Threats to AIG: "We Will Get Your Children"

Source: NBC

The anger in the threats against AIG executives is palpable.

"Get the bonus, we will get your children," someone identified only as "Jacob the Killer" hauntingly writes in an e-mail.

His is one of dozens of threats against AIG and its employees that were obtained from Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal's office under a Freedom of Information Act request by NBC Connecticut.

Read more: http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/AIG-Threats-We-will-get-your-children.html-We-will-get-your-children.html

:mad: I hope those who make such threats are caught and punished.

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threatening children is crossing the line. I would hope that whoever makes such a threat would be prosecuted under the law.

in being a reactionary asshole and deciding that it's OK to murder people. I don't believe in the death sentence. Period. I find your opinion disgusting and completely unprogressive.

posting threats for sympathy??? just sayin!

what can you expect. Am I mad about the bonuses? Yes. Would I think of threatening violence against someone just because they took a bonus? Never. It's primitive. It's brutal. It's ugly. It's a terrorist threat if you stop to think about it. On the other hand, I do think that the names of these people should be made public -- especially of the crew in London. They have done criminal acts -- fraud -- and they should be punished but not by a lynch mob and certainly not by threats against their persons or children.

Criminal prosecutions -- probably yes. Due process -- yes.

sure............Get me a hanky fast.

This song and dance they spew reminds me of Bush the First...when Saddam invaded Kuwait and they reported that babies were thrown out of their incubators and stuff like that....all a hoax!

Manipulation has a distinct odor to me.

It happened in Mesa, Arizona

For Rana Singh Sodhi, the dream remains alive, despite enduring a nightmare. His brother, Balbir Singh Sodhi, was gunned down in Mesa on Sept. 15, 2001 - the nation's first post-9/11 victim of a hate crime. (Balbir Sodhi wore a long beard and turban as prescribed by his Sikh faith; his killer apparently mistook him as being from the Middle East.) Another brother was murdered in San Francisco less than a year later. Friends have been assaulted because of how they look; one man's attackers yelled, "Go back to where you came from!" as they shot him.

<http://www.azcentral.com/ent/tv/articles/2008/05/18/20080518dream0518.html>

It didn't take us long to go there, did it?

They don't, however, give a damn for ours.

A fake threat against the chiiiiiildren is a very good distraction from their own crimes, though.

Do you know all these people who were awarded bonuses? The vast majority are likely people who would make very good neighbors and add to their communities.

know their neighbors and the community minded of whom you refer are called 'cliques.'

which has NO gated community. One, who I never met, had a child in my daughter's grade. He died in the WTC on 911. I had met his wife and child while volunteering at the elementary school one day.

I have been in gated communities, visiting friends and family- and whether you like it or not some people know MANY of their neighbors and are nice people. The community they support is often the EXTENDED community that includes areas that are economically deprived.

Your comment is as wrong as stereotypes going the other way. There are good people who are wealthy and good people who are poor.

You seem to be saying they ALL are bad - to that saying that I know some who are nice people and committed to those around them does counter the statement.

I was not saying that ALL of them were ok, so knowing some who aren't does not contradict what I said.

Not I.:shrug:

when you take most of its wealth for your own, then return a pittance as "charity".

Right now, our economy is structured so that wealth, with rare exceptions, is inherently parasitical. Short of actively rejecting the privileges of wealth, (most) wealthy persons in the US, no matter how good they may be personally, no matter how "charitable" they may be personally, obtained that wealth my skimming it off the top from the rest who do constructive labor.

I have no sympathy for these cocksuckers. I personally know a broker for one of these firms that used to be in the health industry and got into the "financial" sector around 2002. Ended up in minor legal shit because of unethical shenanigans. So, fuck 'em all.

.................Now I have to school a fucking (what are you)???, what are you a fucking language/truth moderator? It's people like you that really piss me off. Just like a conservative, seeing a homophobe or racist under every bed and behind every door. I truly feel sorry for you, evidently paranoia is not JUST a right-wing disease.

..........homophobic for using one word, not in any type of gay bashing way, but in a way Carlin may have used it. Alrighty then???

They can use the bonus money to build a gilded cage for their families.

Where are the kids going to school?

Where is the family going on vacation?

What about college for the kids?

When your kid is 16, can they get a car as a present, or will they need a driver/bodyguard for life?

Is the fence around the estate secure?

Can your wife go to the hairdresser, or do you need to build a salon at home?

Can you trust the household staff?

Are your kids' friends' houses safe?

How do you know there's not going to be a bomb in the mail?

What if your kid's friend's family is going to Europe and they want the kid to go with?

No amount of money is worth that.

the AIG folk say the money's returned?

It's a case of screwed because it was promised and delivered. Whatever they do now, it's out of the AIG folk's hands. By now, most of those with big bonuses living in the US have handed most of it back. Some haven't, most notably some with $1 as their base pay. (Hey--make $1/year in exchange for the retention bonus, *then* have the retention bonus stripped from you. Apparently *real* progressives don't really like the idea of a minimum wage.)

And Cuomo wanted, for political reasons, to make this possible.

No one else has this 'deal'. As CEO, he didn't feel he should make more unless the company turned a profit. He's making a statement and setting an example in leadership. The $1/per year is not a common contract. The people who received the bonuses also recieved a salary.

Somebody's getting real close to whom it is behind collapsing the worlds economy.

Fear of hunger. Fear of violence. Fear of opening up your 401k statement and seeing that your dream of a dog food free retirement is over. That's the world the rest of us live in. Welcome to it.

You don't threaten children, period. They are completely innocent and have no control over what there parents do.

Those who are being snide about this should be ashamed. What crimes have the children committed that they should be forced to live in fear?

Poor entitled dears.

as long as their parents are behaving in immoral or illegal ways?

I think it's hypocritical for someone to be "outraged" by AIG's bad behavior if they're willing to exhibit this kind of bad behavior too.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

- looks like I was mistaken. I hope that those making threats, especially to innocent children, are caught and prosecuted.

doesn't seem like such a hot idea, does it, AIG execs?

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dears, make us know they're only vulnerable humans too.

The latest in crisis management.

Money grubbing bastards that they are.

don't take my Rolex!

It's one thing to be (rightfully) pissed off at the jerks at AIG, but it's reprehensible to threaten someone's children.

OK they're pissed off over the bonuses.

But threatening kids????



OTOH, if those AIG execs really fear for the safety of their families, they would do the sane thing and give the damned bonuses back. All of them. All of the money.

If they don't, then I guess that's an indication of their priorities. Seeing as how they're so scared for their kids and all...

about the threats - or even the bad pr.

but so far, it seems they're determined to keep them.

I think the bonuses were a disgraceful sham going after there kids is shameful out out of line

Let me ask you all this, How many children suffered and went hungry as a direct result of these theives actions?... Hang em'High!!!

:smoke:

Making threats like this just gives some sympathy to the execs. I want whatever happens to these creeps to be done within the law. We don't need some misguided vigilantes muddying up the waters.

This entire thread is leaving a bad taste in my mouth.

just makes shit worse.

but there's a loud, bullying, disturbing faction who feel it's just fine and make this site look just as sleazy as AIG executives.

maybe they'll have to relocate their families to one of their other mansions which are scattered out across the globe.

There are some pretty seedy characters hanging out in here.

Nobody likes it, but the somewhat comforting part of it all is the wealthy have taken the screw much greater than the impoverished. I've lost plenty, and I don't think the losing is over yet. But I don't have the millions locked up in tax shelters like so many of the more affluent do, and I suspect some of those "no taxes" types are ready to buy their automatic weapons and bolt themselves up from the inside soon enough. With beck preaching his lunacy, I think there are probably a LOT of wing nuts "...that are mad as hell, and they're not going to take it anymore!"

In all seriousness, this is pathetic news to hear. Certainly if laws have been broken, I'd be the first to call for their indictments. But if all was legal, according to the laws of the time...well, live and learn.

:shrug:

who lost his job, this house, his car, his belt buckle and laughs hysterically when you mention retirement and he's not sublimating very well.

Talk about letting things get completely out of perspective!

are not acceptable in any civilized society and those making such threats should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Threatening people, even greedy crooks like these execs is against the law and is counterproductive. Threatening children is especially beyond the pale. I think everyone can agree.

However, it's clear that we have come to a point where there is so much frustration and anger that the rich and greedy aren't so isolated anymore. These people need to realize how many lives they have basically upturned. While Obama may sympathize with most Americans and understand the anger, these ass holes are still taking in the money and it's obvious that to a large extent, nothing has really changed.

However like some others have suggested, I'm not even convinced of the legitimacy of these threats and it's best to just let such threats be investigated by law enforcement. I wouldn't put anything past these people. They could very well be fabricated to get sympathy and distract the government and public from the fact that they are basically criminals themselves, guilty of looting and plundering the treasury.

anyways which is resulting in these threats.

or maybe AIG execs did make it up.

... might have actually been made, might be fabricated, are probably talk either way.

In any event, if I were one of those "execs", I'd be getting used to it. This whole debacle is just beginning and millions will die because of these fucks.

many of those by email (of course) revealed the senders' email addresses, and often, their phone numbers. Third, the one phone call message was reported from an employee or former employee, who then said that no follow-up was needed. Why would that be?

Just don't know if there are any credible threats here. Teach public school for a couple of decades and see what sort of baseless threats you get.

http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/AIG-Threats-We-will-get-your-children.html

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Surprisingly, some of those making the threats left their e-mail addresses and phone numbers - making the job of law enforcement officers easier.

<snip>Among the documents is an e-mail from an unknown individual, who may be or may have been an employee: "Just arrived home to several threats on the answering machine. 'Give your money back or else,' terrible things going to happen, etc. Both private caller numbers."

http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Internal-AIG-Documents-Reveal-a-Scramble.html


<snip>
The documents were peppered with threats that were later made against top executives by the public using a comment submission form on the AIG website.

<snip>An employee or former employee sent an e-mail March 19 to the Financial Products Operating Committee saying:
“Just arrived home to several threats on the machine. ‘Give your money back or else’, terrible things going to happen, etc. Both private caller numbers. One at 633pm and one at 540pm. Don’t need follow up, please report them, though.”

Lack of decent health care kills actual kids, and the corporate toadies fight health care reform like it's poison.

Lack of funding for education degrades the opportunities and life chances for real kids, every day, but the corporate toadies tell us we "can't throw money at the problem," while they themselves throw $25,000 to $40,000 a year at their own children's education, from kindergarten on.

There is no doubt that the threats received by the AIG executives are disgusting and dangerous. But the danger remains hypothetical and potential. The actual damage is being done constantly to the children of the working class, in real time and systemically, and I suspect that NBC Connecticut could spend more time talking about that if they weremn't just running a soap opera rather than a news bureau.

Thank you.

They don't want an educated working class.
They want despaired young men ready to be shipped to the next war.

or theirs but WE are to find compassion for them as they sit in their ivory towers. Not me.

He's careful to spray-paint "ELF" on a nearby property.

But there's plenty of evidence of the base side of human nature.

Like those destroyed by Bush/Wall Street.
Once the execs have lost everything and move into a storage shed, they'll be ignored forever.
Problem solved.



Tina Garland, an out-of-work truck driver, in the kitchen area of the tent she shares with her husband in Sacramento.