Elias Rodriguez, the only suspect in the shooting of two Israeli Embassy staffers last night, left behind a manifesto justifying his actions on his X account. The document was first identified by Intercept journalist Ken Klipperstein. This hasn’t been confirmed by authorities yet but there are reasons to think it’s authentic.
I believe the document to be authentic for several reasons, including the fact that it is signed by Rodriguez and timestamped well before he was named by law enforcement or any media. I am publishing it here not to glorify the violence — which I find abhorrent and condemn — but so the public can better understand the truth of what happened.
The ADL has also connected Elias to the manifesto:
An online manifesto posted on X lays out the reasons for the attack. The ADL Center on Extremism has been able to connect the alleged suspect,…
