terrorist cheerleader threatens media

The FBI on Tuesday announced a $5,000 reward and the public’s help to find a “the person or persons responsible for mailing dozens of unusual, threatening letters pertaining to the television coverage of collegiate football and basketball cheerleaders.”

The letters were sent to national networks and their local affiliates, as well as individuals associated with athletic departments in Ohio, Michigan, and Arizona. Some of the threatening letters were laced with a “potentially harmful insecticide.”

The FBI says it “believes that the author may be directly or indirectly involved in some element of cheerleading and/or the television production/coverage aspect of collegiate athletics.” It released two excerpts:

We are fed up with networks exploiting women in sports coverage. ABC/ESPN exploit collegiate and professional cheer squads in their coverage of football and basketball. … Pigs park their cameras on us close up, front view, dozens of times each game, yet rarely ever show on TV in this manner, unless squads are wearing sweaters, jackets, under shirts, etc. … . We have asked nicely for them to respect us and all women, yet they refuse. They exploit innocent people, so we will too. When they start respecting us, we stop mailing these out.

“For a long time we have warned ESPN the networks and several schools what would happen if this did not change,” another letter sent last December warns darkly.

Weirdly the letter-writer also complains that TV gives more air time to cheerleaders wearing “long sleeved shirts, jackets, sweaters” at the expense of women in sleeveless outfits.

“These excerpts illustrate the unique nature of the author’s grievance, the level of energy the author has devoted to this issue, and specific language used by the author,” the FBI says.

(Read more excerpts of the letter here or the FBI’s press release here).

Well y’know what they say about letting the terrorists win … Sexy Cute cheerbabe pics after the jump.