on
C rap
or
A ssininity
B y
C ommittee
or
A mazingly
B iased
C overage
Take your pick …
I might send one of my favorite old albums to him in prison.
Ride the Lightning
some track titles…..
Ride the Lightning
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Fade to Black
Creeping Death
do you see a theme here?
It’s money. It’s all about ratings and money. I, like revereddon, live in No. Va.. Home Depot was only 1.5 miles from my residence at the time. Scared? You betcha. Who knew when the next victim would be? Now, I guess, the snipers have become victims; used by the media to advance their own reporters’ ratings and make more money.
“I have three syllables: Boo-freaking-hoo”
Um, sorry, that’s 4.
“boo,
freak,
ing,
hoo”
But your point is WELL made.
IMHO, Malvo and his partner should BOTH be on Death Row, awaiting expedited execution.
What pisses me off is the continued refusal of everybody in law enforcement to pretend that this was NOT a terrorist attack by Jihadists. This WAS! Just like the guy at LAX, and the guy who shot up the Jewish community center. As was the 2 “yutes” caught with pipe bombs outside a US Navy base. You remember, don’t you, that the FBI said this had no connection with terrorism at first?
Will it take men with turbans and beards, shouting “Allah Ackbar” and “Death to the kufirs” as they kill hundreds, before the FBI and the MSM acknowledge the truth? Is it to block acknowledgement and justification of the actions taken since 9/11 by pretending that this is still 9/10 and a “law enforcement crime problem?” Is it because it’s on Bush’s watch and that BOTH the left and right want to bury it; Democrats because it exposes them as fools and liars they are while generating support for Bush, and the Republicans want it burried because it exposes them as incompetent, because, after all, it happend on their watch and maybe the Patriot Act isn’t working the way it should?
They reason they are pretending this is not a Jihadist terrorist attack is because it suits their interests to pretend these were not terrorists.
For one thing, she agreed to take his call. So she was a party to what was going on. Secondly, there is something to be said for forgiveness. Malvo was a stupid brainwashed kid and yes he did horrid, terrible acts of hatred. But he was still a brainwashed kid. If people can’t forgive others, then they should not expect to be forgiven for their own crimes or sins by anyone else.
Brainwashed my a**.
I am still amazed this sociopath and his partner are still sucking the same air I am justice will only be done when they lose what they have so callously taken from their innocent victims.
They should have both been executed swiftly and surely without any delay.
And killing them just once is not enough, but it’s all we can do. What a morally vacuous society we have become that can stand up for nothing firmly – these two deserve the death penalty but our society is too weak to administer it. Harsher words and condemnation are reserved for those who violate the politically-correct taboos of the day.
I was living in DC during the sniper attacks and, yeah, it was pretty scary. But it’s inevitable that Malvo will some day be released from prison.
Good.
I think it’s pretty clear Malvo was brainwashed to commit evil. That doesn’t excuse his actions and he belongs in jail, but if he’s trying to make peace with what he did, good. Witz wanted some form of contact with him, and she got it.
It’s a shame ABC News is doing this for ratings, but, we all know that’s how the media works these days. Ratings over the right thing to do (pointing a finger at To Catch a Predator…).
After the fall of Baghdad, when the MSM was going on and on about the violence in Baghdad largely because Saddam let 100,000 criminals out of prison, I used to think back on how 2 snipers all but paralyzed the DC area for weeks.
With the entire nation, law enforcement, and media focussed on these two guys, they were able to terrorize millions of citizens. What short and convenient memories the MSM has when it suits their purposes.
Charles Manson’s followers were ‘brainwashed’ too – does that make a difference to Sharon Tate, her unborn child and others they killed?
No – none.
At some point, this kid had to wonder to himself, “My God, this is wrong”… but he didn’t stop. He didn’t turn himself in – or his partner in crime.
Screw him and ABC.
I wonder though- was she told who exactly it was that ABC wanted her to talk to? Or was she so stunned by a call out of the blue from ABC news that she didn’t realized that she was being set up like that?
The moment she got a call from anyone from ABC, she should have told them to lose her phone number and hung up the phone…
jrlingreenbay, yes Charles Manson’s followers were brainwashed. And yes, their crimes were incredibly barbaric. They’ve also served almost 40 years now. They’ve paid a huge debt to society and appear to be completely rehabilitated. There’s no reason to keep them in prison. Parole ‘em.
I will feel the same way about Malvo. Not yet. But down the line.
Rehabilitated my a$$. Prove it?
What are the major networks doing? Check this out.
The latest episode of the CBS crime show “Cold Case” depicted presumably devout Christian teens in an abstinence club as sexually active hypocrites who literally stone a member to keep their sins secret.
Christian teens stone ‘whore’ in CBS drama
Yeah…there keeping it real!
Rusty:
Exactly what debt did they pay. Last I checked, I paid for their meals, their housing, their protection, their doctor, dentist and whatever else. Their electricity bill, heat, probably phone too. None of the people they killed are back – how are any of their loved ones “re-paid”? Don’t accept the mindless drivel of the elite left that somehow incarcerating them pays a debt to society and rehabs them.
Does’nt this murdering animal have a date with the death penalty? Or is this worthless piece of human garbage in line to be the next Mumia Abdul poster child for Hollywood’s wacko brigade.
Ratings, it’s all about ratings … and getting noticed. The old media is hurting badly. FNC seems to be changing and embracing the new media. It’s more than on air talent, it’s about the whole package. FNC allowing their video to be on YouTube goes a long way to advertising the brand.
Stick him in his hole and don’t let him back out.
conservativesRus, the debt the Manson Family girls have paid is their loss of freedom. There has been a push to get those girls out of prison. None of them were sentenced to life with no parole and they’ve all been model prisoners. What more do you want?
Re Malvo, I was incorrect. He was sentenced to life in prison with no parole. He’ll never get out. I think that’s a shame, but, I understand.
The balance between justice and rehabilitation is a tough tightrope. I understand why people want these people in jail forever (or executed, which I think is immoral and counter-productive).
It’s just, especially in brainwashing cases, down the line we’ll have a different person on our hands.
As someone who lived in Northern VA in 2002 and looked over my shoulder every time I left the house during that whole terror episode, all I can say is, “Curse you, Supreme Court!” That Malvo creep ought to be on Death Row.
BINGO.
Tell that to Sharon Tate’s family. Hello, she was a pregnant woman who BEGGED for the life of her child. I have no sympathy for these people, they can all rot in jail.
Rusty, seriously!
I wish everyone, the MSM in particular, would do us all a favor and stop calling these terrorists “snipers”.
There are many American men and women who have spent years honing their deadly craft in defense of our Nation that deserve to be called snipers.
These two-bit-booger-eatin-moron-soulless-murderering terrorists aren’t qualified to tie the boot laces of a real sniper.
Yeah, I’m a bleeding heart. I believe in forgiveness and second chances, even when the victims of these heinous crimes are never given that opportunity. The Manson girls have all shown great progress in jail. They’ve earned degrees, shown excellent behavior, and speak of Charles Manson as if he were the devil.
Re the lock ‘em up and throw away the key or execute him crowd, come on. I bet you all wanted Red to be reunited with Andy in Zihuatanejo at the end of The Shawshank Redemption. Come on. Surely some of you shed a tear, no?
LMAO Rusty. One of my top 10 favorite movies of all time I might add. I still get choked up at the end as the camera as pulling away, and I’ve seen the ending probably 15 times.
Rusty, it is a movie! A movie with Tim (BArforamma) Robbins, no less.
The Manson girls can get their forgiveness from God but they won’t get sympathy from me. Brain washed or not, how absolutely heartless do you have to be to shoot people like the Beltway Terrorists and the Helter Skelter crew. None of their victims got an ounce of their sympathies…why should they have ours?
Again, Rusty, I’ll bet Sharon wished her unborn baby had such opportunities.
They made their decisions, they can live with them. May God have mercy on their souls.
Can anyone help me out with that murder that Liberals fought so hard to release because they believed he was innocent…then at the NYC (I believe) party they hosted for his release he stabbed someone out in the alleyway behind this restaurant/hotel?
I believe Coulter had this in one of her books.
Rusty, this would be a good story for you to read up on before you go feeling sorry for people who obviously are just “bad seeds”.
Darn, I wish I remember the name of that guy…..anyone, anyone?
feebie, Robbins or no, it’s still a great movie, and just as I was starting to enjoy some of your posts, you go and make a reference to Ann Coulter.
…and
Exactly my thoughts! And I would add a third:
How in the hell did they get Witz’s cell phone number??!!!????
Rusty, please publish your home address on the web. We will do our best to make sure he moves in next door to you.
/”There is none so blind as those that would not see.” (Proverb)
Well, no one wants to live next door to a criminal. If we decided who got to leave jail and who has to stay based on who we want living next door, all felons would be in jail forever.
Depending on the Felony – I am A-OK with that.
Daikon, sorry, I am a coulter fan…but I do acknowlege her ranting lunacy at times. Malkin is more my spead. Coulter can give me a headache, regardless I still think she is pretty funny.
Coulter Rocks, rusty not so much. I’ve heard it all now rehabilitated. rofl. geez.
Rusty…
I am afraid they have you caught like a duck in a noooth.
I lived in DC at that time, right down the road from the Home Depot where that poor woman was shot in the head. I just recall my poor wife to be (they captured them during our honeymoon in VT) too terrified to walk two blocks from the metro to our apartment and (wrongly, as it turns out)cowering any time she saw a white van.
No real point to this, just recalling a really, really bad time.
I just want to know why Lee Malvo isn’t swingin’ from the rafters yet?
You say that like it’s a bad thing.