I'm going to have to leave out a lot of the details on this, because my friend went to the FBI and they've instructed him not to go public until they've looked into it. Technically I shouldn't know any of this, but I'm waiting in the wings for the green light to write a report on this. All that aside. My question is... how do you think I should have handled this if it were me and I don't what to use the services of the FBI?
He received a letter, snail mail, threatening property damage on some local mosques, and alluding to a larger plan of a series of attacks throughout the coming months around the state. In all likelihood it's just a lot of hot air intended to intimidate, but there is no ambiguity that it was worded as a threat to person and property.
The idiots who sent it to him printed the letter on the back of a program from their church group. The officiant of the groups meetings is the same as whoever signed the letter. And with a little googling I was able to find the facebook and myspace pages of all the officers in the program, a few of their personal blogs, and able to connect the officiant's name back to the PO Box the letter was sent from.
Given that the gears are already in motion, and it's not my case. If it were me, do you think I should turn them all over the FBI? I hesitate, and would be inclined toward contacting them directly now that I know who they are. Something like how Ian approached the guy who stole his bike. But what if they are serious, and dangerous.