FBI PROBES DEATH OF JEWISH TERRORISM EXPERT

FBI probes death of Jewish terrorism expert
The FBI is investigating the mysterious death of a young American Jewish terrorism expert who worked at a think tank where research into Islamic extremism has drawn death threats, family and friends said. Jason Korsower, 29, died in his sleep in his Washington apartment on Friday, November 26, after returning from Thanksgiving celebrations with his family in his native Atlanta.

For his 29 years, Korsower had lived a full life, thriving in a Jewish youth group, serving in the Israeli army in a crack infantry unit, studyingreligion and most recently plunging into terrorism research in Washington. He was also about to start law school. Korsower's family and friends told JTA that FBI agents had gathered information about the death, but they know little else. ....

Sources also made clear that the FBI is asking questions, and without relating specifically to Korsower's death, Lazarus said that agents would only ask questions about a death if a full investigation were underway. ... FBI investigations into single homicides are very rare, a former agent said. "The only times they are involved in a homicide is in cases of terrorism, crimes on government reservations - military bases, federal property - or, as in the case of Martin Luther King, when someone is killed while carrying out a constitutionally protected activity," said Steve Pomerantz, a former FBI investigator who now consults for Jewish organizations.