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Clinton Hostage Suspect Very, Very, Very Sorry

Posted Dec 16, 07 7:43 PM CST in Politics 

(Newser) – The "crazy man with the bomb" charged with holding hostage workers at Hillary Clinton's New Hampshire headquarters released a passionately worded apology, reports the AP. A keenly remorseful Leeland Eisenberg wrote that "I want to fully and sincerely acknowledge the fear, pains, and lasting effects my senseless actions caused you."

Eisenberg was charged with a number of felonies, including kidnapping, after his Nov. 30 arrest. “Having been victimized and knowing the horrors of trauma myself, knowing that I, traumatized you as I have been, is something I can't bare to live with nor will I ever forgive myself!” he wrote. 

Sources Associated Press, Foster's Daily Democrat

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