Tim Russert Death Threat Investigated By FBI In 2001

thehill.com:

The FBI investigated a death threat made against the late Tim Russert, the longtime host of NBC's "Meet the Press."

According to Russert's FBI file, obtained by ITK through a Freedom of Information Act request, there was a threatening voicemail left for Russert at the television show's Washington office on March 7, 2001, around 9:20 p.m.

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Comments

[GwenWare]

09:32 AM on 06/20/2011

Now you tell me?

[SuzDuJour]

03:20 AM on 06/20/2011

Wow. I can hardly wait to hear what happens in 2002.

[bascombe]

12:26 AM on 06/20/2011

sure! this from the same people who investigate those who want their constitutional rights enforced.

Hey, Look overthere -- a rumor!!!!

[bangcolt]

01:38 AM on 06/19/2011

Zzzzzzzzzzzz...

[BigCheese]

06:56 PM on 06/18/2011

The threat was sent by his pulmonary artery.

[HarpoSnarx]

01:07 PM on 06/18/2011

Sorry. I don't miss the late gotcha guy. He exemplified the selective ethics and accountability of the Fourth Estate that we're stuck with today.

Sorry he died but he was posing for his statue a long time before his demise. His brand of, journalism, lives on enabling and obfuscating the slow, steady killing of the Greatest Country Ever.

Besides, Russ fans have Little Russ III, who nicked himself a fine perch after a nationwide search. When I am forced to endure Luke's twittering and snarking his way through a "report," it's apparent that the apple really didn't fall far from the tree.

If I've mistakenly made an honest comment on a Memorial thread, a thousand pardons. Okay attack now.

[Gavin Saunders]

08:41 PM on 06/18/2011

Excellent comments.

[bascombe]

12:27 AM on 06/20/2011

fanned!

[Firehorsegirl]

09:46 AM on 06/18/2011

Miss TR so much even though I felt he wasn't progressive, he was passionate about the news. Do not enjoy mtp w dg at all.

[baffledinPA]

04:27 PM on 06/17/2011

Boy, call me crazy, but who considers this news. I loved the guy but....so what?

[RanSays]

10:51 AM on 06/17/2011

And?And?And?

[RationalRadioJack]

10:23 AM on 06/17/2011

oooooh Spooky. He received a death threat...............and then he died...ooooh

Then his son took his place....oooooh

[bgofca]

11:43 PM on 06/16/2011

i miss tim!
gregory is a terrible and very prejudiced host on meet the press. won't watch as long as he's the host.

[PuSencer]

03:25 PM on 06/18/2011

gregory also has no ability to ask follow-up questions and never challenges dubious claims. just plain poor journalism.

[donnie-cheesehead]

04:11 PM on 06/18/2011

Faved !! Someone could accuse the President of running a
Hit squad and Gregory wouldn't think to ask grounding questions,
he'd just nod.

[GwenWare]

09:36 AM on 06/20/2011

I absolutely agree. Gregory hosting "Meet the Press" is like having the guy with the dustpan and broom who follows the elephant, fill in for the center ring act.

[datenutloaf]

11:12 PM on 06/16/2011

What non-permissive parent does NOT receive a death threat?

[raker]

09:41 PM on 06/16/2011

There was no greater emblem of how far TV news had fallen than Tim Russert. TV news's efforts to canonize him for being an extraordinary newsman is sad and ironic. He wasn't even a newsman. He wasn't a reporter. He was a host of a pretend news-ish show that was mostly about the host and also about launching Republican talking points.

[bascombe]

12:29 AM on 06/20/2011

bingo!!!

[Tea for me]

08:41 PM on 06/16/2011

Gaaawwwdddd, I miss Tim.

[Ziegler21WP]

06:17 PM on 06/16/2011

Of all the idotic "news" reporting, this one takes the cake. Tim Russert was a special guy and we are all cheering for Luke.

[BigCheese]

06:57 PM on 06/18/2011

Speak for yourself, bub.