shirvell's attention. shortly after armstrong was elected student body president, andrew shirvell set up a blog devoted entirely to tracking and attacking armstrong. you're looking at the opening page of the blog. here's a closer look at the picture that's on the opening page. this say picture of mr. armstrong with the word resign. a gay flag with a nazi swastika in there over it. here's another posting, chris armstrong says the privileged pervert. there's another page here, this is from the blog of mr. shirvell, it says outrage alert, armstrong engages in sexual escapades at churches and children's playgrounds. shirvell calls him a recruiter for the cult that is homosexuality and admits to protesting outside his home. he also accuses armstrong of joining a racist cam miss organization because, quote, that's exactly what most affluent white homosexual males are, racist and elitist to the core. it's an honor society that once used native american artifacts in meetings but apparently doesn't anymore and coun

shirvell has made a blog attacking armstrong. this posting has a picture of armstrong, the word "resign" scrawled on his face, a rainbow flag with a swastika right in the center of it. months of postings like this, by mr. shirvell, page after page, unproven allegations, smears. he calls the kmenlg student a nazi-like recruiter for the cult that is homosexuality, he calms him a privileged pervert and satan's representative on the student assembly. that's a quote. he has appeared outside armstrong's home videotaping the home at night. mr. shirvell says he's got the right to speak his mind. the question is, though, by targeting this student and his friends, has this public official gone too far? you can judge for yourself. we had him on the program last night. here's some of what he said. >> i've got to ask you, you're a state official. this is a college student. what are you doing? >> well, anderson, basically if you've been involved in political campaigns before, you know all sorts of stuff happens. and this is just another tactic

shirvell detracting from your operation? why would a gay person feel confident that he or she would be represented by this man as an attorney or frankly, you know, they would start to have perhaps doubt about your office's ability to do that? >> well, i think that's quite a stretch. first and foremost, mr mr. shirvell, his job is he helps preserve state criminal convictions when they're challenged in federal court. he does that from 8:30 to 5:00 very well. him blogging, it's not impacting the mission of the office. >> you've made internet safety one of the main initiatives of your department. >> right. >> we found this pamphlet that the state of michigan uses and defines a cyberbully, and they say the type of content of cyberbullying may send and includes the following, vulgar and argumentmentive message, cruel, offensive and insulting remarks. under that definition, is andrew shirvell a cyberbully? >> well, that's a pamphlet by a different agency and i'm glad you brought it. we've educated a half million kids on how to prot

shirvell's boss agrees that shirvell is a bully but defends his right to blog during his off hours citingent can be more sinister when done online. unlike a play ground bully, cyber bullies don't have to see the harm or damage they inflict for their victims. while a playground pulley may show remorse when the victim sheds tears or experience pain, the online bully doesn't experience any of that but the damage is very real. consider tyler clementi. his dorm roommate and another student are charged with invasion of privacy for allegedly placing a camera in his dorm room without his knowledge and broadcasting him engaging in an intimate encounter on the internet. he is said to be so distraught that he committed suicide by

and you know, i think if shirvell got fired he would lose a lawsuit.ay be a good thing or a bad thing but he would lose a lawsuit to get his job back. so i think this is really up to mike cox. could he, is he willing to fire him or not, and he chooses not to fire him and people can draw their own conclusions about whether that's a good thing or bad thing. the thing i don't object to that mike cox is saying is that somehow the law compels him not to fire him. i think this is a choice he's making, not a -- something he's compelled to do by the law. >> interesting discussion. jeff toobin, jonathan turley, appreciate your expertise. thank you very much. let us know what you think, the live chat up and running right now. >>> up next tonight we put a racy attack ad to the test. is the re-enactment of a senator's alleged visit to a prostitute fact or fiction? is it fair? >>> and another accuser speaking out saying bishop eddie long abused him. >> once the right time to expose everything it's going to happen, and i just pray, i just want people to know to keep

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we talked to shirvell last night and he defended his actions. of people are calling for him to be fired. there's one person who can do that, attorney general michael cox. we'll also look at one of the more bizarre campaign ads so far and that is saying a lot, they even re-enact an alleged visit to a prostitute by a politician. tom foreman has the facts. >> and another of eddie long's accusers breaking his silence. those stories and more. >>. >> larry: you can only laugh. anderson cooper, 10:00 eastern, 7:00 pacific. there's no slow news day anymore. >> leon panetta is quoted as saying this is a crazy kind of war. >> larry: it's a crazy kind of world. >> it's a crazy kind of world. exactly. >> we all know and you all know this when we were at the white house recently, obama walks into the room with a stride. very self-confident guy. what does he worry about? >> he told me that. he just kind of volunteered. he said my number one worry, the thing i'm worried about is terrorists setting off a nuclear weapon in an american city. and that would be a g