Athletic 29 year old males do not usually die in their sleep. When the young male doing the dying happens to be an anti—terror researcher working for Steve Emerson's Investigative Project, the frequent subject of death threats, there is every reason to ear the worst.

The FBI is reported to be investigating the mysterious death of Jason Korsower, althougbn it has no official comment:

An FBI agent in Atlanta, Steve Lazarus, refused to confirm or deny an investigation, citing FBI policy.

However, the agency was at least aware of the case. An FBI spokeswoman in Washington, Debra Weierman, referred JTA to the FBI's Atlanta bureau, even though JTA had not mentioned Korsower's hometown in its request for information.

Sources 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.

Officials at the Investigative Project, where Korsower worked, also would not comment.

The Investigative Project is run by Steve Emerson, whose predictions of a major Islamist attack in the 1990s enhanced his credibility

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