Hal Turner
Harold "Hal" Turner is an American political commentator and well-known Federal Informant and Agent. He has runs a radio show and has been running a blog for the last two decades.
He has talked about the truth regarding the Holocaust[1] and has been labeled a "White Supremacist" by the SPLC.
He has been imprisoned for 2 years as a political prisoner due to a perceived threat towards three federal judges; he was freed on October 5, 2012[2].
Biography
FBI Rat
Turner was a paid informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for several years, supplying information about right-wing groups to federal agents[3]. The original allegations that Turner acted as an informant for the FBI surfaced in 2008 after unidentified hackers claimed on Turner's website's forums that they had read email correspondences between him and an FBI agent, apparently his handler. This led to a discussion on a neo-Nazi website on January 10, 2008, in which Turner revealed that he was quitting political work, ending his radio show and separating "from the 'pro-White' movement". The FBI has declined to comment on the matter[4]. The Southern Poverty Law Center[5] and the Anti-Defamation League reported on the emails that "a neo-Nazi Website had posted material reportedly found by the hackers, including alleged exchanges between himself and law enforcement agents which indicated that Turner had been providing information to them."[6]
On July 28, 2009, in a Chicago courtroom, Turner's defense lawyer said that Turner worked as a paid informant for the FBI[7]. In December 2009, The Record published an investigative report on Turner's "complex" relationship with the FBI and Federal U.S. Marshal Service, noting that all parties broke off contact at several points[8].
Turner's information led to the arrests of the Hutaree militia, with Turner's FBI handler serving as the prosecution's witness[9].
Michael A. Orozco, Turner's lawyer said, "I don't think he was a racist. He was doing a lot of those things at the behest of the FBI."[10]
Political Views
Conviction
Personal Life
Contact information
- P.O. Box: 421 North Bergen, NJ 07047
- Email: Hal.Turner@HalTurnerRadioShow.com
- Telephone Number: 201-484-0900 (Office)
- LISTEN-BY-PHONE: 351-999-5116
- SPEAK ON-THE-AIR: 201-771-3013
Links
- Website: https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en (available in different languages)
References
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- ↑ "Official records from international Red Cross prove "holocaust" was fraud". www.halturnershow.com. 4th of June of 2007.
- ↑ Harold Charles Turner, inmate # 30057-050, on the Federal Bureau of Prisons's site.
- ↑ "North Bergen blogger accused of threatening federal judges is held without bail". The Star-Ledger. August 10, 2009.
- ↑ Potok, Mark. "FBI's Use of Neo-Nazi Informant Knocked". Intelligence Report. Southern Poverty Law Center.
- ↑ Mock, Brentin; Potoc, Mark. "Virginia Developer is USA's Loudest Neo-Nazi". Intelligence Report. Southern Poverty Law Center.
- ↑ "Hal Turner Claims to Leave Movement After Accusations of Being an Informant". Anti-Defamation League. 2008-01-18.
- ↑ Radio host denies threatening federal judges". Chicago Breaking News Center. July 28, 2009.
- ↑ "Records show feds used ultra-right radio host for years". The Record. November 29, 2009.
- ↑ Defense in Hutaree militia trial asks for a mistrial". Detroit Free Press. March 21, 2012.
- ↑ "Shock jock Neo-Nazi walks free". . October 9, 2012.