An appeals court today overturned the decision of a federal judge who had released neo-Nazi leader Bill White ^[1] on bond after setting several conditions. In making its decision, the three-member panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals characterized White as “a highly intelligent person apparently dedicated to having various persons killed,” according to the Roanoke Times. ^[2] White was ordered back to jail last month when the government appealed Judge James Turk’s decision ^[3] to grant White bail. Turk reached that decision after a psychiatrist testified that White didn’t pose an imminent threat to the community.

White, who founded the American National Socialist Workers Party, has been charged with threatening a newspaper columnist, a civil rights lawyer and others over the Internet and by phone. His trial is scheduled for Dec. 9 in Roanoke, Va., where he lives.