The volunteer group comprised of Columbia University alumni and concerned citizens, has been outspoken in its criticism of Columbia, its Board of Trustees, and members of the administration and faculty in the aftermath of the speech given on campus September 24, 2007 by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of Iran.

The threat, which was directed to a specific a Bnai Haman volunteer, was received on the comments section a blog maintained by Bnai Haman.

Bnai Haman immediately contacted the FBI and provided the agency with full access to its computer logs and that of its Internet Service Provider.

The FBI said it is confident that it can trace the email threat back to a source computer and will investigate.

The sender of the email faces multiple possible federal criminal charges.

Bnai Haman said it takes all such threats seriously and will cooperate with law enforcement agencies to track and prosecute anyone who makes such threats.

Anyone with information on the threat is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles field office of the FBI at 310-477-6565 or visit its website at http://losangeles.fbi.gov.