August 30, 2007 (LPAC)--There are grave and frightening clues in the just-released report of Governor Tim Kaine's Virginia Tech Review Panel that Seung-Hui Cho was exactly the kind of violent-media and video game addict about which LPAC has been warning since April 16, when Cho killed 32 people, then himself, in two separate campus locations. It was the worst youth school shooting in history---in any country. The report documents that Cho became obsessed with the Columbine shooting in April, 1999, and wrote about creating "another Columbine." And, in 2007, very close to the anniversary of Columbine, which occurred on April 20, 1997, he did exactly that--but bigger.

Yet the Virginia Tech Panel went out of its way to understate, or ignore Cho's deep involvement in violent Internet culture, from video games, to underground movies like the violent "Old Boy."

Commenting today on the release of the panel's report, Lyndon LaRouche said, "This commission came under major political pressure to keep out what is known about Cho's involvement with video games--they obviously didn't want to offend somebody.

But, they left in a hint of the truth in mentioning MySpace and Facebook. Of course, MySpace is owned by rightwing British operative Rupert Murdoch.

"Another hint is the panel's documentation of Cho's fascination with the Columbine massacre, beginning in April 1999. We will encourage further investigation in this direction," said LaRouche.

LPAC has also learned that some of the parents and family members of the students who were killed and injured at Virginia Tech have hired an attorney to pursue a continuation of the Governor's commission, which they believe did not have enough time to complete its job.

The panel was investigating reports that Cho, like the killers at Columbine was the subject of "bullying," but adds a new twist--identifying the Internet-craze websites, MySpace and Facebook, as sources of bullying.

The report says: Nearly all students experience some level of bullying in schools today. Much of this behavior occurs behind the scenes or off school grounds—and often electronically, through instant messaging, communications on MySpace and to a lesser extent, on Facebook, a website used by older teenagers."

LPAC is carefully reviewing the panel report and its appendices before making further comment.