Friday, October 2, 2009

Examiner Bio Robert Halderman

Robert Halderman has been taken into custody over the David Letterman extortion case.

Robert J Halderman, commonly known as Joe Halderman, has been taken into custody over the extraordinary scenes that attended the attempt to blackmail David Letterman.

Robert or Joe Halderman (not to be confused with either Joe Haldeman the sci-fi auther, nor Bob Haldeman, Nixon's aide at Watergate) is, or at least was until a day or two ago, a producer at the "48 Hours" show for CBS. As the AP report says, it wasn't Letterman who announced the name, rather CBS itself unofficially:
The network said the person who was arrested works on the true-crime show "48 Hours" and has been suspended. A person with knowledge of the investigation said the suspect is Robert J. Halderman. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because authorities have not released the suspect's name. A "48 Hours" producer named Joe Halderman was part of a team nominated for an Emmy for outstanding continuing coverage of a news story in a news magazine in 2008. Two numbers listed for Halderman were disconnected, and a message left at a third number was not immediately returned Thursday.

The method that Halderman used to initiate the extortion attempt was revealed by Letterman on his show last night:

Three weeks ago, Letterman said, he got in his car early in the morning and found a package with a letter saying, "I know that you do some terrible, terrible things and that I can prove that you do some terrible things." He acknowledged the letter contained proof.

He said it was terrifying "because there's something insidious about (it). Is he standing down there? Is he hiding under the car? Am I going to get a tap on the shoulder?"

It appears that Halderman has in fact been arrested and charged, not just taken into custody:

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