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In the midst of Wednesday's tense Discovery Channel hostage situation -- during which an armed suspect identified as James J. Lee held three men at the network's Silver Spring, Md., headquarters for several hours before police fatally shot him around 5 p.m. -- the gunman took the time to answer a call and make threats to an NBC news reporter.
NBC News staffer Rob Rivas called the building's front desk shortly after the first reports of a situation came in after 1 p.m. To his surprise, the call was answered by a person claiming, and later confirmed, to be the gunman.
"The tone of his voice indicated that he was someone who was anxious, who wanted to be heard, so I was not taking anything for granted," Rivas told Matt Lauer on NBC's "Today" Show on today. Lauer expressed surprise at the gunman's composure and willingness to talk for 10 minutes while engaged in his violent actions. Lee hung up abruptly when Rivas heard what sounded like a cell phone go off in the background.
Here's what MSNBC reports the gunman said:
Montgomery County Police confirmed in a press conference last night that the gunman carried at least four potentially explosive devices into the building with him in backpacks and boxes.I have a gun and I have a bomb. I have several bombs strapped to my body ready to go off. I have a device that if I drop it, it will f---ing explode.
MSNBC also reports:
Lee told Rivas that he had been working on the explosive devices for "three weeks -- around three weeks or a month. I did a lot of research and experiments."
On the call, Lee seemed determined to get his point across, referring to a rambling statement he published on his website excoriating Discovery Communications.
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Lee's manifesto, simply titled "My Demands," was available online at www.savetheplanetprotest.com until the server was overloaded Wednesday and crashed. Excerpts and a link to the Google Cache of the full statement can be found here. MSNBC continues:
Quinn expressed shock and dismay at how a person like the gunman could find inspiration for his violent acts from Quinn's books, which advocate eco-friendliness but certainly not eco-terrorism. Read more about "My Ishmael" -- the book Lee cited, as well as excerpts from it -- here.He made several references to the novel "My Ishmael" by environmentalist Daniel Quinn, which tells of conversations between a 12-year-girl and a gorilla named Ishmael, who is seeking to hire a student to help save the world.
Watch the full interview with Rivas below at MSNBC.
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