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(UPDATE)(CNN) — Three hostages were rescued from the headquarters of the Discovery Channel in Silver Spring, Maryland, Wednesday afternoon after police shot and killed the man who was holding them, officials said. The hostages were unharmed, Police Chief J. Thomas Manger of the Montgomery County Police Department said. The suspect, identified by a law enforcement official as James Lee, earlier was in communication with authorities. A number of devices in backpacks that Lee held have to be rendered safe, Manger added. During negotiations, “he had a wide range of emotions,” he said. http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/09/01/maryland.discovery.channel/index.html?eref=m… ____________________________________________________________________ Law enforcement authorities have identified the Discovery Communications hostage-taker as James Jay Lee, according to NBC News. Lee has a history of protesting the Discovery Channel; in 2008, he was arrested on charges of littering and disorderly conduct over a protest he organized against the network, according to DCist. Lee is believed to be behind the website SaveThePlanetProtest, which lists 11 demands for the Discovery Channel. Among them, specific programming suggestions: (click on link to see) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/01/james-lee-discovery-chann_n_702356.html added by: existentialist