Glen Greenwald is the Jewish attorney representing Nazi Matt Hale, of the World Church of the Creator. Hale is being sued for the July 4, 1998 shooting spree by his disciple, Benjamin Smith. According to Greenwald, the victims whose blood was shed are worse than Hale himself because he believes they are trying to take away Hale's First Amendment rights. There are tens of thousands of non-Jewish lawyers who could represent this Nazi pig; JDL believes no Jew should ever help a potential murderer of our people.

People of good conscience everywhere should call Glen Greenwald at 212/489-6359 and ask him how in the name of G-d he could represent someone who would like to complete Hitler's mission.

Do not threaten him in anyway, shape or form. He is looking for any possible way to punish anyone who interferes with him or his client. Do not call him more than once. Don't provide him any information that could be helpful in his endeavor to aid Hale; don't give him information about Jews.

The article below provides background on the matter; its views aren't necessarily endorsed by JDL:

Matt Hale's Jewish Lawyer Focused on Constitutional Rights

By Douglas Wertheimer

The outcome of two local court cases against self-proclaimed racist Matt Hale could be determined by the testimony of an informant who may have been coached by Jewish Defense League members, Hale's New York attorney. Glenn Greenwald, told the Jewish Star this weekend.

Ian Sigel, head of JDL Chicago, is one of two JDL members who has been subpoenaed to provide information and testimony to the case.

Sigel is scheduled to provide a deposition January 22 in Chicago in the federal civil suit of Rev. Stephen T. Anderson v. Matthew Hale.

The case is before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and involves the allegation that Hale and the World Church of the Creator conspired with Benjamin N. Smith to launch a "racial holy war" against Blacks, Jewish, Asians and other non-whites.

Anderson, the Minister of the Greater Faith Temple Church in Decatur, who is identified in the lawsuit as an African-American, was struck by three bullets fired at him by Smith on July 3, 1999. That shooting was part of Smith's rampage in Illinois and Indiana which began on July 2 and ended on July 3 in Salem, Illinois, where he committed suicide.

Smith was a member of Hale's World Church; the two had been personally associated in its work, and Smith had appeared as a character witness for Hale in his application for a license to practice law in Illinois.

In all, Smith shot at some 18 people, killing two and wounding nine others. The alleged role of the JDL could also play a critical part in determining the outcome of a second civil case, Ephraim Wolfe et. al. v. Matt Hale et. al.

That state suit, which is actually the older of the two, was filed July 9, 1999 in the Circuit Court of Cook County. It claims, among other things, that Benjamin Smith acted as the agent of Matt Hale and/or others during his rampage.

Among those attacked by Smith on July 2 were Ephraim Wolfe, then 15, of West Rogers Park, who was shot in the leg, and Nosson Cohen, who was shot at, but not hit (Jewish Star, July 16, 1999).

In the view of Greenwald, Hale's lawyer, both cases could hinge on testimony of a former Hale associate. That associate told authorities that a year or so after he joined the World Church, Hale told (or admitted to) him that he had ordered Benjamin Smith to do the shootings, Greenwald told the Jewish Star.

Greenwald said that the informant had been brought to the FBI by the JDL, and that he had worn a wire-tapping device in order to get an audio record of that alleged order. None, however, was obtained, Greenwald said.

Hale's attorney said that he will attempt to prove - most likely before a jury - that "through a combination of coercion and threats" the JDL "induced the informant to make his claim.

If the informant's testimony is ultimately discredited, Greenwald said both cases against his client will collapse because there is no other convincing basis for the conclusion that Hale is culpable for Smith's actions.

"No one on the planet has ever said that Matt Hale was in any way involved in the Benjamin Smith shootings," Greenwald said, or that the World Church "was involved in the Benjamin Smith shootings." Greenwald says that he expects both cases to be resolved by the end of the year, but that he wouldn't be surprised if, on appeal, they ultimately reach the U.S. Supreme Court.

Michael Ian Bender, the attorney Wolfe v. Hale agreed that the testimony of the informant was significant. He declined to discuss the JDL's alleged involvement at this time. . . .

While acknowledging that his client is "a complete racist and a complete anti-Semite" who is "completely candid about every view he has, Greenwald, who is Jewish, told the Jewish Star that he agreed to represent [Hale] because of the important constitutional rights issues raised by his cases.

In fact, Greenwald (of the New York firm Greenwald, Christoph & Holland) was also Hale's counsel when the State of Illinois unsuccessfully sought to revoke the non-profit status of the World Church.

That case is currently on appeal before the Illinois Supreme court, and will likely be heard around the beginning of March.

Greenwald said that he was contacted by Hale when Hale was seeking admission to the Illinois Bar on the recommendation of a Chicago friend who was familiar with his firm's work in the area of constitutional rights litigation.

For current federal and state cases, Hale had initially considered several firms, but lawyers in Illinois - including the ACLU - seemed reluctant to defend Hale, according to Greenwald. Greenwald, 33, is a graduate of New York University Law School, and has been in practice for five years.

He said he told Hale at an early meeting that he was Jewish, and that Hale has been "100% of the time completely polite and respectful on every level." [Editorial Note: It seems like Mr. Greenwald is straining to portray Hale, a vile Jew-hater, as a good guy.]

Greenwald's representation in the first case for Hale was without charge (pro bo-no). He declined to discuss financial arrangements for his other two cases. In Greenwald's view, those litigating against Hale "are way more dangerous than Matt Hale ever could be." This is because their types of lawsuits could end up punishing Hale "for the things he thinks and says."

Greenwald acknowledges that Morris Dee's Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) of Montgomery, Alabama has won high-profile cases against White supremacists similar to the ones in which he is now involved with Hale. But he claims that the SPLC did not face qualified counsel in most of these cases, and that the organization out not to have prevailed.

Like the noted attorney Alan Dershowitz, and like the Anti-Defamation League (before it changed its mind), Greenwald believes that it was wrong to deny Hale admission to the Illinois State Bar. Yet Dershowitz - who called Hale "an obnoxious racist" and a "despicable character" who had "psychopaths" as members of his church, and who said "If [Hale] were hit by lightning tomorrow, I'd cheer" - also told the Jewish Star in 1999 that "under no circumstances will I ever represent Matthew Hale" (Jewish Star, July 16, 1999).

Greenwald said that neither his personal views, nor his Jewishness, impinged on his decision to defend Hale in court. What is important, Greenwald says, is that Hale has a right to express his views, "and if he loses his right, then nobody has it. As trite as that sounds, it's very true."