Author: David Mitchell
Date: 00:28:15 07/16/04
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On July 16, 2004 at 02:57:52, Slater Wold wrote: >http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=Japan%20Bobby%20Fischer > >"Officials were preparing to deport him to the United States, the Asahi Shimbun >newspaper said Friday, citing unnamed sources." > > >He's coming to the US, where he'll spend the rest of his life behind bars. > >Exciting end to his life, eh? Fischer's paranoia and anti-semitism (which is ironic because he's part jewish), will certainly not help his case, however, he's not guilty of anything except traveling to Yugoslavia and, probably the more serious charge, of failing to pay taxes on his prize money. Doesn't sound like a lifetime sentence to me. Just hope he doesn't kick & bite some federal marshall on the way back. :) Dave
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