TN Man Indicted For Romney Blackmail Attempt: Wanted $1M In Bitcoins

OakDragon writes "A Franklin, Tennessee man has been indicted for his attempt to blackmail Mitt Romney. Michael Mancil Brown allegedly claimed his intent to release some of Romney's pre-2010 tax documents unless one million dollars was converted to Bitcoins and deposited into an account which he specified. Demand letters were sent to Republican and Democratic Party offices in Tennessee, and Pricewaterhouse Coopers (whom he claimed to have stolen the documents from). Pricewaterhouse Coopers denies that he ever obtained such documents. Brown was also attempting to "sell" the documents to others (presumably the Democrats or other interested parties) for the same amount. And yes, he was apparently well aware of the Dr. Evil reference."

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"Democrat Party"

[Anonymous Coward]

Your bias is showing.

Re:"Democrat Party"

[khallow]

It's called the "Democratic Party".

By Democrats. By everyone else, it's not (and the use of the term dates to at least the late 19th century). That little rhetorical change helps remind us that the Democrat Party is not a party of democracy, but just happens to have that name.