Welcome to the Dark Side

Today in courtrooms around the US, prosecutors will knowingly present false evidence, law enforcement officers will proffer false testimony to gain convictions, and informants will fabricate as directed to gain favor or even cash. It is the reality that most prefer to forget and participants deny. It is the US criminal justice system at work in federal and state courtrooms from Newark to Orlando to Palm Springs and everywhere in-between.

Some of us drew the law card in life. Many of you will never see the inside of a courtroom or feel the tension of a trial or the pressure of being the defendant, star and target at the same instant and victim of dark side justice.

As the Paul Bergrin trial resumes in Newark following opening statements, the government's case will unravel, piece by piece, bit by bit, one sentence at a time. Bergrin is the lone defendant that didn't take the deal in his case. His co-defendants in this racketeering and murder conspiracy case have each chosen to testify for the government to gain favor with federal prosecutors and therefore lighter prison sentences. The more convincing their testimony the better off each will be at sentencing. They are actors and actresses and the courtroom is the stage.

In Orlando the trial begins for at least one of the 12 so-called sex traffickers from Russia, the Ukraine, and Moldova. Roman Caraiman is absent from the scene, exiting the country before the indictment was handed-down and later emailing his appeal to the Orlando Sentinel. My own case was on my mind when I read his attempt to explain what really happened and how the business actually operated, but he was speaking to a deaf ear at the Sentinel. The only one that we can be sure is actually having a trial is Alexandr Postica. We must watch events unfold in the courtroom to see who decided to join the feds on the dark side and testify, if anyone at all.

Postica is young and brave, close to my son's age. He came to the US as an entrepreneur, as his 11 co-defendants did, and left behind family, culture, and poverty to seek a better life in the place often referred to as the land of the free. Instead he found chains and the dark side of a justice system derailed long ago. Many of the defendants are from Moldova, rich in culture, but one of the poorest economies of all the former Soviet states. In effect, these defendants jumped from a frying pan into a fire, each now blind to what the future holds in what is actually an MBI case, and we all know how I feel about the MBI.

In Palm Springs, California there is the trial of Ofer Moses Lupovitz, an odd case to say the least. Lupovitz has already spent time in club fed over the case, but is now on trial with the State of California for the same business. Even more weird, there seems to be a news blackout on the trial. The case was in the news until September 28^th as state witnesses testified in trial and then as quickly as they began, the news reports ceased. Really weird for such a significant and involved case.

As I reflect on my own experience with dark side justice, my heart goes out to each and every defendant that has opted to stand trial and fight for their lives. What ever happens may each be able to move-on in life when it's over; something that I have been unable to do as the anger permeates my life and leaves me in a constant state of purgatory, unable and unwilling to go forward, seeking justice and vengeance in a dark system that few understand unless they live it. May it never happen to you.

My arrest was on November 20, 2011. My trial was over and I was acquitted by the jury on both counts on January 17, 2003. Do I sound angry? Read through this blog and decide for yourself. What do I want or expect? An apology for the malice, the lies, the mistreatment, the injustice, and perhaps an admission of guilt from my perps. I am still seeking the elusive lady justice.

Injustice for All: The Troy Davis Case

Most that come across this blog are already aware of the extreme injustice suffered by Troy Davis at the hands of the actors and agents of the State of Georgia. They intend to murder Mr. Davis at 7pm EST today and it doesn't look like anyone in a position to stop this murder will do so.

I have done all that I know how to do and the state pays no more attention to the many petitions sent through Amnesty International than it does to the lengthy list of government officials and celebrities (including former President Jimmy Carter) demanding a stay of execution for Troy Davis. There is much to be ironed out in this extremely questionable case, but they do not give a flying crap and want to murder Davis today; they cannot wait. The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles has no reason to care about innocence or public perception.

The case was based entirely on false testimony as 7 of the 9 alleged witnesses have recanted that testimony. Police coercion resulted in false statements and there was no physical evidence at all. Cops pushed harder than usual because the victim in the case was Mark MacPhail, an off-duty cop. I hope that these bad cops and weak idiots can live with themselves knowing that their actions resulted in the murder of an innocent man, but I doubt it and consider the potential domino effect. Their lives will change once Davis is executed.

The real killer of Mark MacPhail will walk at the very second that Troy Davis is murdered by the State of Georgia. His worries will be over.

EDIT @730PM EST: The US Supreme Court is reviewing a last minute plea for a stay and the execution has been delayed!

Edit @1220am: The US Supreme Court denied the appeal and the State of Georgia killed Troy Davis just after 11pm. So sad. They all suck.

Confidential Informants: The Paul Bergrin Case

From all that I have read in the court documents, I know that there are at least 6 confidential informants involved in the Paul Bergrin case. This must be the only way that the government had to create a case to begin with.

I have discussed informants at length on this blog; however, have never discussed confidential informants (CI) and they are a different animal for various reasons. I am not referring to what is called the citizen confidential informant here as there is no doubt whatsoever that the CIs involved in the Bergrin case are only involved to gain favor with prosecutors for their own criminal conduct and prosecutions.

I will assume that each remains confidential as the DOJ is claiming that Paul Bergrin, a top-level attorney and former federal prosecutor, has participated in witness tampering and having witnesses killed for clients as a major part of the case. I will also assume that Bergrin knows what person is referred to as CI-1, CI-2 etc... and if he has no clue then the government prosecutors really did pull people out of thin air and solicit their testimony.

The fact is that I am also sure that the identities of these CIs have not been disclosed by prosecutors at this point. I am just as sure that inevitably they'll have to produce the names as Paul Bergrin is entitled to a fair trial and could not possibly have one without the identities of his accusers. In reality he needs the names now so that these people can be investigated before trial.

I had no confidential informants listed in my own case, but the state's main witness, an informant that went along with the create-a-case plan to weasel out of her actual criminal conduct, tried desperately to avoid being deposed by my attorney prior to trial. In fact, Steve Wolverton was deposing Theresa Isaacs just 3 days before trial. But because I knew her name and who she was (another escort service owner), I had already investigated her. Note: She actually had the audacity to plead the Fifth repeatedly when being deposed, but this gave a clue as to what she was hiding, so all was good. Pleading the Fifth as a witness in trial did not work for her and she was ordered to leave the courtroom.

Another major issue in Bergrin's case is that prosecutors have their CIs claiming that he had large sums of money hidden in accounts outside of the US. Well, they always claim that crap and they did in my case too. Of course my main question was, Where? What bank account? (they never responded) At that point they made the absurd claim that I “buried garbage bags full of money in my backyard”. LOL This was stated by the main prosecutor at a hearing when I was stuck defending myself and I followed that statement with my own statement giving them permission to “go dig it up” provided that they left the backyard as they found it.

One of the CIs in the case is also claiming that Paul Bergrin had 5 false US passports with his photo and aliases. This is stated by CI-4. Another CI (CI-6) claims knowledge of Bergrin's plan to open a casino in the Dominican Republic and all of the dirty money details involved. Personally, I would make the government prove it with documentation, and I'd bet that this particular CI pushed Bergrin into opening a corporation there, as someone attempted to do to me long before my arrest.

According to court documents posted on Who is Paul Bergrin? There is no agent to corroborate these wild allegations by the list of CIs. I'd bet my last $ that I know who one of them is and as a clue, he used to have major ties to the escort business in NY. I hope that he is publicly named because he deserves it more than most.

In cases like this, the prosecutors absolutely count on a defendant making a deal and the trial never happening. I would really like to see some attorney come forward and really help Paul Bergrin pro bono as Paul helped so many others.

Important Issues in the Upcoming Trial of Paul Bergrin

I have done a thorough read of the website that someone published for Paul Bergrin:

Who is Paul Bergrin

A main point that must be made is that the website is all about why the government has pursued him with malice and created this case. I do understand why some believe public perception to be important and I am clear on why they went after Paul Bergrin; however, the whypart is somewhat immaterial at this point. The fact is that they did and he is facing the trial of his life on charges created mostly from thin air.

The website is informative and if you are in the majority in the US that actually believe the news spin that they read in mainstream newspapers, you will at least think about the case by the time that you exit the site. The problem is that your perception (and mine) is somewhat immaterial, though someone needed to counter the bullshit published by New York Magazine about the case.

Perhaps the website publisher will consider adding more pages, one with a witness list, and inviting investigation from journalists, bloggers, and anyone skilled in investigation. I consider myself skilled and I would be happy to pick a name and start digging for dirt. If the many interested journalists would do the same, well, it would help and Paul Bergrin needs all the help he can get at this point. The writer from New York Magazine should be invited to pick a name.

In many ways it reminded me of my own attempts to explain the whypart to various people (several attorneys included) shortly after my arrest on Racketeering and RICO Conspiracy charges. Hell, they asked and I answered. Hint: The answer involved telephone line blocks in resorts all over tourist town (Orlando), my pursuit of the issue, helicopter chases on I-95 through South Florida, a helicopter frequently hovering over my east Orange County home, an agent that threatened multiple escorts and other escort service owners with 30 years in prison if they didn't say what he wanted them to say etc...

Telling the lengthy story was rarely avoidable as any attorney that looked at my arrest affidavit (120+ pages of pure bullshit) would look at me and say, “What did you do to who? You must have really angered someone in a high position in government.” When they finished reading through all the documents they always said, “This case is bullshit!” The problem is that it was not going to go away and still had to be dealt with, piece by piece, witness by witness. The case had to be gutted and it was a serious undertaking as the State of Florida named 40+ witnesses, many of which I did not even know in any way.

Paul Bergrin's case is the same in this respect: It must be gutted, statement by statement, witness by witness, and line by line. Each and every individual has a reason for being there (on the witness list) and it is the defendant's job to figure it out. Sometimes an investigator can help, but as with questions for witnesses to be deposed, there are some things that only the defendant knows. I did compose the questions for my attorney (Steve Wolverton) to ask each witness and Steve added some of his own.

I was not allowed to be present when my attorney deposed any witness, so I am concerned in relation to this issue about Paul Bergrin representing himself. A short time before my trial I was almost back at the starting gate when agents threatened and attempted to set-up my attorney and a main question in my mind was, how will I be able to testify? Hell, I couldn't question myself and neither can Paul Bergrin. He, of all people, should know that he must testify in his defense so this is a serious issue.

For now I am just throwing out thoughts on the upcoming Paul Bergrin trial. As more comes to mind I will post on it again. It is really important and if you do not already know that, I implore you to read Who is Paul Bergrin thoroughly.

The West Memphis 3 and Random Thoughts

I have around eight posts that were only half finished awaiting my attention; however, I haven't been well... flu-like symptoms. No big deal except that it is causing my mind to fog. In the meantime, I will offer some random thoughts on several situations in the news. I also decided that I will change the YouTube in the blog header at least a couple of times a week. Hopefully you will look forward to that as I am selective when it comes to what I watch.

At this moment the YouTube shows a news conference with the West Memphis Three: Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley Jr. They were all teens (two were juveniles) when convicted of murdering three eight year-old boys in West Memphis, Arkansas. Echols was sentenced to death in the case and Baldwin and Misskelley Jr. were both given life sentences. They were arrested, tried, and convicted with no evidence. Investigators, a prosecutor, the judge, and the jury all convicted these teens because they listened to heavy metal music and wore black often. The prosecutor painted a fictional picture of a satanic cult and the jury bought it because they wanted to.

I will summarize my thoughts on this case, which I also stated in comments on an Orlando Sentinel article on the topic:

I am really happy to hear that the West Memphis 3 have finally been released. I am really unhappy to hear that the state closed the case and the real killer(s) will never be prosecuted.

This case represents all that is wrong with the US criminal justice system, from the interrogations and coerced confession to the Alford pleas that releases the state from criminal misconduct and financial liability. And then, of course, is the fact that there is a brutal child killer (or 2) running loose. How many more have died because of bad cops and a bad prosecutor? We have no clue how many - what about other missing children cases? The sadistic murders of the three young boys didn't take place in a vacuum - not much doubt that the killer(s) went on in life to kill again.

Damien Echols wrote a book while in prison, though it is about his life before the case and not the case itself: Almost Home: My Life Story Vol 1. I admit that I am holding out for the Kindle edition to be released, and no, it isn't an elitist thing; it is an eyesight issue (with reading). So Damien, Jason, and Jessie – please do get a deal going for a ghost writer to write each book, or write it yourself, but make sure it is released for Kindle and Nook readers at the same time the hardcover is released. Thank you.

In other less important news...

Clearly Michele Bachmann is another Palin. Sure, they're both cute in a dress, but what the hell else are they good for in politics? Bachmann actually stated that, “Americans are nervous about the rise of the Soviet Union”. First we must wonder what Americans she is referring to. Newsflash baby: It has long been the former Soviet Union, with emphasis on former. Really – since dissolution in 1991. I think Bachmann would benefit from a return to college, but we sure as hell do not need her representing the country anymore than we need Palin, who eyes Russia from her porch. Good grief!

I am torn as to whether I will vote in the 2012 presidential election or not. I admit that I like Ron Paul and anyone else is out, so if I do decide to vote... I really do like Ron Paul, but the rest of them are all like talking heads and cutie pies. What in the hell is up with politics in this country? Our politicians are supposed to be some of the best in our society, but instead they're often some of the worst.

Okay, back to sleep for me. I'll tackle those half-finished posts in the coming week.

The End of the First Amendment

You may as well toss the Bill of Rights in the trash because it isn't worth the paper it is printed on these days. The opposition (i.e the state and federal government) will attempt to feed you a line of crap that police or judicial designated free speech zones are constitutional, but it is exactly that: a line of crap, especially in the context used in the case of Mark Schmidter of Orlando. Schmidter dared to pass out pamphlets on public property.

The only connection of Schmidter's case to the Casey Anthony fiasco is that an administrative order from Judge Belvin Perry in the Anthony case regarding a free speech zone was applied to anyone in or around the courthouse. The pamphlets that Mark Schmidter handed out outside of the Orange County courthouse had nothing whatsoever to do with Anthony's case and he had previously passed out the same pamphlets at the same location long before her trial. Don't believe it when they tell you this is related to the Anthony fiasco in any way, shape, or form.

So what are these pamphlets about? Jury nullification.

The pamphlets advised possible or potential jurors of their rights as jurors. The corrupt system representatives do not want jurors to know that they have any rights at all, but indeed they do. Mark Schmidter is actively involved in an organization called Florida Fully Informed Jury Association and frequently spends his own time passing out these pamphlets at courthouses across the State of Florida. Read the actual pamphlet (PDF) HERE.

The truth is that judges like Perry do not want jurors to know that they have any rights at all and in this respect, Schmidter was a disruption to the corrupt system in place. Jury nullification is term that describes a juror's right to refuse to enforce bad laws and bad prosecutions. The pamphlets explain the juror's right to judge the facts of the case and the law itself. Many have stated that I was a beneficiary of jury nullification, though only the jurors in my trial could know for sure.

Today Judge Belvin Perry held a trial without jurors, commonly referred to as trial by judge. The defendant was Mark Schmidter and Judge Perry convicted him on both counts of “indirect criminal contempt” for violating two administrative orders that he issued pertaining to the Casey Anthony case. Injustice was swift in this case – Schmidter was only arrested on June 29, 2011, and he sure didn't get his right to trial by jury. He lost (go figure) and was sentenced to 151 days on one count and 141 days on the other, to be served concurrently (simultaneously or at the same time).

So this man will spend around 151 days in the lousy Orange County jail for handing out pamphlets on the Orange County courthouse steps – something he and many have done for years at courthouses across the State of Florida. Schmidter's attorney, Adam Sudbury, will be filing the appeal on his behalf and working to get him an appeal bond so that he can get out of the Orange County hellhole.

One significant difference between this case and any that have passed judicial scrutiny in regards to free speech zones is that this was not a captive audience, though there is caselaw to back-up cases in which the recipients of the “speech” were indeed a captive audience. I believe that Schmidter will find justice outside of Orange County, either in the appeals court or if not then in US Supreme Court, as he did have the right to be heard by his desired audience: Schmidter was within his First Amendment right to persuade possible or potential jurors to know their rights as jurors.

While Belvin Perry somehow managed to give Casey Anthony a fair trial, he also managed to stomp on the Bill of Rights for anyone that was anywhere near the fiasco. Read the Orlando Sentinelarticle: Judge Perry sends man with pamphlets to jail

Portrayal of Bradley Manning in US Media

I used to enjoy PBS Frontline shows and have watched many over the years, but not after last week's show aired on Bradley Manning. Half of the show was about his personal life prior to his wrongful detainment and I wouldn't know what the other half was about because I sure as hell didn't watch it. The attempt to paint a man that allegedly risked his life and lost his freedom so that we may all know the truth about the faux War on Terror as a mentally incompetent with juvenile level issues is abhorrent.

I'm with Lulzsec all the way here: Fuck PBS and the Frontline show and the horse they rode in on! The reputation of this broadcaster and this show was just flushed down a toilet by anyone with a brain.

Yep, the good news is that Lulzsec hacked the PBS website, posted thousands of passwords, and included an article about Tupac being found in New Zealand. Don't you love it? I did. I only hope they've covered their tracks well because an angry mob of US pro-war profiteers with all the money in the world should not be taken lightly. The thought sends shivers up my spine.

While I'm at it, fuck that stupid twit Adrian Lamo too. This idiot and his falsified chat logs and his bullshit concern for possible lost lives is nothing but a US military tool. A lousy informant assigned a military handler that will pull his puppet strings. Get a fuckin' backbone you stupid piece of crap.

I'm sure we can look forward to US military sock puppets twisting this story beyond recognition for the sake of the brain-dead in this country.

FREE BRADLEY MANNING!!!! If you can't do anything else, please donate to Bradley Manning's defense on the Bradley Manning Support Network website.

Most in the US Convict on Charges Alone

In France the people are trying to understand how so many Americans convict upon arrest. After all, this is the legal system that is often referred to as the best in the world, right? Conviction is supposed to be by a jury or the result of a guilty plea and the cries heard around the world are innocent until proven guilty. What they left out was that police and prosecutors have all the power in the US criminal justice system and unless you're a cop, you will be convicted when arrested in the court of public opinion.

Hell, look at me – a jury said “not guilty” on all counts, but the majority of Americans convict me anyway. Why do you think I write books and attempt to support myself doing so? Furthermore, in Florida an arrest record is not erased when a jury acquits. I have no idea if this is the case in New York, or not.

The arrest of IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn in Manhattan is sending a message around the world. The part that I really do not comprehend is how they can justify holding him at Rikers Island with no bail. Let's not pretend that this man could hide even if he is out of the US, and Rikers is one of the most dangerous jails in this country. They also put him on suicide watch.

Strauss-Kahn has already been convicted in the court of public opinion in the US and his political career may well be over with, at least in so far as a presidential election goes. He has already been asked to resign from his high level position. It all rested on the judgment of a cop or two and a prosecutor or two or three. Can they make it stick in court is really their only question. Innocence or guilt has little to do with it.

Beyond that, in time he will be pushed into a plea deal of some sort. How so? It will be a simple issue of weighing the options as it is for so many here (around 95%). The deal offered could be probation and a fine or a year or two in prison versus a potential (or at least possible) sentence of 25+ years in a New York State prison if he loses at trial.

If he is a lucky man charges will be dismissed, but this is doubtful as once the decision to arrest a high profile person such as Strauss-Kahn has been made, it has already been reviewed by the prosecutor's office and they intend to prosecute.

So much for that myth of innocence until guilt is proven that so many live by here. May it never happen to you.

Bradley Manning's New Plight

According to the Bradley Manning Support Network, Brad now faces the death penalty for “aiding and abetting the enemy,” and we all must wonder what fucking enemy they're referring to. Read the list of charges added on March 1, 2011: Bradley Manning Facing Death Penalty Under New Charge of “Aiding the Enemy”

The US Army Criminal Investigation Command (USACIDC) has added 22 additional counts in the Manning case. They claim that prosecutors do not intend to recommend the death penalty, but I do not buy it for a NY minute. These people want Brad Manning dead. Even his fellow service members want him dead. At least 50% of Americans have such an unreal level of ignorance that they also want him dead. At the very least, they will accept life in a United States Supermax prison – the prison of all prisons with no contact with the outside world ever.

And what enemy did he allegedly aid IF he is the Wikileaks leaker? No crap here – I read through many of the released documents and they weren't all that important. Can they actually do this because there is a feeling of embarrassment over their fake War on Terror? I am afraid that the answer is yes, they do whatever the hell they want. If you voted for Bush in 2000 or in 2004, you have succeeded in assisting these war happy, money-grubbing kooks ruin this country beyond any possibility of repair.

There is little left to say except if you have not donated to Bradley Manning's defense fund, please do so when possible. If you have donated, please appeal to your colleagues and friends. Don't desert this guy as his fellow soldiers have. The only good place to donate is through the Bradley Manning Support Network – you will see the big DONATE button on the website.

Most Bizarre Racketeering Case Ever

In my last post – Looking Forward in 2011 – I requested than anyone ever hearing of a more malicious racketeering / RICO prosecution with so little evidence that there was no search warrant or court order to wiretap involved to state the case and the court. I invited you to prove me incorrect in my statement that there is no case as ridiculous as the one I endured, and a relative of Philip Furtney came through.

He made no mention of my challenge, but the topic of the email was Philip Leroy Furtney of Ontario from The Bingo Racketeering Case. This man endured more than anyone in any of the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation's (MBI) absurd prosecutions abusing the racketeering statutes. Of course it is an MBI case in Orlando!

To read all about the long plight of Philip Leroy Furtney of Ontario, click on the links below. Mr. Furtney passed in September of 2007. He was described as a passionate man that never gave up.

The Bingo Racketeering Case

The Great Bingo Fiasco

Bingo Case Hearing

The Cost of MBI


May Philip Leroy Furtney of Ontario rest in peace and know that he won the 15-year fight! May agents and prosecutors with the MBI and the State of Florida rot in hell where they all belong.

Looking Forward in 2011

Many that read this blog may consider me negative, or one that views the glass as half empty instead of half full. Is that an understatement? Perhaps as I haven't experienced much good in life since the day of my arrest on November 20, 2001. Yes, the jury acquitted me on both first degree felonies, but it was a day of extreme emotion and not a day of happiness and joy.

They did so much to me. Physical torture would have been more acceptable. It was also the years that led to the arrest. I was literally stalked by agents from the MBI, mainly Brant Rose (retired care of Florida taxpayers shortly after my trial), but he was ordered – a mere soldier in the War on Adult Business that was far from alone. Hell, by the time they arrested me I had no tears left and only anger remained. The tears came only when I was acquitted.

I have never been vindicated; not really. Sure, I am not in a Florida prison for the rest of my life or already dead in one, but that isn't vindication. I appreciate the fact that the jury really listened to the case for the entire two weeks of trial and paid attention to all that I stated in testimony. Still, I was left broken from the experience and clearly it rules all that I do, say, and write – even today, and it has been just over 9 years since arrest. I doubt that this will ever change.

I am still missing pieces of that puzzle. Who ordered the pursuit and arrest? Who is really behind the telephone line blocking that has gone on in Orlando since before I ever entered the picture in late 1992? The blocking has evolved with technology over the years, but like Eddie Munoz in Las Vegas has stated, “When 100,000 + people are in town for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and the phone is ringing two or three times a day, you know you've got a problem.” It falls in the category of too damn obvious and it has for 20 years. That is a long time for a conspiracy to be ongoing.

I asked for answers in Memoirs because I need to finish the puzzle. Of course I have some answers and some educated guesses, but no proof. As far as I am concerned, the conspirators owe me $millions as they do Eddie in Las Vegas and many other escort business operators in Orlando and Las Vegas. There was also evidence of the blocks in several California cities, but I am totally out of touch on that.

The only time I have felt a semblance of vindication was after I discovered Eddie Munoz's various civil suits in state and federal court, and that discovery was in 2009. At least they cannot ridicule me and claim I have no clue what I'm talking about. Eddie and I do not really speak at the moment, but his existence (and many civil suits) saved my sanity and I will forever be thankful for that.

The investigation into the blocks has never ceased for me as I do not believe it has for Eddie Munoz. I doubt that I will be around to collect my $millions when the puzzle is solved, but my son will. He will pursue it in courts until he collects for all the lost money, the damage to his mother, the arrest and created case – every lousy fucking $dollar. Eventually conspiracies are exposed and the conspirators revealed. History is on my side whether time is or not.

The case was based on such flimsy evidence that the MBI and the State of Florida never even had enough evidence to get a wiretap or a search warrant. If any reader is aware of a RICO prosecution based on such a low level of evidence that a judge refused to sign a court order for a wiretap or a search warrant, please do step forward and name the case and the court. It is absolutely unheard of in legal circles. Prove me wrong – please.

So I move forward in 2011 with no more answers than I had in previous years. The anger is still there as is the sense of entitlement – I have paid my dues and I am entitled to answers to the missing pieces of the puzzle. Will I find those answers? We shall see.


Image: Communication Satellite 2009 © Natalia Silych / 2011 © iStockphoto.com

At a Loss for Words

It is noticeable that I haven't been posting lately on this blog, but I am really at a loss for words these days. There is so much injustice to write about that I am unable to pick what is most important anymore. I feel that much of the U.S. population is on mind altering prescription drugs and any possibility of interactive discussion on any forum is out.

I started a thread on Amazon's forums to solicit donations for the Bradley Manning Defense Fund and that was beyond a total failure. I have come to the realization that the majority are pro-war and back the military and the U.S. government regardless of evidence of complicity or war crimes committed by soldiers. Stated simply, these people do not give a rat's ass and back their boys and girls in anything. It is all about the mission to them.

I encountered several responders that found pleasure in creating straw man arguments – as if anyone asked what they thought; it was a thread to remind people of Manning's plight. All they did was attack, call me names, and state things like, "I'd volunteer for the firing squad...." And yet another claimed to have bounties on Manning's and Julian Assange's heads – dead or alive. One peppered me with one stupid question after the other, demanded that I respond, and then attacked me when I did. He had back-up. Several twisted every little thing I stated, and of course I stated plenty in responding to the bullshit questions.

On the other hand, these straw man attackers had no issue with donation to a for-profit coffee company that services canteens for the military throughout the Middle East. The company claims to give a soldier a "cup of joe" for each donation of $2 and encourages contributors to pay for 5 or 10 cups. These morons would actually prefer to contribute to a war profiteer than to help a fellow soldier that is facing life in prison have a real defense, and all except one of the attackers actually convicted Manning already.

Does anyone in their right mind believe that Manning will have any semblance of a fair trial in a military court of justice? These hard-line military personnel and their families want Manning dead, so weighing the evidence is clearly out.

I haven't addressed the plight of Bradley Manning on this blog yet, but I do intend to within a few days. If he did turn over the documents and the Collateral Murder video, he is a real hero in this false War on Terror. Anything released by Wikileaks is merely a confirmation of statements I have made since late 2001, but the video did enlighten a few that were still in the dark, for what that's worth. Really – let's not pretend that Americans will get off their asses and demand accountability or anything close to it. It is so much easier to ride down the middle of the road claiming not to support war, but to support troops. Face it – if you support an all-volunteer force in wars then you support those wars.

I am just sick and tired of the hypocrisy that I encounter in this country. But I will be gathering my thoughts and words and posting more on the topic in short time.

Reflections on Hypocrisy

Some readers of this blog are already aware that I quit participating in the elections. I spent an incalculable amount of time working to get Obama in the White House for one main reason: his intention to immediately end the war once he was in office. There was also the promise to close Guantanamo Bay camps, and to a lesser extent, the promise of universal healthcare.

I never believed that Obama could accomplish the universal health care – face it, there are too many wealthy opponents (mostly Republicans) that would rather people like me just died. I am one of many with no health insurance and serious medical issues, and I have no doctor to go to. I had to decide that I no longer cared.

I did believe Obama when he stated that if the war had not already ended by the time he was in office, it would be the first thing that he would do: END the WAR! Don't recall him saying that? No problem – play the YouTube in this blog's header. The band is nuERA and the song is Head of State. The clip at the beginning is from an October 2007 Obama campaign speech; one that I believed. The clip at the very end is of President Obama post-election.

Are the Guantanamo Bay camps closed? If you think they are it's only because you stopped paying attention; I didn't.

Now I see in the news that President Obama intends to compromise with the conservative Republicans in some off-the-wall attempt to be re-elected in 2012. Excuse me – he has already compromised anything and everything that mattered to me as I spent an incalculable amount of time working to get him elected the first time.

In mid-term elections many Democrats were tossed out and replaced by conservative Republicans, many of the Tea Party persuasion. Are you telling me that Obama doesn't know why this happened, as it will soon happen with his own office? It is because he compromised those that believed in him the most: people like me. He compromised all of his promises and instead escalated more wars. Look at the US presence in the Middle East today as evidence.

I do not give a flying crap who is president anymore – you have that correct – even if it's Tea Party queen Palin. The same goes for each and every Democrat in the Senate and the House that consistently vote in favor of more war spending (they call it defense and military spending), more restrictions on the American people in the form of invasive searches and an end to civil liberties in the form of legislation like renewals of Patriot Act. Apparently I am not alone.

You see, the warmonger Republicans are at least straightforward and honest about their intentions. The Democrats just lied and voted their real thoughts and intentions. Not much worse than liars riding on the backs of the millions that allowed them to be where they are today.

If President Obama doesn't get what he has done here and why things went as they did, well, then he is not as intelligent as I believed. I sure didn't expect him to fix the economy – hell – Bush spent 8 years killing it in various ways.

People often forget about and discard what is no longer convenient in an agenda. Too bad.


I thank wakeuphate29 for the excellent and informative YouTube and nuERA for the timely music of Head of State.

Pleading Guilty when you are Not Guilty

This is something that happens in courtrooms across the U.S. every hour of the day. Pleading guilty when you're not guilty is all about weighing the options. Going to trial, whether you're guilty, innocent, or something in-between, is always a gamble and in many cases it is your life at stake.

I've always been a gambler of sorts – not in an addicted way, but more involving a lack of fear and a refusal to back down when I know I'm correct and the other side is worse than most could imagine. Of course I never claimed actual innocence in the case and always stated that I was not guilty as charged. The charges were serious overkill and that's on them: they lost.

My co-defendant, Rocky, did not exactly have the same opportunity for a trial as I did, but I have already told that story on this blog. Read The State of Florida Drugs Its Witnesses for part of the story. The rest of the story is stated in various articles here, but the shortened story is that Rocky had a $900,000 bond. When he had a hearing to reduce the bond, the judge gave him a $0 bond – as in no amount of money or property could secure his release. Rocky pled guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Racketeering (RICO) and agreed to testify against me to get a $20,000 bond and be released from the Orange County jail. Yes, I know that this is a violation of the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution, but trust me; it doesn't matter. Prosecutors screwed him in the end anyway. This often happens here.

It should matter, but those in power in this country do whatever the hell they want, disregarding law. This is, of course, something that I learned during the course of the case, before we ever made it to trial. I'm sure that it happens often in U.S. courts.

I will never forget the case of Lev Trakhtenberg. Lev sure wasn't guilty as charged, but similar to me he wasn't completely innocent. He may have been guilty of visa fraud (stating a lie on visa applications for dancers), but he sure wasn't a sex trafficker. If you know Lev at all you know that calling him a sex trafficker is laughable. He's a nice guy that wouldn't harm a soul. If you're interested in Lev's story, read The US System of Injustice.

Today Omar Khadr pleaded guilty to five charges. If you're interested in my background on the Khadr case, read The Show Trial of Omar Khadr. I later stated that his attorney had a serious health problem and the trial was postponed. Apparently he was talked into a plea deal in the interim.

I think that we could all understand why Omar Khadr took the deal, right? He weighed his options which were life in a U.S. Supermax prison vs. pleading and actually being free some day and serving the remainder of his eight year sentence in Canada within a year or so. What would you choose regardless of guilt or innocence or something in-between? Before you answer consider that he was being judged by a jury consisting of hardline military members in a War on Terror case.

Prosecutors intend to have the widow of the soldier that died testify at Khadr's sentencing. She will be pleading with the judge for a more severe sentence. I sure hope she isn't successful as prosecutors made a DEAL to get that plea and they should, by law, be required to stick to the deal. Prosecutors do lie and say or do anything to get a plea though, so only time will tell in this case.

I read an article somewhere early this morning – sorry that I cannot recall where – that stated Omar Khadr's head was down and as he answered the judge's questions relating to his so-called guilt in each of the counts. As he answered the questions he held his head in his hands. As with many victims of the US system of injustice, he had no choice except to lie or the plea would not have been accepted. I am sure that it is a lesson that he will never forget care of the land of the free.

Disgraced Former USAG Ashcroft in the News

Former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft is back in the news as the U.S. Supreme Court considers his misuse and abuse of the law in terrorism cases while he was top law enforcement official in the country. The case that's under consideration is that of Abdullah Kidd, detained as a "material witness" in March of 2003, and subjected to the usual anti-Islam horror show tactics that became a mainstay for the Bush administration.

The facts are that Kidd didn't commit any crime and he wasn't charged with any crime, but was detained and held for two weeks and then released minus his passport. According to David G. Savage of the Tribune Washington Bureau, "Obama administration lawyers appealed on Ashcroft's behalf and asserted that it would "severely damage law enforcement" if the nation's top law enforcement official could be held liable for abusing his authority."

Well hell, if the nation's top law enforcement official isn't liable for abusing his power and authority then what cop will be? From all that I have witnessed in my life for the past 18 years, police and prosecutors have unlimited power. They can search without probable cause and without a warrant. They can arrest on a whim or a grudge or for no reason at all. Their pals at the prosecutor's office can then convict in court with false testimony from liar informants with something to gain.

Have I missed something here or is much of the rest of the US population on serious prescription drugs designed to promote complacency and acceptance?

Sorry, but I'm not into any prescription drugs and complacency has never been a strong point in my personality. I know I'm not alone, only because I have read other responses from posters on various forums that despise the system of abuse by those in power as much or more than I do.

So what happened to constitutional Obama? It seems that he was replaced by power Obama – the man that won through promises to the people, but now denies that any such promises were made. As someone that worked with the Obama campaign, I resent this more than most could imagine. Those that continue to support him would have many of you believe that no such promises existed and he's done his best.

I don't give a crap about many of his campaign promises – health care for all would have been nice, but I didn't expect it to ever happen in this country. I also didn't expect much of a turnaround with the economy, as after all, Bush spent 8 years ruining it. We couldn't realistically believe that President Obama could turn it all around in 2 years, could we now? What I did expect was immediate withdrawal from the occupied land known as Iraq – and do not try to tell me that withdrawal was recently accomplished as that was a load of bullshit. I also didn't expect "troop surges" in Afghanistan or declared wars on Pakistan, threats of war with the Iranians, and the invasion and occupation of more than half the nation-states of the Middle East.

I did expect the Guantanamo camps to be closed long ago – like by February of 2009.

Do I sound unhappy and even ticked-off? Well, there's nothing like dropping everything in your life to work for someone for no pay that ended-up being not much better than Bush. I really have no intention of even voting again and feel that if the pretty, though brainless, woman with the Tea Party wins (Sarah Palin), well, Americans will be getting exactly what they want, and deserve. Recent polls show that almost half of the responders (like 45%) actually miss Bush. It's hard to imagine that close to half the country is that stupid, but they were in 2000 and again in 2004, so I believe it. I've had enough arguments about it since 2000; that's for sure.

The only way I'd be involved in politics or vote again is if Alan Grayson decided to run for president in 2012. If he fails in getting re-elected as Congressman we could only hope… Grayson is outspoken and honest, and there's little doubt that he would keep his campaign promises. It's time that we ditched the no accountability crowd in this country for good.

The Dark Side of the US Criminal Justice System

A recent case in the news brought-on this post, but the topic is always on my mind and permeating my thoughts. Orlando Sentinel writers Mike Thomas and Anthony Colarossi have both written articles about the Malenne Joseph case:
Anatomy of a Botched Conviction: How was Innocent Haitian Woman Convicted?

Here's how Justice System let Innocent Woman sit in jail for 3 months

It may be my comments posted in the Sentinel under the second article that drew my latest anonymous whacko to this blog, though I never linked it anywhere. Anyone with the MBI, the State Attorney's Office, or the Office of the Statewide Prosecutor in Central Florida knows who I am. Oh well, perhaps I will now post a blog link there as the great majority commenting on the case are real people, not law enforcement or prosecutors hiding behind anonymity.

One thing that I must note here: Anthony Colarossi was the Sentinel reporter that covered my trial. He's a nice guy, though a bit naïve. However, in his articles about my trial back in January of 2003, he attributed various statements to me that I did not make. My evidence is the fact that I sat with my attorney on a bench in the hallway after the jury acquitted me on both counts and spoke to Mr. Colarossi when he approached us. My attorney and I knew that these statements attributed to me were not made by me.

When I questioned Mr. Colarossi on the phone later I was told that they ran it how his editor wanted it to be, but that I couldn't sue the Sentinel as no quotations were used. It was done in the format of "Gallas stated blah blah blah…" That former editor is Jane Healy, friend to the MBI in past. She is supposedly retired now, but does an occasional column for the Orlando Sentinel. Thanks a fucking lot to Jane Healy for twisting my words in favor of the MBI. I never wanted to sue the Sentinel, though I really resented the false attribution. And now to continue…

I must assume that Malenne Joseph has located an attorney to file suit against the inept detective and various state agencies that are responsible for her false arrest, false conviction, and incarceration. BUT the one party that should be sued cannot be sued: Assistant State Attorney Mexcye Roberts. Sure, Orlando P.D. officer Jose Varela, the inept detective, should also be sued, but really the prosecutor is the one that turned an inept cop's investigation into a conviction in the courtroom, and did so knowingly. Add one more conviction to that belt of false convictions

Mexcye – it is your job to convict regardless of facts or truth, right?

We must wonder how many time ASA Mexcye Roberts has accumulated notches on her proverbial conviction belt by tainting evidence and promoting false testimony. Surely no one believes that this is a first time for the up-and-coming prosecutor in Orange County's Ninth Judicial Circuit. And then there is the elected State Attorney in the Ninth – Lawson Lamar, known to many as "lawless Lamar". Who in the hell votes for this guy? He has been re-elected so many times that I must believe he's tampering with the votes. Don't just believe me – check with some Chinese hackers – the software in our voting machines is easily hacked.

There is a story behind that check with some Chinese hackers statement, but I won't go there now.

What should be done with prosecutors that violate defendants' right to a fair trial by committing gross acts of misconduct? And what are "gross acts of misconduct"? Examples of serious prosecutorial misconduct:

Failure to disclose evidence favorable to the defendant (Brady violation) – (significant in my case)

Discovery violations (various) – (significant in my case)

Selective prosecution – (obvious in my case)

Malicious prosecution – (clear and obvious when one listens to hearing and trial CDs)

Subornation of perjury – (committed repeatedly by lead prosecutor in my case with several state witnesses)

Jury tampering – (main case agent or prosecutor or both in my case? – hard to tell who specifically was guilty of jury tampering, but one or both were for sure)

Threatening state witnesses with retaliation if testimony doesn't satisfy prosecutors – (a common tactic in conspiracy cases and committed repeatedly in my case)

This is only a short list of the possibilities, but each and every one is a civil rights violation. The results could range from inconsequential to significantly important and resulting in a false conviction. In my case there was no conviction as we chose an intelligent jury AND I chose to testify in my defense. The jury had to hear the truth and I subjected myself to a full day of drilling by John Craft in order to tell it.

John Craft retired shortly after my trial and went into private practice in the Orlando area (actually in nearby Seminole County). Craft didn't last as a defense attorney, but I sure didn't expect him to. John Craft attempted to return to work as a prosecutor for the State of Florida with the Office of Statewide Prosecution (OSP); however, then State Attorney General Charlie Crist (now our Governor) refused Craft in a two page letter that was placed in Craft's permanent file. Craft was told that he would never work for the State of Florida again.

John Craft is now an Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) in the Eastern District of Texas. He is not assigned very many cases – mainly minor drug crap – and is more of a paper pusher these days. Lucky him that he has any income and retirement at all.

A prosecutor really can't be sued for actions as a prosecutor. It is possible, but rare that such civil suits get anywhere. A USA Today article dated October 5, 2010 states that, "The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to consider another aspect of prosecutorial immunity: whether people who were wrongly convicted can take local prosecutors' offices to court."

The article is: Prosecuting Offices' Immunity Tested

If you read that USA Today article you'll understand that such a ruling wouldn't help a defendant like me that was acquitted by a jury. I have no recourse available to me whatsoever. Convicted defendant Malenne Joseph will certainly be able to file a civil suit against her persecutor if the ruling leans this direction, and if it could be applied retroactively – two big ifs.

In my opinion prosecutors guilty of such dark side justice should lose all possible retirement money, lose the job, be sanctioned by the state bar, and serve prison time equal to the time the defendant/victim served. But what of the prosecutor, such as John Craft, that was unsuccessful?

For a wealth of information on the topic of prosecutorial misconduct, go to Truth in Justice.

More on GPS Tracking Without Warrant

I still want to know which state and/or federal agency used illegal GPS tracking during my criminal case, and I want to know more than ever now. According to the information that I heard today the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation (MBI) was far from alone. So who actually planted the device on my vehicle the day after my arrest after I bonded out of jail while I was shopping at Publix? Which agencies utilized information illegally obtained from the device?

So far it looks like the MBI was working with the DEA and the FBI. This isn't unusual for the agency – I've stated before that I felt the hard hands of the feds involved in my case with the helicopter chase on I-95 in South Florida and all of the strange occurrences I experienced before I made it to trial. I last discussed this in GPS Tracking by State and Federal Agencies.

I'm not willing to let it go. I have filed FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) demands with various federal agencies for information, but have gotten absolutely nowhere. Today I received some additional information and now know positively that the feds were involved. How is it possible that I receive lies in response to FOIA demands? What the hell kind of a country is this? Law requires that they respond honestly to FOIA requests. Was this a covert operation in which nothing was recorded on paper or are they all liars? What did they think I did to deserve such a covert op if this was the case? I have said it before and I'll say it again: This case had little to do with my escort business operating in any illegal manner or breaking any laws.

Within a few days after my arrest I made sure that I wasn't followed – trust me when I say that I know how – and went to see a very old friend; someone I had known for a decade. That friend had nothing whatsoever to do with the escort business. Really I went to see him to stop him from coming to my house as I didn't want him to have any problems because of my problems. When I returned two weeks later – again positive that I wasn't followed – there were several men there working in the yard, or so I thought at the time, and one stated that the people living there had moved out and asked me who I was. I left without answering.

From what I heard today, the men working in the yard were actually digging-up the yard and they were feds. My friend had returned to his native country after my first visit, so he wasn't there to deal with the feds, thank God. The feds had no warrant from what I was told, but my friends rented the house so they might have received permission to dig-up the yard from the homeowner. They tried to get in the house and met with resistance and then everyone moved out shortly thereafter.

Now this story sounds too familiar to me, probably because it is a part of the Memoirs account of various things done to me following my arrest. Yes, they actually sent fake cable company people to my house that stated a need to dig-up my backyard and the prosecutor in the case screamed allegations in a court hearing that I "had trash bags full of cash buried in my backyard". I still have the CD recording of the hearing, so let's not bother to pretend it never happened, okay? In that court hearing I actually offered to let them dig-up the backyard, providing that they agreed to leave it as they found it, and no warrant was necessary. My offer was scoffed at, most likely because they'd already been digging in the yard and knew their allegations were false when stated.

Of course there were no "trash bags full of cash" but they actually got my co-defendant, Rocky, to state this same allegation in his original deposition made to get out of the Orange County jail. Rocky went from $900K bond to "no bond" (as in not bondable for any amount of money) to a $20K bond once he did his 4 hour deposition in the Office of the Statewide Prosecutor (OSP).

So now I find out that they went digging in my friend's yard as well less than two weeks after my arrest. This is the case that will never die, at least not until I receive truthful answers from the State of Florida and the feds. I ain't goin' away until I'm dead. I do not give a flying fuck who is offended or what I'm threatened with, and you could take that to the bank.


Image: Satellite Over Earth – 06-24-07 © Pete Stopher / 2010 © iStockphoto.com

Sham Prosecutions and War Crimes

This is one case in which I appreciate the informant involved. According to Hal Bernton of the Seattle Times, twelve soldiers from a Western Washington-based Stryker infantry brigade face Article 32 hearings for war crimes committed in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan earlier this year. Five of these freaks in uniform formed a "kill squad" for the purpose of murdering Afghan men and the other seven allegedly participated in cover-up and retaliation against the informant. They kept body parts as souvenirs of the war crimes.


The 12 soldiers face sentences that range from life in prison to death. The real question is how many more did they murder during the year they were in Afghanistan representing the United States? No way that there were only three murders with these whacko boys running loose for an entire year. I do not buy it for a New York minute. Do you?

On the other side of the equation we have Omar Khadr, taken into U.S. custody in July of 2002 and still awaiting his sham trial by military commission. Read The Show Trial of Omar Khadr for the specifics. The day that I published the article, Omar's attorney collapsed in court and the trial is now postponed until October 18th.

Omar Khadr is only guilty of defending himself and his family from invading and occupying forces such as the murderous 5 + 7 from the 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (since renamed). Would you believe that Omar and his family should have died for the likes of these war criminals from the land of the free and the home of the brave? Would you teach your 15 year-old to die willingly for them?


I know who the war criminals are in this picture. Do you?

When History is also the Present

A few days ago my anonymous attacker that claimed Memoirs was lies also included a statement that the story was old news. Actually the story was never news at all – not really – as my persecutors at the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation (MBI) worked tirelessly to bury their dirty deeds and any reference to the telephone line blocking that has gone on for a minimum of 18 years.

There was indeed a change of the guard over at the MBI, but not until December of 2008, when former director William Lutz exited. Hell, his goodbye statement is still on the top of the main page of the MBI website which is otherwise unchanged since. The MBI victimized thousands during the course of the Lutz era, but Lutz was never alone, obviously. The line blocking continues and was joined by website blocking by 2007. That is what the champions of censorship do – they censor access to any telephone number or website that they choose. Read about the agency's past censorship pursuits in The Yellow Pages Fiasco.

When I have discussed The Bingo Racketeering Case in past it is because the case and the story are a part of history and a part of the present. Philip Leroy Furtney died in September of 2007; however, if all the money owed by the State to Furtney's estate has been paid the moment passed without fanfare. The Great Bingo Fiasco reveals the current state of the case in Orange County, Florida civil court under Case # 1995-CA-006890-O. The last entry on the docket sheet shows that there was a Satisfaction of Judgment filed by Furtney's estate on July 12, 2010. It was the mostly unpublicized case that continued for 15 long years. Whether this means that the estate has recovered the $millions owed or not is questionable.

I have occasionally discussed the ongoing situation with Operation Plastic Empire (MBI) and the case that started that ball rolling, Operation Out Call (IRS). Did you imagine that either of these messy cases were history for the hundreds of defendant-victims? Racketeering and credit card factoring convictions do not disappear and these people were wrongly prosecuted to begin with, as I stated in State as a Con Artist when explaining the new filings on this 1995 mess. Two of the defendants in the case disappeared prior to trial and there is still a Capias issued for each. Another 1996 case that really is still not resolved. The State of Florida case is Orange County, Florida Case # 1996-CF-011913-B, and the last file entry was made on March 10, 2010. The entry is an Order Denying Motion to Vacate and Set Aside Judgment of Conviction and Sentence. I seriously doubt that this was an ending, but know it has never ended for the list of defendants. Read more in Operation Plastic Empire Update and Skeletons in the Closet.

Another case that I have discussed is the Fabozzi case – a case connected to Operation Plastic Empire (MBI) and Operation Out Call (IRS). This is Orange County, Florida case # 1996-CF-003504-A-O addressed in The Fabozzi Case. This MBI prosecution is really not history either – Joey Fabozzi is still on felony probation from the case and he did serve four years in a Florida prison. Do you think it's all history to him? His co-defendant and brother Carmine died shortly after his release from prison.

Of course I also refer to my own case and story often on my blog. Would anyone expect any different? My case is not history. I had two co-defendants – Beth Sams and Robert Mihalek (Rocky). This is Orange County, Florida case # 2001-CF-015492. Rocky served time in prison, but is still on felony probation until 2014 and must pay the assessed court and investigative costs monthly. If you care about what was done to Rocky that caused him to plead guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Racketeering (RICO), just read The State of Florida Drugs Its Witnesses. And what ever happened to Beth Sams? According to the records under her name, there was an AFFIDAVIT FOR VIOLATION OF PROBATION filed on February 11, 2008. According to the Florida Crime Information Center, there is still a Warrant issued for Beth for the Violation of Probation. Apparently she has hidden herself well – good for her!

One issue that is connected to all other issues except the Bingo case mess is the continued blocking in the resorts and hotels on International Drive, Lake Buena Vista, and Disney. If you doubt that the issue existed in past and still exists today, then it is only because you haven't done your homework. Memoirs is far from "old news" as my attacker asserted. Neither are Eddie Munoz's cases that are easily accessed in PACER.

There is also a list of cases that have yet to be resolved by plea or trial from the long, horrifying Lutz era of the MBI. It was only over in December of 2008. I think I will start bringing each of the remaining cases to the forefront here.

I always think about what people state when they personally attack me. I question the statements in my mind. I deleted the post as it was ridiculous and I refuse to argue with an anonymous idiot on my blog. I also question the attacker's agenda – Who is he or she? What is his reason in covering my story by referring to it all as lies? Why does he care so much that I post on this blog and attempt to sell my story? I have been attacked here in past by another escort service owner, but this time I feel it was different. My trial may have concluded with my acquittal by the jury in 2003, but the harassment sure didn't stop there, and actually I wrote the book at the end of 2008 because of the continuing harassment and the informants showing-up at my door. Is the attacker one of those informants, angry that the second edition has her real name? I am sure that I'll never know who specifically it is, but I do recognize the pattern of intent to discredit.

For the full story on Operation Outcall (IRS) read "The Love Float" starting on page 30 of the New York Magazine Google Books box at the Footer of this blog.

Denial doesn't change the facts. My story is all still real and it is history, but it is not in the past – it is the present that I discuss.

Image: Orlando Cityscape in Early Morning 2009 © Josh Rinehults / 2010 © iStockphoto.com 

The Show Trial of Omar Khadr

Omar Khadr is my son's age and has been in the custody of U.S. forces since July of 2002. Let's see – my son is 23 years and was 15 years when Omar was whisked away in serious condition by the occupying military forces on an abandoned Soviet base near Khost, Afghanistan. I think of how naïve and irresponsible my son was at 15, and I cannot imagine this teen being held in U.S. interrogation hell for 8 long years. Canadian citizen Omar Khadr's trial by military commission was underway today.

He is being prosecuted pursuant to the Military Commissions Act of 2006 on a list of charges:

Murder in Violation of the Law of War

Attempted Murder in Violation of the Law of War

Conspiracy

Providing Material Support for Terrorism

Spying


It's hard to believe that a 15 year-old committed all of that, or any of that. When my son was 15 he was busy at the mall with his friends, going to the movies and concerts, and learning to drive with his father. It is important to remember that Omar was not so lucky. He lived in Afghanistan and the U.S. military was busy invading, occupying, and bombing any movie theaters that he might have otherwise visited. Hell, they were bombing the residents out of their homes. Unlike your child or my child, Omar was surrounded in the hell of war.

The jury has already been chosen in this military commission trial and it looks like prosecutors managed to have the one truly qualified juror tossed. The U.S. Army officer has an academic background in U.S. foreign policy and history and admitted that he believed Guantanamo should have been shut down long ago. The academic background is similar to my own – though history was my major and I have over 70 undergraduate credits in this area of study, my graduate studies and research examined U.S. foreign policy in history, specifically Cold War history. Of course I feel that the Guantanamo camps should never have been opened to begin with.

We are without rule of law in the US at this point. This military commission trial violates a list of US and International laws. As with many other detainees, Omar Khadr confessed under torture and coercion, but his confession will be admitted into evidence. I thought that 15 year-olds were considered children by the US? They are if in the US, so this is saying that there are special rules when the child is not on US soil.

Close your eyes for a moment and imagine what the US military did to him over the course of 8 years that he has been in custody. Now picture your 15 year-old. The jury of his peers will not be his peers at all. Thus far all military members agreed that age has no significance by itself and children should not be held to a different standard. May the very same happen to one of their children one day.

Why bother with the trial? No doubt in my mind that this group of hard-line military members will convict on any count presented. Do you have doubt?