David Letterman is back at Late Show after a two week vacation, his first day at work since a threat against his life was posted on a jihadist website. CBS has declined to comment on any special security measures being taken at Letterman’s midtown Manhattan theater for the Monday taping. Last week a frequent contributor to a jihadist website posted a threat to David Letterman. He urged Muslim followers to “cut the tongue” of the late night show host because of a joke the comic had made about al Qaida leaders on his CBS show. The web site is a popular internet destination for radical Muslims. It was unknown whether Letterman planned to address the threat on the air.
David Letterman has been a late night show host for quite some time, and this is the first time he has had a threat of this caliber. There are a lot of Muslim radicals that are acquainted with the web site and it was watched continuously and it will continue to be monitored as the show host goes back to work. Although sources believe the threat has dwindled down to nothing that would be harmful to the host all protective measures are being taken anyway.
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