Doctor Killer Had Ties To Operation Rescue. Interview With KC Clinic Operator Shows Roeder Could Have Been Stopped by FBI Using Existing Laws Before He Killed

Scott Roeder, the man who allegedly killed Doctor George Tiller May 31, 2009 had the phone number of the Senior Policy Adviser of Operation Rescue on the dashboard of his car when arrested hours after the shooting.  The Operation Rescue officer Cheryl Sullenger claims he only had the number to check with her on the whereabouts of Dr. Tiller, which the organizations provided to people who wanted to harass (and worse such people).  After reading Randall Terry's highly lawyerized response to the murder on Sunday, one can figure that, as usually with the lawyered up, the organization is going with only admitting to that which can be proven.  It's a Cheneyesque tactic, though it's been around since before Nixon's time.

See video at top of report entry site (by clicking on the link of any post) or going directly to video Scott Roeder's ties to Operation Rescue. 

The video report says the Operation Rescue officer claims that the only reason Mr. Roeder would have her number is to call to find out where the doctor is, because they tracked him so that anyone wanting to harass (or worse) the doctor could do so at any time.

The video report above also has an interview with an man that runs an abortion clinic who says that Scott Roeder twice vandalized his clinic in the 8 days  before Dr. Tiller's death.  The owner says he called the FBI and local authorities both times without action.  The crimes Roeder committed at the abortion clinic though seemingly minor were federal crimes, that were more aggressively acted on before the Republican Congress forced the FBI to stop doing so in the 90s.  The head of the clinic given the surname "Pederson" for Rachel's video (and a Democracy Now one linked below) shows how he was blown off by the FBI and local authorities on immediate action.

Studies have shown how, if small actions like those taken by Roeder at Pederson's clinic are ignore, such people often go on to commit more serious crimes.  

"Pederson" also says that an earlier similar lock gluing pattern by Mr. Roeder was stopped by an FBI agent having as little as a 'talk' with the assumed perpetrator.

Excerpt Democracy Now interview with clinic operator described as "Jeffrey Pederson" :

AMY GOODMAN: And did you t^{ell the FBI agent, Mark Colburn, that you knew who he was? And did he know who he was?}

^{JEFFREY PEDERSON: Yes, because he had done the same thing in 2000 two weekends in a row.}

^{AMY GOODMAN: And what did the FBI do in 2000, when Scott super-glued the locks?}

^{JEFFREY PEDERSON: He had said at that time the pictures were too fuzzy, that they probably would not be able to get a conviction on it, but he would talk to him. And after that little talk, we didn’t see Scott for like six years.}

^{AMY GOODMAN: You mean, after Colburn went and spoke to Scott. So he knew where he lived?}

^{JEFFREY PEDERSON: Yes.}

AMY GOODMAN: He stopped. You don’t know what the interaction was.

JEFFREY PEDERSON: No idea.

...

AMY GOODMAN: So he knew exactly who he was, the FBI agent?

This time, though Mr. Pederson gave a name and a license number to his "FBI" contact, Roeder was not visited, with the agent claiming he had to have a grand jury convened apparently before doing anything.

More tonight on what the FBI used to do before the Republicans and deep pockets (most likely from church and business leaders robbing the poor box to finance groups like Operation Rescue and others) have kept our law enforcement agencies from protecting doctors, and staff at Women's Reproductive clinics.

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