[Sly Fox]

The Washington Post has obtained the FBI files on Dr. Falwell under the Freedom in Information Act. Scorpions?:

Exclusive: Jerry Falwell's FBI File



The Rev. Jerry Falwell, founder of the Moral Majority, stirred up passions with his attacks on abortion and homosexuality. Now, the FBI's confidential file on Falwell, who died in May at age 73, reveals that he also stirred up death threats -- including one that sent agents scrambling to figure out how many gay bars there were in Cincinnati. The bureau released 112 pages of the file to Post reporter Joe Stephens under the federal Freedom of Information Act. Read excerpts here. The file, it turns out, is comprised almost entirely of details about threats aimed at the Lynchburg, Va., fundamentalist. (There's no evidence anyone actually tried to harm Falwell.)

Falwell's FBI file contains a 1983 letter sent to his television ministry that concluded with the words, "Hoping you will die soon." It was accompanied by a small plastic box containing a live scorpion. Then there were the calls to Liberty Baptist College in Lynchburg that same year, warning that a $10,000 reward had been offered for Falwell's "assassination" and that it was to be carried out by "gays in Cincinnati." One caller advised, "I know this is true, because my brother is one of them." Said another, "I intend to be the one to collect that money."

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I don't think any of us who were around back when the Moral Majority was a juggernaut during the '80s are even the slightest bit surprised by the contents of the file. He was hated by many ... and frankly that didn't bother him in the slightest. Many gay groups are already calling the file a whitewash.

[Hold My Own]

When I first saw this I thought it was a joke...wow

[El Scorcho]

The file itself was certainly interesting, but I don't think it contained anything unexpected.