EXTREME PREJUDICE: The Terrifying Story of the Patriot Act and the Cover Ups of 911 and Iraq by Lindauer Susan

Author:Lindauer, Susan [Lindauer, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf, mobi
ISBN: 9781623458881
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2010-10-28T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 19:

SECRET DEBRIEFINGS AND

THE “NEW PSYCHIATRY”

(A LITTLE INTELLIGENCE WAR)

“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time

with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”

–Thomas Jefferson

Or as Cardinal Richelieu put it more bluntly: “Treason is a matter of dates.”

I was gunning for trial. Unbeknownst to me, my public attorney, Sanford Talkin of Manhattan, had been invited to a “classified debriefing” to discuss my case.

Somewhere in the bowels of the Justice Department, that “secret debriefing” occurred on February 10, 2005.357 There’s no record of who attended, or what intelligence agencies were represented. I was completely in the dark that it occurred, though that meeting would have profound and grave consequences for my legal rights and freedom. Only four years later, when Talkin finally turned over his copies of my legal discovery to the private attorney who replaced him, the esteemed and honorable Brian Shaughnessy, did we learn about it. In typical style, Talkin forwarded the legal discovery one week after the case got dismissed358— and 16 months after Shaughnessy officially took over. That speaks volumes in itself. It was grossly unethical, but par for the course. Talkin refused to cooperate on any matter of my defense.

Amidst thousands of pages of legal documents and wire taps, Shaughnessy and I discovered a “Non-Disclosure Agreement for a Classified Debriefing,” signed by Talkin.359 The agreement acknowledged that information contained in the briefing justified a security clearance. It expressly prohibited Talkin from disclosing whatever transpired during the debriefing to anyone, including me, or any subsequent attorney, without written consent from the Justice Department.

Welcome to the New America.

I’d just been stung by the Patriot Act, with its rules of “secret evidence,” and its extraordinary authority to force attorneys to withhold vital communications and “classified evidence” from defendants or other attorneys involved in the case.

The non- disclosure agreement for the secret debriefing was handled by the Department of Justice, Compliance Review and Litigation Security Group, Security and Emergency Planning Staff.

The two page document reads in part:

“I hereby accept the obligations contained in this Agreement in consideration of my being granted access to classified information…. marked or unmarked….including oral communications.”

“I hereby acknowledge that I have received a security indoctrination concerning the nature and protection of classified information, including the procedures to be followed in ascertaining whether other persons to whom I contemplate disclosing this information have been approved for access to it.”

“I will never divulge classified information to anyone unless… (b) I have prior written notice of authorization from the United States Government Department or agency responsible for the classification of the information.”

It was signed by Sam Talkin on February 10, 2005. (See Appendix.)

The pages are in black and white. So the fact that a “classified debriefing” occurred in Washington or New York cannot be disputed. Since I was never told about the meeting, though I had an urgent right to know, it appears the fact of the debriefing itself was regarded as “classified,” too.

Predictably, the secret meeting had nefarious ambitions. Up to that point, Talkin had promised to

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