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Subject: [illusions] Disclosure Project & Star Wars - Overview
Date: 31 May 2001 20:35:18 -0400
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    The three issues of this issue of Flyby News updates work on the 
Disclosure Project, efforts to politically thwart U.S. Missile Defense, and 
the FBI's obstruction to justice. The latter item is covered by an Editorial 
in Indian Country Today, which questions why the issue of Leonard Peltier, 
regarding FBI abuses, is basically ignored in the mainstream media and in 
Congress 

    Please remember that tomorrow is the deadline date to send a fax to stop 
the Navy from experimenting with their deadly sonar blasts in the ocean. 
Please respond. It takes just a few minutes to send a free fax from: 
    http://www.nrdcaction.org/index.asp?step=2&item=377
 
    The next issue will contain stories on the movement to increase the use 
of nuclear power and on available alternatives.

1)  The Disclosure Project – Overview
2)  Report by the Coordinator of the Global Network – Bruce Gagnon 
3)  Indian Country Today: "FBI misconduct in Peltier's case must be 
remembered.."
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1)  The Disclosure Project – Overview

 The Disclosure Project is a nonprofit research project working to fully 
disclose the facts about UFOs, extraterrestrial intelligence, and classified 
advanced energy and propulsion systems. The disclosure of the truth will have 
far-reaching implications for our society -- new technologies to end 
pollution and global warming, long-term solution to the energy crisis, and 
the beginning of an era of peaceful relations with other civilizations in 
space. The key evidences of the validation of this project are revealed in 
over 5 dozen military and government witnesses.

 THE CAMPAIGN FOR DISCLOSURE 

On May 9, 2001, one of the largest and most successful press conferences in 
the recent history of the National Press Club was completed. More than 20 
military, government and corporate witnesses to unambiguous UFO and 
extraterrestrial events stated their testimony before millions.  This kickoff 
event for the Campaign for Disclosure was carried by major media world-wide. 
The event was live webcast, and at 9 a.m. over 250,000 people were waiting 
on-line for the press conference to begin. The next biggest webcast event at 
the National Press Club was less than 25,000. While the first hour of the 
conference was "electronically jammed" according to the president of 
ConnectLive, the company that webcasts all National Press Club events, 
eventually thousands of people around the world were able to watch the event 
on-line. It may still be viewed by going to ConnectLive.com.   

For more information, visit the updated website for the Disclosure Project:
http://www.disclosureproject.org/
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2)  Report by the Coordinator of the Global Network – Bruce Gagnon 


27 May 2001 

Friends,

Just back from three weeks away to England, Ireland, and Germany.

The Global Network's (GN) membership conference in Leeds, England was a great 
success (see Karl Grossman's recent article that we mailed out for details). 
For the first time we had folks come from places like Alaska, Egypt, South 
Korea, Australia, Norway, Sweden, France, and Belgium. In all we had over 200 
people from 20 countries represented.

As Karl said in his article we expanded the GN Board of Directors (BOD). We 
have added several new people including:  Alla Yaroshinskaya (Russia), Cheong 
Wooksik (South Korea), Loring Wirbel (Colorado), Sally Light (California) and 
we have asked activists in Australia to suggest a woman to be added to the 
BOD. We expect this to be done very soon.

We also approved Dave Knight, the chairperson of CND in the United Kingdom, 
to be the new chair of our advisory board. We'd like the advisory board to 
take a greater role in 2001-2002 in helping us do long-range planning. With 
consultation with our BOD, Dave will be working to expand the advisory 
committee in the coming months.

After a few days off in Ireland I went to Germany for a speaking tour that 
took me to Berlin, Hamburg, Bonn, Trier, Munich, Kornwestheim, Darmstadt, and 
Frankfurt. I went by train to each stop and our advisory board member 
Wolfgang Schlupp-Hauck (Mutlangen) coordinated the tour.

GN board member Regina Hagen and Wolfgang joined me in Berlin where we spent 
2 ½ days holding a news conference, held public meetings with several 
different peace groups, and held sessions with members of parliament (MP) and 
their staffs. We met with two MP's from the ruling SPD party, one of whom 
extended an invitation to Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) to come to Berlin to 
speak to German members of the Bundestag. I carried home a hand written 
invitation and have sent it to Rep. Kucinich. We also met with 14 leaders in 
the PDS party (former East Germans) who have recently been working to gather 
anti-Star Wars signatures of parliamentarians from around the world. They 
were particularly pleased to develop relationships with the GN. We were 
supposed to meet with two MP's from the Green Party but instead they sent 
four of their aides.  The German Greens are being heavily criticized by the 
peace movement for their support of the NATO war on Yugoslavia and for recent 
weak statements on Bush's plan for "missile defense."

Several news articles came out of our Berlin news conference as well as radio 
coverage.

Hamburg was my biggest meeting, with representatives from many different 
groups in attendance. In Bonn I did a radio interview that was broadcast 
nationally and in Trier the local newspaper covered my talk.

Prior to the event  in Munich, local activists took me to a local radio 
station for an interview.  Munich was a very important meeting because it is 
very near the U.S. signals intelligence base at Bad Aibling. We have not had 
a lot of work done around Bad Aibling in the past and it was my hope that we 
could get folks in Munich to agree to focus more attention on the base. The 
people at the meeting enthusiastically agreed to hold an action there in 
conjunction with our October 13 international day of protest.

While in Munich I stayed at the home of the renowned nuclear physicist Hans 
Peter Duerr. We had a wonderful breakfast discussion on the Star Wars issue 
and I feel certain that he will become more involved in the campaign to keep 
space for peace.  He has tremendous influence inside and outside of Germany.

I am confident that several key German cities (including Berlin) will hold 
actions on October 13 as a result of this trip. There was tremendous interest 
in the issue, several people in Berlin followed us from meeting to meeting. 
Both in England and Germany it is clear that people view the Bush 
administration as a significant threat to global peace and stability and will 
respond with increased activity on the issue. In both these countries there 
is always talk about the "special relationship" their government has with the 
U.S. and it was important for an American citizen to be publicly saying that 
they do not need to "follow" the U.S. on this issue.

Much thanks to all those who made the events in England and Germany such a 
success.

Immediately upon our return Dr. Michio Kaku, one of our GN board members, had 
Karl Grossman and me on his radio show (Science for the People) to talk about 
our trip to Europe.  Michio regularly keeps the work of the GN before the 
public on his national radio program.

I think it important that people understand that the recent return of the 
U.S. Senate to Democratic party control will only marginally help us stop 
Star Wars. While it is likely to help slow down any early deployment of 
"missile defense", Democratic Senate leader Tom Dsachle (D-SD) said just this 
morning on TV that his party still supports "missile defense" but only wants 
to be sure that it works properly before deploying. He said clearly that 
research and development (wasting hundreds of billions of dollars) should 
continue. It has always been my opinion that if you give the Pentagon enough 
money and enough time that they will come up with some technology that will 
work. So please don't be fooled into thinking that the Democrats will save us 
-- they won't. We have much work to do.

Bruce K. Gagnon 
Coordinator, Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
PO Box 90083; Gainesville, FL. 32607; (352) 337-9274
http://www.space4peace.org


For a related story: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,3-2001181592,00.html
        Allies rebuff Powell over missile shield
                       BY MICHAEL EVANS, DEFENCE EDITOR
                       NATO allies refused to endorse President Bush's 
missile defence
                       project yesterday. It is the latest evidence of 
division between the
                       United States and Europe over the "Son of Star Wars" 
plan.

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Reminder:   June 10 -- Washington, D.C. Action -- Stop Missile Defense
        And in the halls of Congress
        Monday and Tuesday, June 11 and 12
        U.S. CONGRESS SWITCHBOARD 202-224-3121
        For more information, visit:
        http://www.projectabolition.org/
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3)  Indian Country Today: "FBI misconduct in Peltier's case must be 
remembered.."

In an editorial in this week's issue, Indian Country Today says that the 
current debate over the FBI and its mistakes should include its handling of 
Leonard Peltier's case. Despite all the media attention, no one seems to 
focus on Peltier. Ruby Ridge, Wen Ho Lee, and of course, convicted
Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, have received coverage while little has 
been made of Peltier. WHY?
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FBI misconduct in Peltier's case must be remembered in the interest of justice

See Full Story:

http://www.indiancountry.com/articles/editorial-2001-05-23-02.shtml

The recent FBI boondoggle in Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh's case is 
indicative of a pattern of prosecutorial abuse going back decades..


..But no one in the national media seems to have remembered Leonard Peltier. 
So we again wonder, what about the case of Leonard Peltier?

In McVeigh's case, the most horrific of terrorists gets a reprieve of 30 days 
while more than 3,000 pages of evidentiary information are belatedly handed 
over to his defense team to study.

But consider Peltier, who has served 25 years for the 1975 killing of two FBI 
agents. In his highly controversial case, the FBI continues to hold secret 
more than 6,000 pages of information, claiming national security reasons. 
This despite clear indications of misconduct, including
falsification of evidence and intimidation of witnesses by various FBI 
officials, which forced the American Indian Movement activist's conviction.

This much is known. In the climate of violence against traditional American 
Indians that characterized Indian country in the 1970s, FBI agents were all 
over the place, en masse, often in combat gear, constantly raiding the remote 
home compounds of traditional people who sympathized with the issues raised 
by AIM.

The FBI's closest collaborators, the so-called Guardians of the Oglala Nation 
(GOONS), known for their night raids and drive-by shootings that left many 
wounded and some dead, were actually given arms by the federal agents. It was 
in that context that a young Leonard Peltier signed on to help defend elders 
at the Jumping Bull compound in Oglala district, where the FBI raid took 
place that would result in the deaths of one American Indian man and two 
federal agents.

Judge Heaney of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, who heard an appeal in 
Peltier's case (denied on a technicality) wrote in a 1991 letter to Sen. 
Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii: "The United States government overreacted at Wounded 
Knee. Instead of carefully considering the legitimate 
grievances of the Native Americans, the response was essentially a military 
one which culminated in the deadly firefight on June 26, 1975 ... The United 
States government must share responsibility with the Native Americans for the 
.. firefight ... the government's role can properly be considered a 
mitigating circumstance." Judge Heaney, in this letter, recommended 
clemency/commutation of sentence for Mr. Peltier as part of the healing 
process.

We know that Peltier was extradited from Canada, where he had fled, on the 
basis of an affidavit signed by Myrtle Poor Bear, who claimed to have 
witnessed Peltier shooting the agents. Poor Bear later recanted and testified 
to being intimidated by FBI agents, who confronted her with
photographs of the murdered body of Anna Mae Aquash.

At Peltier's trial, FBI ballistic expert Evan Hodge testified he was unable 
to perform the best test, a firing-pin test, on certain casings found near 
the agents' car, because the rifle in question had been damaged in a fire. 
Instead, he stated that he conducted an extractor-mark test and found the 
casing and weapon to match. But years later, an FBI teletype obtained through 
the Freedom of Information Act showed that in October 1975, a firing-pin 
ballistic test had indeed been performed on the rifle said to have belonged 
to Peltier and that the results were clearly negative. The jury never heard 
this crucial information.

Considering the critical nature of the materials later disclosed, such as the 
ballistic tests, the approximately 6,000 FBI documents still being withheld 
in their entirety as well as 5,000 partial documents could very well contain 
evidence that would establish Peltier's position. A government attorney 
actually conceded in one appellate hearing that, "We had a murder, we had 
numerous shooters, we do not know who specifically fired what killing shots 
... ." But Peltier, the government insisted, could still be guilty for aiding 
and abetting, a complete change of theory from that mounted at his trial.

It is a crucial moment to remember Peltier. The national media must be made 
to remember his case among the numerous other cases of FBI misconduct 
resulting in the incarceration of innocent people. Clearly, the FBI's culture 
of concealment and sense superior purpose, which have led the agency into 
such transgression, must be challenged.

Peltier's trial and subsequent intense campaigns by the FBI to deny him any 
relief must be reconsidered in light of the emerging pattern of abuse now 
revealed. Tell all the media; tell the U.S. Congress; Indian country demands 
justice for Leonard Peltier.

©2001 Indian Country Today
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For a related story on the FBI and McVeigh read the transcript from Sixty 
Minutes II, 
aired on CBS TV on May 29, 2001:
http://cbsnews.com/now/story/0,1597,293828-412,00.shtml

For more information on the defense of Leonard Peltier 
http://www.freepeltier.org

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