-Caveat Lector- Wednesday July 21, 2:13 AM TWA 800 Whistleblower Contemplates Legal Action Justice Department prosecutors and the National Transportation and Safety Board deliberately misconstrued the facts in an attempt to persuade U.S. District Court Judge Joanna Seybert that two TWA 800 whistleblowers belonged behind bars. That's the charge from James Sanders who, along with his wife Elizabeth, was convicted in April of conspiring to steal evidence from the plane's reconstructed wreckage housed at Long Island's Calverton air base. On Friday Judge Seybert sentenced Mr. Sanders to three years of probation and 50 hours of community service. Mrs. Sanders received one year of probation and 25 hours of community service. Sanders tells Inside Cover exclusively that the government was downright malicious in its attempt to make an example out of him and his wife. For instance, in a letter written to Judge Seybert before their sentencing, NTSB chairman James Hall claimed that Sanders had misrepresented the facts, causing thousands of TWA 800 family members extreme grief, thereby unduly undermining the credibility of the government's TWA 800 probe. In 1997 TWA investigator Terrell Stacey gave Sanders swatches of the 747's seat fabric which were stained with a red substance that laboratory tests later showed was consistent with missile exhaust residue. Sanders described the episode for his 1997 blockbuster, "The Downing of TWA Flight 800". Sanders says prosecutors used overheated rhetoric and false charges in an attempt to ratchet up his punishment: "They tried to pile on, saying I obstructed justice by claiming that I told a key witness that she could develop amnesia after she had received a subpoena. I did tell her that, but it was before, not after, the subpoena. But thanks to the Justice Department, the judge was led to believe it was just the opposite." Legally, it's far more serious to coach a witness once he or she has been formally subpoenaed. "The Justice Department was trying to set up a scenario that would warrant putting me in prison for up to six months and fining me $5,000," said the free-lance investigator. Sanders believes that what the NTSB and Justice Department tried to do may be legally actionable. "If the NTSB cannot back up the malicious charge that I misrepresented the facts, and that's what caused all this pain and suffering, then they are civilly liable." The two federal agencies may soon see the TWA whistleblower again in court. Sanders is currently huddling with legal advisors, contemplating the feasibility of a civil suit that could blow the lid off the entire TWA 800 cover-up. http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover.shtml Bard Visit me at: The Center for Exposing Corruption in the Federal Government http://www.xld.com/public/center/center.htm Federal Government defined: ....a benefit/subsidy protection racket! DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
