images he had sent her. page pate is with me, cnn legal analyst. page pate, thank you for being with me. happy thanksgiving. happy thanksgiving. before we get your take on this, i don t want to assume that people watching know exactly what revenge porn means. can you explain that for us? sure, absolutely, brooke. i mean, i think a lot of people perceive that there was a problem with a say an ex-lover, an ex-girlfriend, boyfriend having a picture of some sort of sexual image. it could be a selfie of the intimate parts of one partner sent to the other and after they break up or right before they break up, maybe there is a fight, maybe there is a threat that if you leave me i m going to do something with this picture that you sent me and then they took the picture and posted it to facebook or sent it to one of these, you know, almost there were many of them, revenge porn sites that were set up exclusively to get this material and then post it where everyone could see it. so we h
a circumstantial case. so no charges were filed against yanos. what was it like watching him walk out of jail? it hurts. because you know he s the guy that did it. and he beat the system. i was dumfounded. to me. there was so much evidence that didn t make sense. reporter: then mary ann approached the cops with a second proposal to trap her ex-lover into a taped confession. a month after the murder, the two of them met at a local restaurant. you tell me what happened. nothing happened. why do you think i would do such such a thing like this? you are not being honest with me. and i know it. what do you want to hear? do you want me to lie to you? reporter: again, yanos denials were complete and determined, just like his
threatening calls to jccs in his name or the name of his ex-lover including defamatory e-mails and faxes to his exes ex s employer. while the motive is unclear, the impact is crystal clear. threatening jewish institutions is an anti-semitic act. reporter: leaders are applauding the justice department s fast work. i am confident as we evidenced in today s arrest in missouri that we will find and we will prosecute those who have committed these acts of hatred. reporter: the wave of threats prompted the evacuations of hundreds of jccs and sin goings across the nation since january. meantime, a jewish cemetery in rochester, new york, is the latest target in a slew of graveside attacks, similar to what happened in philadelphia and st. louis. the adl is proposing a plan of
his name or the name of his ex-lover including defamatory e-mails and faxes to his exes ex s employer. while the motive is unclear, the impact is crystal clear. threatening jewish institutions is an anti-semitic act. reporter: leaders are applauding the justice department s fast work. i am confident as we evidenced in today s arrest in missouri that we will find and we will prosecute those who have committed these acts of hatred. reporter: the wave of threats prompted the evacuations of hundreds of jccs and sin goings across the nation since january. meantime, a jewish cemetery in rochester, new york, is the latest target in a slew of graveside attacks, similar to what happened in philadelphia and st. louis. the adl is proposing a plan of
why did he do it? authorities say to get back at an ex-lover. using a fake e-mail account, thompson allegedly pinned some of the threats on his ex, like this one sent to the headquarters can of the anti-defamation league. she is behind the bomb threats against jews. the next day authorities say he phoned in a bomb threat to the adl and disguised his voice. thompson is a former journalist from the st. louis and sometimes participated in panel discussions on social issues. and everyone i knew, everyone i grew up with, the people i interview, whether they be in ferguson or baltimore, the young people, like i did, at one point in my life when i was younger, they desire something more. reporter: at one point, thompson wrote for the online publication the intercept. an editor-in-chief there says he was fired early last year after he fabricated quotes and sources, a claim thompson denied in a previous interview with cnn. now at the center of accusations again.