Man who released Bush scandal info arrested

[JaJae]

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Maine lawyer arrested after dressing as bin Laden

Tue Oct 31, 5:58 PM ET

A Maine attorney who released information in 2000 about President George W. Bush's drunken driving conviction was arrested on Tuesday after he dressed up as al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and waved a fake gun at traffic.

Police in South Portland, Maine, arrested Thomas Connolly, 49, of Scarborough, Maine, and charged him with criminal threatening. He was released on bail, local officials said.

Lt. Todd Bernard said the police department received calls about a man wearing Middle Eastern garb and a bin Laden mask and carrying fake dynamite standing along an interstate highway. When police arrived, they saw Connolly holding a gun.

"They ordered him to drop the weapon several times and he eventually complied," Bernard said.

It turned out the gun was fake, Bernard said.

In a phone interview, Connolly said he'd been trying to protest a planned change in local tax rules.

"I didn't expect to be arrested," he said. "Obviously I touched a post-9/11 nerve."

Days before the 2000 presidential election, Connolly released information about Bush's 1976 drunken driving conviction.

The Bush campaign said Democratic "dirty tricks" were behind the disclosure that at age 30 Bush had been arrested for drunken driving in Kennebunkport, Maine, pleaded guilty, paid a fine and had his licence suspended for 30 days.

Connolly, a Democrat, ran for governor in Maine in 1998.

South Portland, Maine, is located about 100 miles (161 km) northeast of Boston.

What a moron. I wish this story would get more coverage. It is quite hilarious. Figured I'd share it with you all.

[7960]

"fake dynamite" .... "holding a gun" ....... "I didn't expect to get arrested"

they should have just shot him.

[Scrum]

How strange.

[AVengeance]

Originally Posted by 7960

"fake dynamite" .... "holding a gun" ....... "I didn't expect to get arrested"

they should have just shot him.

Yea, but demons don't die when you shoot them.

[7960]

Originally Posted by AVengeance

...demons don't die when you shoot them.

But stupid people do.

Originally Posted by 7960

But stupid people do.

[WickedLou9]

ROFL at Maine.

[lew]

[hsmith]

Originally Posted by 7960

"fake dynamite" .... "holding a gun" ....... "I didn't expect to get arrested"

they should have just shot him.

Yeah, who needs a trial in America!

[7960]

Originally Posted by WickedLou9

ROFL at Maine.

He's lucky. It's coming up on deer season. If he'd done this closer to thanksgiving he would have been (rightfully) shot by any number of hunters on their way to their favorite deer stand.

Originally Posted by hsmith

Yeah, who needs a trial in America!

I don't run up behind cops and grab their gun because I know a definitely possible outcome. I don't stand on bridges with dynamite and guns because I know a definite possible outcome.

[KatKanPlay]

Originally Posted by 7960

But stupid people do.

They sure do....

[lew]

Originally Posted by 7960

He's lucky. It's coming up on deer season. If he'd done this closer to thanksgiving he would have been (rightfully) shot by any number of hunters on their way to their favorite deer stand.




I don't run up behind cops and grab their gun because I know a definitely possible outcome. I don't stand on bridges with dynamite and guns because I know a definite possible outcome.

He had dynamite and guns?

[7960]

Originally Posted by lew

He had dynamite and guns?

... carrying fake dynamite standing along an interstate highway. When police arrived, they saw Connolly holding a gun...

you can identify dynamite as fake and a gun as actually a toy from a distance?

[SICKGUY]

this reminded me of thomez driving around with bin laden