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Fox News wrongly identified the house of Randy and Ronnell Vorick in La Habra as being the home of a terrorist leader.

For the last 2 1/2 weeks, the lives of the couple and their three children have been plunged into an unsettling routine of drivers shouting profanities, stopping to photograph their house and — most recently — spray-painting a slogan on their property.

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In what Fox News officials concede was a mistake, John Loftus, a former U.S. prosecutor, gave out the address Aug. 7, saying it was the home of a Middle Eastern man, Iyad K. Hilal, who was the leader of a terrorist group with ties to those responsible for the July 7 bombings in London.

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Satellite photos of the house and directions to the residence were posted online. The Voricks told police, who arranged for the content to be taken down. Someone even removed the street sign where the Voricks live to provide some protection.

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Loftus said he gave out the address to help local police, and insisted that Hilal, a Garden Grove grocery store owner, was a terrorist.

Fox has reported that John Loftus has been reprimanded, and Loftus has remarked “mistakes happen.” Mistakes happen?! He knew full well what his actions would lead to, wrong house or not. There’s really no excuse.

[via LA Times]

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