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Discovery Channel hostage taker James Lee was author of eco-rant | Richard Adams
James Lee, named as hostage taker at Discovery Channel building, had a bizarre record of targeting the TV network James Lee, the man police identified as the gunman who entered the headquarters of the Discovery Channel and took a group of hostages, was a self-styled eco-warrior and author of a manifesto describing humans as "the most destructive, dirty, pollutive creatures" destroying the ...
5 Sep 2010, 6:00 pm | click here to view more
Discovery channel 911 call: 'You're probably going to need a sniper'
BALTIMORE: A security guard who called police after a gunman entered Discovery Channel's headquarters calmly told the operator: "You're probably going to need a sniper."The call, released Friday, was one of several placed minutes...
4 Sep 2010, 2:13 am | click here to view more
Discovery Channel hostage-taker hated programming
SILVER SPRING, MD. — A gunman police shot to death after he took hostages at Discovery Channel's headquarters said he hated the company's shows such as "Kate Plus 8" because they promote population growth and its environmental programming because it did little to keep the planet.
4 Sep 2010, 11:51 am | click here to view more
Discovery didn't film hostage crisis
Discovery Communications didn't document the hostage crisis at its headquarters building earlier this week. Some observers had wondered if the cable network company may have footage for a possible TV documentary or other project about the events.
3 Sep 2010, 7:58 am | click here to view more
Discovery Gunman a Paranoid Schizophrenic?
Discovery Channel gunman James Lee's actions and the contents of the manifesto he is believed to have written guide mental health experts to believe he possibly lived with paranoid schizophrenia. Paranoia - Schizophrenia - Health - Mental Health - Disorders
3 Sep 2010, 5:35 am | click here to view more
Discovery Could Pave The Way For Identification Of Rogue CFC Release
A new discovery by scientists at the Universities of East Anglia and Frankfurt could make it possible in future to identify the source of banned CFCs that are probably still being released into the atmosphere.Using mass spectrometers, the researchers analyzed air samples collected in the stratosphere by balloons belonging to the French space agency, the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES ...
3 Sep 2010, 3:23 pm | click here to view more
Discovery Channel Hostage Taker Wanted to Die
The Discovery Channel Hostage Taker's brother, Aaron Lee, said in an interview Thursday that he believes his brother, James Lee, had a death wish and wanted to die. "It was definitely out of character," Aaron Lee told ABC News. "I thought it was insanity. I was unhappy to know that he was shot and killed, but that's what he probably wanted." The gunman James Lee has a history of runs ins with the ...
3 Sep 2010, 2:15 pm | click here to view more
Discovery shooter smuggled immigrant
The gunman who held three people hostage at the Discovery Channel headquarters was once convicted of smuggling an illegal immigrant into the country from Mexico.
3 Sep 2010, 11:32 am | click here to view more
Discovery Employees Granted Leave After Standoff
Discovery workers granted leave after hostage standoff.
2 Sep 2010, 9:34 pm | click here to view more
Discovery employees work to bounce back after hostage situation
Discovery Communications spokesman David Leavy speaks during a press conference Wednesday afternoon following the hostage situation in the lobby of the Discovery building in downtown Silver Spring.
2 Sep 2010, 4:04 pm | click here to view more