one recognize that lee did not attach to a killer. he actually attached to a loving and caring father. at the time he was in a bitter custody battle for his own children who had he had stolen away from his estranged wife. when a tacoma court gave her full and permanent custody, mohammed found revenge. the children were given to his wife and he would no longer have any connection with his children. and he was outraged. he said do not raise your children on your own. you have become my enemy, and as my enemy i will kill you. did you believe him? totally. the outrage became anger and hatred fueling an inner war
against a racist society which mohammed in turn fed to young lee malvo. he was being conditioned to be a soldier. we re talking about a child soldier. he was actually having lee go to sleep with taped extracts from the art of war, from books talking about war and revolution, et cetera. that was how he started the whole brainwashing process. the pair s murderous journey actually started in tacoma nearly 3,000 miles from d.c. at mohammed s direction, malvo shot and killed the niece of a woman who had testified against mohammed at the custody hearing. lee was trained not to feel. whenever he would feel and mohammed saw that there was a flinch of feelings, he would tell him to slap his chest and