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thanks, C. for the interesting response.
In the land of the free and the home of the brave, it's obvious from your
account that one's name can accidentally get on a government list, then
you're in for it.
I'm pretty sure that the govt has info on me, just by virtue of my knowing
the "wrong" people at the "wrong" time (back in the sixties, when
Americans, in their innocence, still operated under the illusion that the
government exists to protect their interests).
During our anti-war meetings on campus, we used to joke that about half of
the assembled crowd were working for the government. Of course, later,
some of the revelations about COINTELPRO came out...and our suspicions
were pretty much confirmed.
But in those days of yore, I was all of eighteen years of age and
idealistic as hell. I had all of these idiotic notions that my government
would never engage in illegal activities, acts of thuggery, etc.
The wiser activists had their grim stories to relate, but many of us
dismissed their tales, thinking it was only just another manifestation of
the general paranoia. But we quickly learned. I think my initiation into
the evil ways of the world came when one of my friends, a black activist,
was beaten while in police custody in our town Bastille. This incident
was followed by another black ops incident: another friend had the police
do a search of his apartment only "to discover" drugs. The drugs had been
planted. In terms of notoriety/importance, all of us were rather
unimportant actors on the great stage of life...but once we had the
audacity to resist the system, we placed ourselves in the position of
being enemies of the state--and whatever civil liberties we might possess,
were conveniently disregarded.
Our system has any number of different ways of discrediting/destroying
individuals. The tactics/techniques have been well-documented, of course.
So I tend to sympathize with all of those who have been on the receiving
end of these operations--regardless of their political/philosophical
sympathies. In theory, we have civil liberties...but the reality is
something quite different.
But for those of us who were alive back in the sixties, many of us know
that the Kennedy assassination was a turning point of sorts for
the nation... a fork in the road that set the nation in a particularly
nasty direction. We didn't know it at the time, but, in retrospect, we
crossed the Rubicon back then...and the National Security State went into
overdrive.
On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, Colleen Jones wrote:
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> I have a letter in my desk since 1984...in which my attorney requested
> my FBI file - now I went not to my regular attorney because he was
> former FB
>
> I had previously gotten part of my file and this was just prior to Larry
> Flynt being shot; Mr. Flynt has that portion at this time and they would
> never return it...supposedy I was told it was in a locked box, and only
> Althea and Larry Flynt had access....then of course, Larry Flynt was
> gunned down...he had hooked up with a certain person whom he could ot
> trust, and this individual was CIA connected.
>
> Well, Clarence Kelly was director for awhile - he said he was trying to
> collect my file...suddenly he was gone...the some time later this
> Webster - well that was the one director, and I think he was with
> Sullivan when he was accidently hot....and then so on, etc. Well in
> 1984 I got another attorney and suddenly he called and said my file was
> in the National Archives. Now why would my file be in th National
> Archives....a man named Reagan or Ragon (not Ronald, of course) called
> me at home, and said he would send.....was very nice....and I am still
> waiting for it.
>
> I know why they do not want to send it, or did not at that time; and
> yes, they do not want information released. from certain files....but
> the reason they will not get me my file was for this reason...the
> Interntional Teamsters under this Frank Fitzsimmons, had the FBI watch
> put on me, because they thought I had access to secet files...at the
> time I was working with certain people...and suddenly, Sybil Leek had
> the IRS after her for $150,000 dollars and could only get me for fifty
> dollars, which they raised to 1800 dollars, when I refused to pay the
> fifty.
>
> Well I raised enough hell for twenty people, and we parted friends and
> compromised....Sybil had to pay up...but the reason I wonder....the feds
> did not like Sybil into this drug stuff and the name of the ship was the
> RIO....and they already were disturbed with me anyway, so they got us
> both and we were on a list...I even had the Secret Service at my
> door...which was rather funny and my bossie didn't even want to know
> why....
>
> The reason here....Rockefeller wanted to know about any information
> anyone had on JFK stuff; and nothing I had would hold up in Court, but
> made somebody upset when you consider that Margaret Mitchell went before
> the Judgement at the Watergate carrying a King James Bible...my those
> were interesting times.
>
> Freedom of Information Act? Well, I still got the letter in there, and
> just for the fun of it tomorrow I am going to write thm, after waiting
> now 14 years, and tell them I have been patient enough.
>
> Most files are tossed out; I had commited no crime, was only on a pest
> list - but once you get the masons disturbed, well so much for that.
>
> I will try again....if you can help me I will give you the case file
> number.....the one letter I did get was blanked out, or cesored....and
> old Hoover himself had written a note on it for Cartha who sent to
> Toomey and it said "looks like she is equating the Catholic Mafia, to
> the Masons, to the KKK"...ha, ha, ha....he who laughs last....well a few
> years later in Time Magazine with the PT stuff, there was a story about
> the Mafia, in the Masons, and they guy was dressed like a membr of the
> KKK...and that is when Webster got mad and wrote a snide letter ....so
> yes, I do not think they pay any attention to anybody. And I wonder if
> my file is still there now....not that I really care.
>
> Then, Bud Fensterwald died who headed up the Committee...the last big
> meeting of the group was November of 1974...at Georgetown....then, the
> books, books, and more books....
>
> Let me know....
>
> Colleen
>
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