US Attorney's Office KNOWINGLY Proceeded With Evidence-Against Siegelman-Which Was COERCED & FALSE

[kpete]

Corruption in a U.S. Attorney’s Office
DEPARTMENT No Comment
BY Scott Horton
PUBLISHED February 10, 2008
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The whole of Mrs. White’s affidavit can be read here:
http://harpers.org/media/image/blogs/misc/judywhiteaffidavit.pdf

Mrs. White is describing the cajoling of federal agents, including an individual named Long, who were working under the direction of Louis Franklin, the prosecutor of the Siegelman case. Franklin is the head of the criminal division for U.S. Attorney Leura Canary.

The implication of these passages is quite clear. White was being pressed to give false evidence against Siegelman in his trial in Montgomery, and was being threatened with the prospect of a corruption investigation and prosecution if he did not do so. In particular he was to have placed the initial meeting on a certain date, which the prosecutors needed to make out to sustain their case. White refused to give false evidence. The prosecution followed. These accusations, if true, amount to a corrupt manipulation of the criminal justice system, a felony.

Judy White’s affidavit provides strong evidence that the prosecutors knowingly proceeded against Siegelman on the basis of evidence or claims that they knew or should have known were false. And even more substantial evidence to the same end will very shortly appear in the media.

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So the argument in the Judy White affidavit is that the attack on White served two purposes: first to coerce him into supplying false evidence against Siegelman, and second to score points with still more powerful figures in the state G.O.P. who were White’s enemies.

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much more at:
http://harpers.org/archive/2008/02/hbc-90002353

[Prefer]

1. Torture plays in here also

Because the goal of Bush torture is to produce false information to use as actionable intelligence in furthering their theft of our coffers

[donsu]

2. kicking for justice

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[Joe Chi Minh]

3. Jail the low-life scum!

[PDJane]

4. Does anyone here NOT believe that this

is quite true? This administration has been pulling this kind of manipulation since they entered the corridors of power.

[notadmblnd]

7. This is SOP

I've always believed it. Not just in regards to the Seigalman case, but in DC too. Blackmail and extortion of political leaders is standard operating procedure. This is why time after time we see Dems caving and giving into this admin. I just wish i knew what they had on Reid and Pelosie.

[The Backlash Cometh]

12. kick

[mcg]

24. anthrax? n/t

[Lint Head]

5. Bush has already proven that lies are OK. It's OK to lie to make

your Arab friends richer. You know, the Saudis that saved Bush's ass from bankruptcy. It's OK to lie and kill innocent people. It's OK to lie while destroying peoples lives. I guess giving COERCED & FALSE TESTIMONY is no longer a federal crime.
That means that anyone can make a false claim against you and you can never, ever, defend yourself.
Folks, we are witnessing the very eye-core of fascist evil. :dem:

[Raster]

21. I could not agree more. cheney*/bush* not only consider themselves above the law....

...but also above and beyond the bounds of human decency. Evil is not a word to use lightly. However, in these circumstances, evil is precisely the word to use. Other words to use are accomplices, cowards and collaborators.

[bpeale]

36. but you know, we have the government we deserve after all is said & done

[mac2]

40. Bush and Cheney

declare their own laws and rules yet Congress turns a blind eye. They complain once in a while just to be on the record but do little about impeachment. They fail to do their duties under the Constitution.

[mac2]

38. A crime family rules our country yet the media does little

because they are part of the world elite crime gang.

[L. Coyote]

6. "even more substantial evidence to the same end will very shortly appear in the media"

Wow! Thanks for the news.

[Botany]

8. and 60 minutes killed the Siegelman story

<I am fully with the Tuscaloosa News on this. In their lead editorial this morning, describing the on-going travesty of the Siegelman case, they write:

Michael Mukasey may have a distinguished career as a judge but as U.S. attorney general, he’s a loser. For all the interest he has shown in the duties of his new office, we may as well have a smiling wooden puppet seated in his chair.>


We can never stop fighting these bastards. Why this not a national story ... I don't know.

The plan .... use NSA to spy and the DoJ as muscle for the bush/Cheney mafia

BTW

Please write Don

Don Siegelman
24775-001
FPC P O Box 5010
Oakdale La 71463

His birthday is on the 24rth.

[DemReadingDU]

20. Major Siegelman update...

by Larisa Alexandrovna

Okay, folks, whatever you did with your calls and emails, what I have now learned is that the finished product (finished for some time) by 60 Minutes was finally screened for CBS corporate this past Friday. Now let's not all give up and go home with a victory just yet. We have work still to do, because until the show airs, we have not yet won. I would urge you to continue to call CBS corporate expressing your interest in this story.

But for the time being, we can at least breath easier knowing that we won a small battle, if not the victory yet.

Against this backdrop, I give you the latest from the brilliant Scott Horton, who also describes yet another corrupt case by US Attorney and Rove pal Alice Martin. Most importantly, he appears to be showing the WH that the story won't die even if CBS does not run it, because someone is leaking.

more...
http://www.atlargely.com/2008/02/major-siegelman.html

[bleever]

27. Excellent.

:thumbsup:

[truebrit71]

29. That is excellent news...this story HAS to get out....these criminals have to be exposed...

...this type of political bullshit is disgusting in the extreme and needs to be shown the light of day...

It never ceases to amaze me as to how low these thugs will go to get what they want...

[acmavm]

9. Siegelman will play hell getting out of prison until this corrupt and treasonous

cabal are out of Washington. And it will be one of the biggest miscarriages of justice ever seen in this country if KKKarl, his boy bush**, and the rest of 'em aren't charged with being the traitors they truly are. But like Prescott bush, they will all skate.

edit: My remark about grandpoopy prescott means that all he (and harriman) got was a slap on the hand. No punishment and they got to keep the lucre they earned while supporting the Nazi regime. They got away with the worst treason this country has ever seen.

[MissWaverly]

10. Justice means nothing to this administration

I put this quote here because it shows that they consider truth as a marketing strategy something that can be adjusted to meet their needs.

Truth and Justice are intertwined, when you have no truth then you cannot
have justice. Our whole legal system is predicated on justice for all and the concept of "guilt" as something beyond a reasonable doubt. Political persecution served up as justice is foreign to our constitution and our legal system.

As Jeb Bush once told retired Naval Intelligence Officer Al Martin (cited in Bushwhacked, Sept. 2002, by Uri Dowbenko)...

The truth is useless. You have to understand this right now. You can't deposit the truth in a bank. You can't buy groceries with the truth. You can't pay rent with the truth. The truth is a useless commodity that will hang around your neck like an albatross -- all the way to the homeless shelter. And if you think that the million or so people in this country that are really interested in the truth about their government can support people who would tell them the truth, you got another think coming. Because the million or so people in this country that are truly interested in the truth don't have any money.

http://www.topdog08.com/2005/11/quotes_of_note_1.html

[Psyop Samurai]

13. A timely reminder... thanks

That quote has much deeper resonance to me now than when I first came across it.

It truly is breathtaking.

[MissWaverly]

48. yes, they believe US = plutocracy (government by the wealthy)

and anybody w/o money who suffers is just collateral damage.

[Usrename]

15. Do we even need to ask their opinion about justice?

Justice must be even more meaningless than truth to these people.

If you can't afford to pay for truth, then you obviously don't have enough money to buy justice.

[MissWaverly]

49. yes, my thoughts exactly

Under Bush and his administration, the government has become a consumer, it feeds off the nation and its resources and gives back
nothing.

[The Backlash Cometh]

11. This story is just unbelievable.

Ironically, Siegelman will probably give us more justice against Rove and his minions from a civil tort case, than our Congress will.

[pberq]

14. How can this happen??

[pleah]

16. K&R for justice!

[mod mom]

17. This case has to do with a stolen election. kick & rec'd

[Pastiche423]

18. Another

:kick: and recommend for justice.

[barbtries]

19. i am repeatedly stupefied and outraged

at what goes on and is allowed to go on. the bad guys get away with it and gain power and wealth, and now the good guys are being jailed and persecuted and it is such an outrage.

OH! i'm so pissed and so helpless.

[bobthedrummer]

22. "A DU collaborative investigation: Thelma Colbert, Shannon Ross and other deaths at DoJ"

an archived thread from May 8, 2007

There is no statute of limitations for murder.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x847120

[pingzing58]

23. Absolutely increadible info. Thanks, and I hope that in the end justice will be served.

[mcg]

25. I'm reminded of Chicago under Al Capone. n/t

[bjobotts]

26. Start passing out the roach spray becuse our DoJ is infested with'em

This is a political prisoner being illegally held and a Attorney General who refuses to uphold the law making sure whatever Rove and Bush and Cheney and others have done will not be investigated or prosecuted.

Fascism has already begun in this country. Be prepared for another attack on our country to keep neocons in power. This is no longer the America we knew.

The campaigns are serving as major distractions. The ten steps from the "Shock Doctrine", or "The End of America" have all happened. Why has this administration gone to such links to set it all up (almost in order) unless they intend on using it.
Courts that operate out side of our justice system (Military tribunals under the Military commissions Act
A paramilitary force with power to operate inside our borders that does not answer to the "people".
Torture, rendition, arrests without due process, loss of habeas corpus, a complicit press and a propaganda news station (fox). Spying without warrants or accountability to any court. A constant perceived enemy threat to make it acceptable to give up our freedoms for security.
Play nice with these people and they will bury you in some prison. Until the majority of them are out of our government...these neocon war profiteers...and those after 100yrs of republican rule...then be paranoid and ever watchful and extremely mistrustful of their secrecy.

[BanzaiBonnie]

32. And as far as the attorneys who were fired from the DOJ

Thom Hartmann has always said it was not about them. It was about what those who KEPT their jobs. Look at the and what they were willing to do.

[mac2]

50. They have replaced many of the long time federal employees

from RW colleges. "Private religious colleges" which we the tax payer support. These private groups only care about power and wealth...little about morality or our democracy.

These groups who are out to destroy democracy by taking an oath of office to Bush and not the Constitution are more a danger than any "terrorist from over there".

[LizW]

28. Holy crap. I knew it.

I know Gary White. He has been a strong supporter of our public schools here, especially the fine arts programs. I knew there was a connection to the Siegelman case when White was indicted. It just smelled too strange, and the timing was really suspicious. But I did not know they tried to get him to testify against Siegelman.

My gosh, this stinks to high heaven.

[donheld]

30. Thanks Kpete

:toast:

[Mister Ed]

31. The Bush DOJ has not been "politicised". It has been criminalized.

"Politicised" is far to innocuous a word. Under Bush, the Department of Justice has become a criminal organization. It's time to start framing it that way.

When John and Jane Doe read that a federal organization is accused of being "politicised", they yawn and turn the page. But this is a crime story, and the public needs to know it.

[mac2]

51. You are so right

They even admit they are loyal to the President not the people or our Constitution. They are like a gang in the government.

[trof]

33. K&R - Please send Don Siegelman a birthday card.

I hear that he's pretty down right now.
Still can't get his appeal filed because a court transcript of the original trial "is not available at this time".
The trial was 2 years ago and he still rots in prison.

His birthday is Feb. 24.
You can help cheer him up and let him know he's not forgotten by sending a birthday card.

Don Siegelman
24775-001
FPC P O Box 5010
Oakdale La 71463

Thanks.
I know he'll appreciate it.

And kpete: Many thanks for keeping on this and letting folks outdside of Alabama know what's going on.

[BanzaiBonnie]

34. And who should we send our "We know what you did"

cards to?


I am fine with sending cards to Siegelman to let him know he is not forgotten.


But we need to mass mail the ****ers who did this to him. Just to let them know we're coming after them. Make 'em pee their pants a little<G>

[FourScore]

35. These people are scum. n/t

[mac2]

37. Congressman Trafactant was the first political prisoner

It seems Siegleman is now on the list. How far are the Democrats going to allow these Republican mobsters to go?

[ananda]

42. As far as they want..

For various reasons, Dems are Bush-Cheney
beeyatches.

[mac2]

43. They all walk away with bags of loot in the end

Via book deals, public speaking, etc. Any American getting millions doing that? It's "change of face law' in DC today. They leave when it gets too hot in the kitchen.

[Uncle Joe]

39. This should be on every prime time network news broadcast.

Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

[mac2]

41. I agree

but they'd rather not do "news" since it cost money. They'd rather push Ms. Hilton in our face.

Since the agreement is that in order to have a station FCC license they are required to do news, they have failed. So they should be removed.

[Ian_rd]

44. I bet the Democratic Congress is totally jumping on top of this!

Unless of course they're not, as I would expect.

[me b zola]

45. k&r

[bobthedrummer]

46. k

[bobthedrummer]

47. k