James Lee: Discovery Channel Hostage Suspect

James Lee was seen at an anti-war rally in front of the White House the day before the Obama Inauguration in 2009. He was the most vocal protester at the rally, which marched from Washington D.C.'s DuPont Circle on the last day of the Bush administration, January 19, 2009.

"People thought that he was strange. Or that he was a plant, someone to make it look like the anti-war people were anti-troop protesters," said Shepherd Johnson, a Virginia native who was also marching that day.

James Lee was seen at an anti-war rally in front of the White House the day before the Obama Inauguration in 2009. He was the most vocal protester at the rally, which marched from Washington D.C.'s DuPont Circle on the last day of the Bush administration, January 19, 2009.

"People thought that he was strange. Or that he was a plant, someone to make it look like the anti-war people were anti-troop protesters," said Shepherd Johnson, a Virginia native who was also marching that day.

The suspect in the Discovery Channel hostage situation has been shot and killed by police. It is believed he was a man named James Lee. Who was James Lee?

Lee, a California native, reportedly manages the website savetheplanetprotest.com, which is described on what appears to be his MySpace page as his "idea to save the planet."

The site lists 11 programming demands for the Discovery Channel and its affiliate channels.

Lee apparently accuses the Discovery Channel programs of "causing more harm than good," and says, "It's time to bring about new initiatives and try different approaches whether they are conventional or unconventional," in a Save The Planet Protest document dated Feb. 2008.

One of the demands on the Save The Planet website states: "Civilization must be exposed for the filth it is. That, and all its disgusting religious-cultural roots and greed. Broadcast this message until the pollution in the planet is reversed and the human population goes down! This is your obligation."

The website post ends with the author writing, "I want Discovery Communications to broadcast on their channels to the world their new program lineup and I want proof they are doing so. I want the new shows started by asking the public for inventive solution ideas to save the planet and the remaining wildlife on it. "

The environmental extremist cites Daniel Quinn's books "Ishmael" and "My Ishmael," which reportedly detail how a telepathic gorilla "talks" about the need to save the planet from humankind.

Lee was arrested in 2008 for disorderly conduct after throwing money into the air in a demonstration to lure a crowd outside Discovery building. He was sentenced to six months probation and fined $500 for the incident, according to the Gazette, a Maryland community online newspaper.