From Eric Dondero:

Friend and Contributor to Libertarian Republican blog, Tim Daniel of California, has been doing the yeoman's work of investigating Pentagon shooter John Patrick Bedell, who is also from California.

What Tim has come up with clashes greatly with the major media spin emerging on Bedell. Perhaps the very worst media spin today came from the Christian Science Monitor that headlined: "Bedell a Rightwing extremist." Others even called him an "anti-government libertarian."

Bedell, it's now being learned, seems to be much more of a leftwinger, and though he had some views that could be described as libertarian such as pot legalization, the overwhelming majority of his views leaned decidedly to the far leftside of the political spectrum such as 9/11 Trutherism. He defintely was not a rightwing libertarian, pro-military, or conservative. In fact, he went out of his way to bash former President Bush.

Some excerpts from Tim's investigations:

* I do have though is a list of the friends that his profile is linked to. Right off the bat I see several middle eastern sounding names many students.

* Here's something juicy. John Patrick Bedell is (was) friends with a certain individual linked to TrineDay Publishing (conspiracy), First World, Michael Moore, the Coalition on Political Assassinations (why?) and CLG (check out the Facebook group that resists corporaterrorism, and the New World Order).

* John Patrick Bedell was also Facebook friends with noted libertarian/anti war guy Lew Rockwell (as are 5,000 other people), which doesn't surprise me being that Lew Rockwell is one of the most noted antiwar spokesmen in the country. From what I have gleaned I can see that Bedell clearly had an anti-government bent. I don't see it as a left/right anti government bent, I see it as a fringe blend of tortured ideas.

Finally, this bit of breaking news as noted by Tim in another updated blog post:

Per Michelle Malkin I have a doozy of a detail about John Patrick Bedell the deceased Pentagon shooter that the main stream media is trying to pin on the Tea Party movemnent or conservatives in general.John Patrick Bedell, aka the Right Wing Extremist, Tea Party John Patrick Bedell was registered to vote and actively registered up to 2008. Tea Party guy John Patrick Bedell who decided to drive across the country (from Hollister, CA) and engage in a shootout with the Pentagon (not exactly a bright idea) was registered to vote --- as a Democrat.

You can see all the documentation, including Bedell's voter id information at Left Coast Rebel.