Interesting:

White Supremacist Is Held In Ordering Judge’s Death
By JODI WILGOREN
Published: January 09, 2003

Glenn Greenwald, a lawyer for Mr. Hale, said the charges filed today might stem from a misinterpretation of a statement by his client on the Internet that ”we are in a state of war with Judge Lefkow.”

”They are probably trying to take things he said along the lines of political advocacy and turn it into a crime,” Mr. Greenwald said. ”The F.B.I. may have interpreted this protected speech as a threat against a federal judge, but it’s probably nothing more than some heated rhetoric.”