Higher-Tech Delivery Led to Suspect Accused of Threatening Justice Thomas
The FBI says it was able to trace the source of threats to Justice Clarence Thomas and several black celebrities after the writer apparently switched to e-mail.
David Tuason, 46, was arrested last week in Ohio and charged with sending two threatening e-mails and six letters. Prosecutors said Tuason targeted African-Americans who had relationships with whites, and sometimes targeted their children.
FBI agent Scott Wilson told the Cleveland Plain Dealer that the bureau had been searching for the source of the racial threats since they first surfaced in the 1980s. The agency didn’t succeed, he said, until the writer switched to e-mail.
Tuason lived with his parents in Ohio and was unemployed, the story says. Investigators don’t think he physically harmed anyone. Tuason’s other alleged targets over the years included New York Yankees baseball player Derek Jeter, Miami Dolphins defensive lineman Jason Taylor and actor Taye Diggs, the story says.
The indictment claims Tuason threatened to kill Thomas and blow up the Supreme Court building.
