Leeland Eisenberg

A man just released from prison for taking hostages at one of Hillary Rodham Clinton's New Hampshire campaign offices in 2007 has been arrested again. Leeland Eisenberg was arrested Monday night on charges of violating terms of his probation by not plugging in an electronic monitoring bracelet to be worn around his ankle. Eisenberg said at a hearing Tuesday that he didn't have enough outlets to charge it. He was released on probation Nov. 18 after serving two years for strapping on a fake... Read Full Story

Two women and a child taken hostage at the Hillary Clinton campaign headquarters in Rochester, New Hampshire by a man with a suspicious device strapped under his clothing have been reportedly released, according to CNN . The hostage taker, reportedly a local man in his 40's with a history of mental illness who demanded to talk to Senator Clinton, is still inside at this moment and a swat team has stabilized the area. UPDATE: The hostage taker has been identified as Lee Eisenberg... Read Full Story

The Huffington Post reports that Leeland Eisenberg, the person who allegedly held hostages at Hillary Clinton's Rochester, NY campaign office, may be the same Leeland Eisenberg who, in 2002, filed a lawsuit against Cardinal Law, then Archbishop of Boston, claiming that he had been sexually abused in the 1980's by one of the diocese's priests. On at least one occasion, Eisenberg awoke after drunkenly passing out in Father Buntel's car "to find himself being raped by Father Buntel in the... Read Full Story

Apparently so. ABC News’ Political Radar is reporting just that: ABC News’ Kate Snow reports: ABC News has learned that Leeland Eisenberg — the man accused of holding hostages at Hillary Clinton’s Rochester, N.H., campaign office for six hours on Friday — allegedly cited one of Clinton’s campaign commercials when police say he entered the office and claimed to have a pipe bomb strapped to his chest. According to sources, the campaign office intruder was complaining about insurance... Read Full Story

I came across the following headline and thought it would be something funny: Clinton 'hostage-taker' wanted help with drinking . Now how many other people would have assumed it was a story on some poor, lonely dude who couldn't find someone to drink with him, and had to resort to taking booze hostages? I can't be the only one. Am I? Alas, it turns out to be a tale of desperation and one man threatening to blow himself up for health care. Mail & Guardian Online Article Read Full Story

HILLARY: HOSTAGE TAKER WENT TO HER HQ “SEEKING RELIEF” Facts Emerging About Perpetrator Rochester NH (Nov. 30, 2007 TBC) After a six hour standoff with law enforcement, a man who entered Hillary Clinton’s New Hampshire campaign headquarters here, surrendered peacefully. The seize, began at approximately 1 o’clock PM EST when a white man walked into the storefront office claiming to have a bomb strapped to his chest. All campaign staff present in the office at that time were immediately taken... Read Full Story

This is a good summary about the guy who took some of Hillary Clinton's campaign staffers hostage: Linked from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/11/30/leeland-eisenberg-allege_n_74902.html --- Leeland Eisenberg, the alleged suspect in the hostage situation at Hillary Clinton's Rochester, New Hampshire campaign office today, may have been sexually abused by a priest in the Boston archdiocese when he was younger. In September 2002, a Leeland Eli Eisenberg, formerly known as Ralph E. Woodward... Read Full Story

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