Savetheplanetprotest.com
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According to WHOIS
record, SaveThePlanetProtest.com was first registered on January 7, 2008 under registrant James Lee. The domain was registered with a private registration service, which hid the registrant’s information. The WHOIS record only displayed a PO Box address located in Burnaby, Canada
, in the contact info.
The registrant James Lee, a Korean-American, was an environmental protester. On September 1, 2010, he entered the Discovery Communications
headquarters building in Silver Spring, Maryland
, with a gun and several bombs strapped to his body and took three hostages
.
Lee made his manifesto on his website SaveThePlanetProtest.com with several demands, including "daily programs based on Daniel Quinn's
Ishmael
in game show
formats broadcasted through Discovery Channel
." The manifesto expressed Lee’s disapproval of Discovery Channel promoting global overpopulation. After nearly a four-hour standoff, he was shot and killed by police, and the three hostages were immediately freed.
The website SaveThePlanetProtest.com was hosted by Doteasy Technology Inc.
. The spokesman of this Canadian web hosting firm announced that they had provided information to Royal Canadian Mounted Police
(RCMP) for further investigation. RCMP Insp. Tim Shields stated that the RCMP was aware of the website situation and was in touch with US law enforcement officials in the investigation.
WHOIS
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record, SaveThePlanetProtest.com was first registered on January 7, 2008 under registrant James Lee. The domain was registered with a private registration service, which hid the registrant’s information. The WHOIS record only displayed a PO Box address located in Burnaby, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, in the contact info.
The registrant James Lee, a Korean-American, was an environmental protester. On September 1, 2010, he entered the Discovery Communications
Discovery Communications
Discovery Communications, Inc. is an American global media and entertainment company. The company started as a single channel in 1985, The Discovery Channel. Today, DCI has global operations offering 28 network entertainment brands on more than 100 channels in more than 180 countries in 39...
headquarters building in Silver Spring, Maryland
Silver Spring, Maryland
Silver Spring is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It had a population of 71,452 at the 2010 census, making it the fourth most populous place in Maryland, after Baltimore, Columbia, and Germantown.The urbanized, oldest, and...
, with a gun and several bombs strapped to his body and took three hostages
Discovery Communications headquarters hostage crisis
The Discovery Communications headquarters hostage crisis occurred on September 1, 2010 at the headquarters of Discovery Communications in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States, when 43-year-old James Lee, armed with two starter pistols and an explosive device, took three people hostage in the...
.
Lee made his manifesto on his website SaveThePlanetProtest.com with several demands, including "daily programs based on Daniel Quinn's
Daniel Quinn
Daniel Quinn is an American writer described as an environmentalist. He is best known for his book Ishmael , which won the Turner Tomorrow Fellowship Award in 1991....
Ishmael
Ishmael (novel)
Ishmael is a 1992 philosophical novel by Daniel Quinn. It examines mythology, its effect on ethics, and how that relates to sustainability. The novel uses a style of Socratic dialogue to deconstruct the notion that humans are the end product, the pinnacle of biological evolution...
in game show
Game show
A game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes...
formats broadcasted through Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav...
." The manifesto expressed Lee’s disapproval of Discovery Channel promoting global overpopulation. After nearly a four-hour standoff, he was shot and killed by police, and the three hostages were immediately freed.
The website SaveThePlanetProtest.com was hosted by Doteasy Technology Inc.
Doteasy
Doteasy Technology Inc. is a privately held web hosting service and domain name registration provider based in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Doteasy is the sister company of In2Net Network...
. The spokesman of this Canadian web hosting firm announced that they had provided information to Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police , literally ‘Royal Gendarmerie of Canada’; colloquially known as The Mounties, and internally as ‘The Force’) is the national police force of Canada, and one of the most recognized of its kind in the world. It is unique in the world as a national, federal,...
(RCMP) for further investigation. RCMP Insp. Tim Shields stated that the RCMP was aware of the website situation and was in touch with US law enforcement officials in the investigation.