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"Slam Bollyn Every Way You Can" - Daryl B. Smith
Understanding the Purpose and Methods of Defamation Daryl Bradford Smith Reveals Himself as an Agent By Christopher Bollyn Daryl Bradford Smith of The French Connection has certainly never been an associate or friend of mine. I met him only once, at Thanksgiving 2005, when we visited him, at his request, at his house in rural central France. I decided that it was too expensive and told them that the connections were non-existent. Hufschmid then wired me the funds to make the trip because he was also very adamant that I meet Smith. The French trains were going on strike and the only possible way to get to the village in rural France where Smith lives was to drive. We traveled south across Germany and Switzerland and I rented a car in Geneva in order to drive west across the mountains and through Moulins to get to his remote rural location. After meeting Smith, I repeatedly warned Hufschmid that this person clearly could not be trusted. It was obvious. Shortly after that Thanksgiving 2005 visit, Smith was already spreading malicious slander about me to somebody in Canada. It was very clear that Smith had an agenda from the beginning -- to defame me and attack my credibility. I had no idea who he was working for, but he definitely was not a truth seeker and was clearly working against me. During the summer of 2007, Smith completely revealed himself as an agent and articulated that his mission was to defame me and destroy my credibility in any way he could. After he went on his vicious attack, he tried to get Eric Hufschmid to support him and join the defamation campaign against me. Hufschmid resisted. Hufschmid has written about this and posted links to Smith's criminal record – and the mysterious pay off that was made to clear Smith's record in January 2007: See: "Why don't I work with Smith any longer?" Eric Hufschmid, 21 Oct 2007 http://www.erichufschmid.net Daryl B. Smith, a.k.a. Daryl B. Setters, arrest record Note of Warning: The complete transcripts have been posted on a website of unknown authorship called "Take Our World Back." The entire recorded conversations have been transcribed, but this website is clearly a broker of defamation, much of it coming from Michael Collins Piper -- which I will deal with shortly. Be forewarned that this is not a known source and that Daryl B. Smith uses extremely foul and violent language a great deal. http://www.takeourworldback.com/dbs/darylgatetapes.htm By reading these transcripts the public can get an idea of how orders are given to these lower-level disinformation agents and how they are given. Their orders are usually forcefully given and are accompanied by threats of extreme violence. The following are a few excerpts from the transcripts. DBS is Daryl Smith, a.k.a. Daryl Setters; EH is Eric Hufschmid. "slam Bollyn every way you can" DBS: Well, here's a deal. And this is between you and me, because we've been doing this a long time together. You have to come out and, and slam Bollyn every way you can, in my, in support of me. Every way you can. No compromise. If you don't, I want parting from our, from our relationship. EH: But what do you mean, slam him? DBS: I, whatever the f--k you need to do to make this son-of-a--- be crippled by the s--t he's doing. I'm talking about a full court press on this guy. I'm talking about whatever it is you know about him, whatever it is you can say about him, whatever it is you can do about him, you need to do now. And if you can't do that, Eric, we gotta go. I gotta go. …..snip…. "You start telling the world…" EH: But wait a minute... DBS: No wait a minute. I'm telling you. It's not a wait a minute. There's no wait a minute. I'm not waiting for you to answer, you, you son-of-a----. Listen to me. This is a one-way conversation. One way. I don't wanna hear what you got to say. You fight for me, or get the f--k outta my life. EH: Well how do I fight for you? I don't understand. DBS: You start telling the world that this guy's got a sick f--k--g kid, that he stayed in your house as a weirdo, that this prick was all f---d up, that I called you and said what I said. Start supporting me. I'm getting f---g hammered out there. EH: Where? I don't even... ….snip…. "say his son's sick…He's a weirdo" EH: But how do I respond? What has he done? He only just put a picture up. DBS: He's lied about every g-d d--n thing. This f--king guy, I want you to come out and say his son's sick. You were in your house. He's a weirdo. EH: I can't... DBS: Like Bollyn is mentally f--king ill. EH: What? What am I...? DBS: G-d d--n it, Smith is right, f--king Eric. That's what I want, f--ker. Wake up, wake the f--k up. It's me here, and if you f--k me, I know where you live, you prick. You understand me? …snip…. "this is full-scale war" DBS: Yeah, I'm not yelling, you dude. You are, you have to hear this. So just listen, please. EH: Alright. DBS: Unless and until we can get this straightened out, Eric, this battle is not bullshit here. We got a f--king war going on, and I need either your full support, or none. And either you're gonna do what we need to get done here, or you need to relinquish what, what control you have of the website. And that's the bottom line. The fight is here, this is it. And Bollyn has been f--king me, and there's more than that going on right now. The simple truth of the matter is that this is full-scale war, and unless and until we do more about it, we're lost. Now, you can, you can say that you, you know, you didn't or you couldn't or what, doesn't matter. The fact is, let's put your prognostications on the side, and say what we need to do. The fact is, we're not doing shit about anything, and nobody's supporting me, and nobody's fighting for me, and you haven't put a single article up in my support, and I need that. You haven't put a single document up, you haven't said that Bollyn's kid was a f--king lunatic. This, look, I didn't go as far as saying that in my house, Bollyn's kid was hearing voices, and there were ghosts he thought that were in my room and that they were talking to him. I didn't say that because I have some comportment about children. But this man, doesn't give a f--k about kids so much, that he will drag that f--king kid from hotel room to hotel room, and tell him the ghosts are in his head, and not get him help. And you better not do anything to support him. Not a f--king word. D'you understand me, Eric? EH: Well yeah... DBS: Understand what I'm coming from? EH: Yeah, but I don't know about the kids and the ghosts, I... DBS: I'm telling you, this kid is f--ked up, and I'm... EH: Yeah but, but let's say I say something. How does that help you if I say that his kid has problems? I don't understand, how does it...? DBS: It's a hundred percent support for your partner, dude. EH: But to say something about his kid, I, I never saw... DBS: No. It doesn't matter about the kid. That's one element. There's a million elements in there. How 'bout the size of the car? How 'bout the fact that, that, that... EH: But I never saw the car, I cannot, what am I supposed to say...? DBS: It's in the picture, Eric. EH: But what do I say, what do I say, you want me to say something? DBS: Yes. That the car was bizarre because he, see he's coming out on his website, saying that it's a small car, but the fact is it's a full size car in France. EH: Alright, shall I say that, now...? DBS: Yeah, d'you want me to baby-sit you through this or what? EH: But, but, you're see, but I mean like, to me, I don't, you're saying that you want me to say this? DBS: I don't want you ever to speak to that c--ks--ker again. EH: He doesn't, hasn't called for, oh, months... DBS: Yeah, but you know what, Eric...? EH: How do you know that...? DBS: That you got emails the other day, you got emails yesterday. EH: That's right, I sent him an email to see if he'd respond, and he did respond. DBS: Yeah, well here's a response: 'F--k you, you c--ks--king lying son-of-a-b--ch motherf--ker.' And how about a response to this guy Phillips' bullshit? ….snip…. "Check my f--king criminal record. DBS: You don't say that. I'm 'just some voice on the phone', Eric. EH: Well, yeah, but if you tell me what not to say, well... DBS: Don't say that, ya dope. And anything like that. Because you're not that stupid. That's a f--king slander, man. EH: You're on your own show. DBS: That is a slander. EH: It is not. DBS: I'm 'just some voice on the goddamn phone'. You say something like that again man, and I'm gonna tell you something. I will fly to America, and I'll show up at your front door. EH: Oh, come on. DBS: You won't f--king like it. I'll shake you around like a rag doll. [Eric laughs.] You don't even know me man. You know something? Check my f--king criminal record. I'll grab you by the neck, Eric. You f--k me like this again and you're in trouble with me. You understand me? EH: That isn't hurting you.... DBS: This isn't a threat. This is a promise to you, ya prick. EH: I said it, I said it to Bollyn. Who heard it? ….snip…. "I am your worst f--king nightmare" DBS: And I'm telling ya something else man. EH: What? DBS: You f--k me, I will show up at your front door and I am your worst f--king nightmare. Don't you f--k me. ….snip…. "I'm talking about decapitating you" DBS: Eric, don't start that shit. You're my partner you f--king moron. You ever pull something like this again, I swear to God... EH: You said you don't even... DBS: ...I swear to my father, on my father's soul, I will show up at your door and I will wring your f--king neck. EH: On your... DBS: And I'm talking about, I'm talking about decapitating you, ya prick. EH: On your own show, though... ….snip…. "I will kill you" DBS: Yeah, you don't, you f--king don't. You've left me hanging out here, and you're telling Bollyn shit. EH: You're... DBS: I will f--k you up man, and him. EH: You're fighting with him 'cos you want to, I'm not... DBS: Look Eric, I don't give a f--k about prison. You have to understand something you little bastard, I don't give a f--k about f--king blowing your brains out. And you better get your head outta your ass, and I know where the f--k you are. And you'd better pull your f--king head outta your ass, because if you piss me off I will show up at your front door and kill your f--king ass. You understand me? This ain't a f--king threat, this is a promise to you, ya prick. 'Cos I'll spend the rest of my life in jail, I got no problem with that. You f--k me like this again, I will kill you. D'you understand me. And I'm telling you that straight to your f--king head. Send those codes to my f--king in box, and get the f--k off my back. D'you understand? EH: All right. Sure. ….snip… Daryl was ordering Eric to do what he, in turn, had been told to do, i.e. to "slam Bollyn every way you can." This is exactly what Smith tried to do when he aired his vicious and slanderous rant about my visit to his house on Thanksgiving 2005. See: http://www.bollyn.com/index/ I will be addressing a similar defamation rant originating from Michael Collins Piper of American Free Press, a.k.a. Michael Bernard Piper, in the coming days.
Bollyn Responds to Final Message of Daryl B. Smith
A person called Daryl Bradford Smith has posted malicious slander about me on his website "The French Connection." This is more of the same slander that he began spreading after I visited him in November 2005. Smith has only seen me once and does not know very much about me, but he is clearly dedicated to defaming me. This is clearly his attempt to assassinate my character. In his "final message" about me, Smith continues to spread the same vicious lies about me and my family. His theatrical rant of September 5 seems to be a clear reaction to my posting a photo of me with Smith taken before I left his home in rural France. Smith's outrageous lies about me and our visit are clearly meant only to defame and discredit me as a 9-11 researcher and writer. This is typical behavior of Smith who has tried to discredit other serious 9-11 researchers like Dr. Steven E. Jones. See: http://www.iamthewitness.com/DarylBradfordSmith_5Sep2007.html Smith claims that he has worked with me for years and that I have been part of his team with Eric Hufschmid. This is completely false. I am an independent journalist and he and Eric have only used my work to promote their website since the fall of 2006. The French Connection is just one of many websites that have posted my articles. I have been posting my articles on Rumor Mill News for years and have spoken on many radio shows long before Smith and Hufschmid started their website. Since the summer of 2006, they have tried to make it appear as if I have been working exclusively with them, which has never been the case. Because Smith's recent emotional "rant" was laden with malicious lies concerning my visit to his house in November 2005, I am compelled to provide my account of that visit. I first heard of the person known as "Daryl Bradford Smith" when I was interviewed for his radio show called "The French Connection" on the Genesis Communications Network (GCN). I don't recall when I first spoke on his show but it was certainly many months before September 2005, which is when he now says he first heard of me. Smith started calling us at our home near Chicago in early 2005. This led to a show that he did with Helje about the sinking of Estonia when he was with GCN. For the record, he did a second show with Helje about Estonia in the spring of 2006, when we were in Provo visiting Dr. Steven E. Jones. The GCN was founded by John Stadtmiller, who would later go on to found the Republic Broadcasting Network. How Stadtmiller and GCN found Smith in rural France, I don't know. As he said on his GCN radio show of January 3, 2006, he is "living out here in the middle of nowhere." Smith's credentials and background are both very murky. At the request of Eric Hufschmid, I visited Smith in November 2005 after the Axis for Peace conference in Brussels where I was a panelist and speaker. My speech included the discovery of molten metal in the World Trade Center and the research being done by Dr. Steven E. Jones of Brigham Young University. See: http://www.voltairenet.org/article131471.html Smith first invited us to visit in the spring of 2005. He had repeatedly invited us to visit through my wife, Helje. He had led us to believe that he lived in a nice French country house "full of antiques." He even told her that some of the moving people had "knicked" some of his antiques. As we discovered, his house is quite a bit less grand than he had led us to expect. When we were in Brussels for the Axis for Peace conference, Smith told me that he lived just south of Paris. When I checked the map and into taking the train, however, I found that it would cost about $400 to make the trip one-way to the nearest town to Smith's place, which would not have been at all close. With the high price and bad connections of the French rail system, and the fact that the national rail workers were going on strike, I decided not to make the trip. I called Smith and Eric Hufschmid and told them that I would not be making the trip. Both Hufschmid and Smith were quite unhappy to hear this and Hufschmid offered to send me money to pay for the trip. Due to the rail strike and Smith's remote location, I decided that to make the trip we would have to take a detour and try to get as close as possible using the excellent German rail system and then rent a car. We used the "Beautiful Weekend" pass on the German rail network, which allows an entire family to travel for 24 hours for only $30. Using the "Schoenes Wochenende" pass we traveled to Switzerland. From Geneva, where we lived in a large and nicely furnished apartment, I rented an Avis car to drive west over the mountains to Smith's house. Smith says that we came in a very large and fancy BMW-type car, but, in fact, it was only a simple Opel, the smallest car that would be suitable for our trip that Avis had available. For Thanksgiving, we drove across France to the small village where Smith lived. The drive from Geneva took about 10 hours each way. We arrived in the afternoon and had Thanksgiving dinner with him and his wife. The old farmhouse where he lived had been abandoned property and he was doing some renovation to try and make it livable. He showed me some upstairs space where he had hung some drywall. He asked me if I would be able to stick around to help him with his renovation project. This indicates that he didn't dislike me as much as he now says he did upon meeting me. The house was very small and uncomfortable and not at all suitable for children to live in. It was a far cry from what he had led us to expect. It was quite cold and primitive and we didn't want to subject our children to such dismal conditions. We had planned to stay one night and left the next day after breakfast and a walk. We stayed in a pleasant hotel in Moulins, about half-way from Geneva, on the way to and from Smith's house. I don't recall the name of his village. While Smith's wife, Pascal, was very pleasant and hospitable, he was rather suspicious and withdrawn. Suddenly, during the dinner, he turned to us and asked: "Why did you really come?" in a distinctly unpleasant tone. We reminded him that he was the one who had invited us. He was not at all interested in talking with me. I had just spent weeks in Worms and Mannheim covering the trial of Ernst Zundel. He had no interest in that or any other subject that I had written about. He was quite different from the person I had expected him to be. We brought the best wine, chocolate, and marmelade we could find for the Thanksgiving dinner. Smith, according to Eric Hufschmid, has some liver disease, something like cirrhosis of the liver, although we were not aware of this prior to our visit. For that reason, he was not able to enjoy the fine wine we had brought. Helje at the Chocolatier in Moulins holding the bag of the finest hand-made chocolates as a gift for Smith His charming wife, Pascal, had been a teacher of "hip-hop" street dance, she said. She was very glad to have some wine with us. Pascal and Smith had one large and two small dogs. My daughter, who loves animals, enjoyed playing with them. We got two amazing photos of her holding one of the dogs. These photos show an incredible aura around them. Pascal told me that her family was in Lyon and I recall thinking that Pascal appeared to be of North African ancestry. France has millions of ethnic North Africans from its former colonies of Algeria, Tunisia, etc. She certainly enjoyed meeting us and being with our children, who have attended European schools and been home-schooled. Helje has a degree in teaching and I have worked as a teacher in the International School in Stockholm. The Thanksgiving meal was excellent and my children distinctly recall having had second portions. My daughter still remembers enjoying "the crunchy part." During the visit, Helje asked Daryl if he had been to Vietnam. He said that he was too young for that. A little later he asked Helje, rather inquisitively, "Who told you I was in the military?" Helje said that he just reminded her of somebody she knew who had been in Vietnam. Daryl exhibited an unexpected anti-German attitude. We had just come from Germany, where we had lived for two years and where our children had gone to school. When I told Smith about the German trains and the high standard of construction and living in Germany, he showed animosity toward anything German. He insisted that everything was better in France, which we know very well is not the case. French windows, for example, are often leaky and single-pane glass. German windows, on the other hand, are state of the art and energy efficient no matter where you look. Contrary to what he says in his latest rant, I did not stand up with wine spilling from my mouth and sing the German national anthem or raise a Nazi salute. This is absurd fiction. This is merely meant to defame me, as are his comments that I was drunk. This is pure fiction. Defaming me as a wild drunk is exactly what Michael Piper has tried to do as did the Hoffman Estates police and the prosecution during my trial. During the evening, Smith claimed that he had the exact same birthdate as I, but I remember that he was off by a year in age. Furthermore, he didn't make much of the amazing coincidence that we should have the exact same birthday. How odd. In the spring of 2005, Daryl had talked to Helje about the "upcoming epidemic" of Bird Flu, and that this was the reason he had moved to rural France. "Bird Flu will kill most of the world's population," he told her. When we visited him, he showed us the large amounts of Tamiflu he had stocked in his house. We noticed, however, that there were free-roaming geese living in the yard. I photographed one that was not more than 20 feet from his front door. One of the geese that roamed freely in front of Smith's house Early in the morning, after a rather sleepless night, we went to the kitchen and had breakfast with Pascal. Smith was nowhere to be seen but came out after we had already finished eating. He appeared to be sleepy and grouchy and excused himself saying that he has "liver problems" that don't let him sleep. After breakfast, all of us except Daryl went on a walk with Pascal to see some fields nearby with horses. Going for the walk with Pascal, who appears to be quite happy with the Bollyn family. Daryl's house is to the right of the car by the potted plant. It was quite damp and chilly and the children, whose feet were getting cold and who have seen plenty of horses in North Dakota, decided that they wanted to go back to the house. It had started to rain by the time they got there but Smith wouldn't let them in. When we returned from our walk with Pascal, we found the kids waiting outside by the door - shivering. This seemed rather odd, we thought. Why would Smith refuse to let the kids in the house? Did he have some communications that he needed to make in privacy? What kind of host would lock out a 10- and a 7-year-old child and leave them out in the cold? After our visit on Thanksgiving 2005, Smith spread malicious slander about me and my family to people he knew through the Internet. He stopped communicating altogether with us after our visit. Smith's malicious slander even found its way to the courtroom where I was on trial last spring. Rather than discussing the real issues, such as 9-11 or the corrupt legal system that prosecuted me, Smith and Eric Hufschmid have tried to make an issue out of me. Hufschmid has known all along that my family and I were fine. There was no need to raise the alarm that we had been kidnapped or killed. This is utter fiction that only Smith and Hufschmid have promoted. Unfortunately, many people believe the alarming and slanderous lies of Smith. Why is Smith so antagonistic towards me and those who have helped me during my trial? Why has he spread malicious slander about me since he met me in November 2005? He now says that he had extreme animosity toward me from the minute he met me. Why would I trust him with anything? Bollyn (left) with Smith the morning after Thanksgiving before leaving for Geneva
Comment about Disinformation Spread by Daryl B. Smith & Eric Hufschmid
I am making this comment to explain why I have not been a guest on the Internet "radio show" produced by Eric for "The French Connection" website of Mr. Smith. The main reason that I cannot discuss my research and articles on the "radio" show of Smith is because the "French Connection" show and website have shown a tendency to provoke and promote violence. Obviously, I cannot allow myself to be associated with people that use provocative language and advocate the use of violence. Discussing my research and articles is all that Hufschmid and "The French Connection" have ever wanted from me in the past. All the research and writing in my articles have been done solely by me. Hufschmid and Smith gladly use the fruits of my years of labor and research to bring attention to their website and then sabotage my efforts to fund my research at the same time. Who would do something like that? At the conclusion of my trial in June, I had the choice to either leave the Chicago area or face sentencing from the same judge who presided over my seriously flawed trial. I would have shown very poor judgment and only increased the already intolerable anxiety and agony of my family to have waited around for the other shoe to drop and been dragged off to Cook County Jail. Despite the fact that Eric knows all of this, he has continued to post alarming comments on "The French Connection" that the Bollyn family is MIA, that we have been kidnapped or killed, and other nonsense of that nature. Despite numerous emails and telephone calls to Eric, he and Smith have used their "French Connection" website to spread false news and alarm about me and my family. The website today, for example, has these comments: "It has been months since anybody has seen the Bollyn family. If they are alive, where are they? How do they buy food? Do their children go to school? Do they pay rent? Why are they hiding from everybody?" Do we know where Smith is or where his kids go to school, or whether he pays rent? Why are they asking these things about me? Why are they raising these doubts about me and my family? At the end of each of my articles that they posted on their website, Hufschmid and Smith have posted this very unhelpful note despite my repeated appeals to remove it: "Important: Christopher Bollyn and his famly (sic) is (sic) MIA. Our reponse is here Note: we are not sure what happens if you donate money or order books from Bollyn! He was providing his articles for free and depending on sales of his ABC book for children, and on donations. His charming ABC book is here. "Please pass links to his articles, and try to find more people to join us in our struggle to expose corruption. Don't let "them" get all of us! Show some concern!" This "Important note" at the bottom of each article has effectively sabotaged my efforts to raise funds. Hufschmid and Smith are using my articles and then spitting on me by spreading false news and alarm about me and my family. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to speak on a radio show in Salt Lake City for an hour with Dale Williams, who was filling in for Barbara Jean on the "Born on the 4th of July" show on K-TALK (KTKK). It was a great opportunity to dispell some of these false rumors. Most importantly, Hufschmid and Smith began sabotaging my legal defense fund immediately after my trial. This prevented me from raising the funds required to obtain the court transcripts that would reveal the lies of the police and malicious prosecution that I had been subjected to. It also nipped my attempts to appeal the guilty verdict in the bud. Instead, Hufschmid and Smith launched a vicious defamation campaign against Dr. Linda Shelton, an independent court observer who had attended the last two days of my trial. Why would they do that? Since I was not allowed to talk or write about my trial before sentencing, Dr. Shelton's thorough analysis about my trial was the only way others could find out what really happened. http://www.bollyn.com/index/?id=10532 Hufschmid and Smith urge the reader to show "concern" and pretend to be concerned for my family's welfare and safety but they say that they don't know what happens if you donate to me or buy my book! This clearly shows that they are more interested in control than showing any "concern" for my well being or that of my family. This is not the kind of help I need or want. If you can see past the deception and mean-spirited disinformation of Hufschmid and Smith and would like to support my research and writing, please make a donation via shop@bollynbooks.com or bollyn@bollynbooks.com Donations and letters can also be sent to: Christopher Bollyn Many thanks and best wishes, About the Bollyns' Visit to Daryl B. Smith in France (2005) I visited the person known as Daryl Bradford Smith in November 2005 after the Axis for Peace conference in Brussels where I had been invited to speak. Smith had invited us to visit and said that he lived near Paris. When I checked into taking the train, however, I found that it would cost about $400 to make the trip one-way so I decided against going.
Open Letter to Eric Hufschmid
Open Letter to Eric Hufscmid about Eric,
Bollyn Statement on the Importance of Non-Violence
By Christopher Bollyn A physical therapist examined my right arm last week and determined that I am still unable to extend it fully, one full year after my right elbow was fractured in an act of police brutality. I cannot straighten my arm and suffer pain in the elbow because it was broken by three armed thugs of the Hoffman Estates police department one year ago on 15 August 2006. In my frustrated attempt to obtain justice through the court for the brutal police assault that I and my family suffered, I discovered that there is a host of characters involved in supporting the extremely corrupt judicial system in Cook County (Chicago). From the judge on down, there are scores of people who support this terribly flawed system of justice that only promotes injustice. This includes the prosecuting and defense attorneys, the office of the clerk, the county sheriff and police departments within the county. I am a non-violent person who is the victim of police brutality. I still cannot straighten my right arm. I have no idea what internal injuries I have suffered as a result of the "drive stun" of 50,000 volts that was delivered to my lower back as I was held down by two "peace officers" of the Hoffman Estates police department. I do know that Officer Tim Stoy knelt with his full body weight on my right temple (a fact which Felgenhauer testified to in court) for about two minutes and that this non-police lethal hold could have very easily caused brain damage and death. TORTURE BY TASER I also know that Officer Michael Barber conspired, prepared, and delivered the "drive stun" from his TASER weapon while he and Stoy held me down with my left hand cuffed behind my back and my right arm trapped beneath my body. Because I was not resisting in any way and was fully restrained, Barber's TASERing of me can only be considered as torture with the intent to injure or kill. I hold these men, and their superiors, fully accountable, and will do what I can to obtain justice. But would I do such a thing to them if our positions were reversed or if I had the chance for revenge? Would I inflict violence or torture on them? No. I would not because I don't use violence. I see violence and torture as uncivilized and un-Christian. I saw the corrupt officers who tortured me and broke my arm giving each other "high fives" when I went to court the first time. I didn't know then that the police in Chicago and Cook County always get off. Torture has been used by the police in Chicago for decades and according to a series of articles in the Chicago Reader, the police involved in such torture have never been held accountable for the lies they tell in court. See: http://www.chicagoreader.com/policetorture/ I listened how Stoy and Barber told bold-faced lies on the stand. They said they smelled alcohol on my breath from 10 feet away, for example, and that I clenched my fists and threatened the three armed and armor-clad officers. They said I then resisted their arrest, flailed my arms, and did three push-ups with two men on top of me. Both Stoy and Barber told the court that the other guy had called out "TASER" before the TASER shock was delivered. Logic dictates that either both men are either both lying or one is lying and the other has forgotten what he did that day. I, for that matter, know that both men are lying because I didn't hear either man on top of me say anything before I felt a square object placed against my lower back prior to the delivery of the electrocution-type shock. One was above my head and the other was on top of my back so I would have heard if either of them had said "TASER, TASER, TASER," as Barber said Stoy shouted. Neither one of them said anything - not one damn word. Against the protest of my attorneys, Judge Hyman Riebman allowed Barber to give false testimony about the effects of a "drive stun" TASER shock. Barber, who is not an expert on the effects of TASER shock, told the court that such a 50,000 volt shock only affects an area of about 1 square inch and has only the power of a small Christmas light. This is utter nonsense but Riebman allowed Barber to speak as an expert on the effects of TASERing. The police lies only continued and grew as the prosecution said that I had called 911 in order to start a fight, ignoring the fact that the tactical team had interfered with the 911 response and taken over the call from the uniformed officer who had been dispatched to my house. If a uniformed officer had responded to my non-emergency call there obviously would have been no cause for any alarm. See: http:/www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?noframes;read=100543 Is violence an answer to any of the problems that plague the police? No. I do not support violence as a solution and never have. I am a journalist and a writer, not a provocateur. I am convinced that the violence that I suffered in August 2006 was inflicted on me because of my journalism. The evidence clearly indicates that the Hoffman Estates police conspired to use violence on me long before the three-man "tactical unit" arrived at my house. Although the actions of Barber, Stoy, and Felgenhauerare clearly reprehensible, and I and my family have suffered immensely as a result of their criminal actions, I would not wish any violence upon them. Violence does not solve anything and only results in more pain and suffering. I say this because I am very concerned with the discussion of violence that I see on the Iamthewitness. com website. This website is run by Eric Hufschmid and an Internet radio host known as Daryl B. Smith, who lives in France. "We may have to kill all of them." In a recent article entitled "Battle Plan," the website uses language that implies the use of violence to "eliminate our infestation of parasites." While I certainly agree with the need to remove the sources of corruption of our financial, political, and judicial systems, I completely disagree with the notion that violence is the solution to the problem. It is counter-productive, extremely foolish, and irresponsible for Hufschmid and Smith to say things like this on their website: "Alex Jones and other Zionist Deniers often imply that the only way to stop "them" is with violence. We should consider the possibility that he is telling us the truth. The Rothschilds, Oppenheimers, Chertoffs, and everybody else in this Zionist crime network may never give up. We may have to kill all of them." See: http://www.iamthewitness.com/Battle-Plan.html I would hope that Eric Hufschmid would have the intelligence and common sense not to say such things. Doesn't he realize what he asking for by saying such things? Perhaps Eric should read what happened to Matt Hale. He has been imprisoned for 40 years for simply being the inspiration for a killer of a judge's family in Chicago. This language could easily be seen as "hate speech" or inciting violence. With comments like these Hufschmid and Smith are going out on very thin ice - legally. This is nowhere I would want to go. I would strongly urge them to remove such comments and stick to the moral high ground. Such violent language marginalizes them - and their message. Don't they see that? Hufschmid urges me to speak on his Internet radio show but I simply cannot and would not want be seen as supporting such calls for violence. I can not associate myself with people who are seen as supporting violence. It is that simple. It is against my nature to promote violence. Furthermore, it is extremely unwise and counter-productive to do so. Has violence solved anything in Palestine and Iraq? Has violence advanced any peace anywhere - ever? Have the Israelis achieved anything with all their killing and weapons? Has the American and British use of force in Iraq brought democracy, peace, or prosperity to that beleagured nation? No, no, no. Armed resistance, on the other hand, such as that of the Hezbollah in south Lebanon, is the legally and morally justified resistance to an armed invasion. The Intifadah of Palestine is fully justified as the legal resistance to the illegal occupation of Palestinian land. These resistance movements are defensive, essential, and legal and I certainly would not condemn them.
Why Are Honest 9-11 Researchers Targeted?
By Christopher Bollyn I am an independent journalist who has investigated the events of 9/11 since that terrible day in which our lives and national political reality were so drastically changed. My original 9/11 research and articles have resulted in several discoveries that are central to understanding what really happened at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the reclaimed mine in Lambertsville, Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, because my discoveries do not support the official government conspiracy version, I was branded an "anti-government conspiracy theorist" by those who refuse to consider any evidence that contradicts or challenges the official version. Last August 15, a gang of three undercover cops came to my house and brutally assaulted me during an unjustified arrest. I was TASERed while handcuffed and restrained by two men and my right elbow was broken in front of my wife and 8-year-old daughter. My research and writings had long made me a target of those who are dedicated to promoting the lies about 9/11. The vicious smears of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and others of their ilk clearly contributed to the malice I am being subjected to. The ADL attacks against me for my 9/11 research began in November 2001. Naturally, the brutal police assault (and the subsequent malicious prosecution) has taken a heavy toll on me and my family. That night, I was thrown into a cell with no water and told to "drink from the toilet." Although I had been torturously TASERed while restrained in handcuffs and held down by two men and my elbow had been fractured – no medical attention was given to me the entire time I was held by the Hoffman Estates police, despite a promise from the sergeant on duty. When I asked why undercover cops with body armor had been prowling around my house for two nights in a row, the arresting officer replied in a spiteful tone – "We are watching you." Where did the very obvious malice of the Hoffman Estates Police Department come from? This is the question I have been asking since last August 15. What had I done to deserve this treatment from the local police? What had they been told about me? I was subsequently charged with two trumped-up misdemeanor charges and immediately became the subject of a well-orchestrated international campaign to discredit me – and by extension my writings and research. Who was controlling the hidden hand behind this campaign? Three weeks after I was assaulted and TASERed, the ADL (founded in Chicago in 1913) came out with a national press release in which I was described as "a writer for the conspiracy-oriented newspaper" that disseminated "anti-Semitic propaganda." Click here to read more about it. Israel's two biggest newspapers followed suit, one calling me "one of the more prolific conspiracists" and charging me with "blood libel." I now face a jury trial on May 31st in the Cook County Circuit Court and would appreciate if you would contact the mayor and police chief of Hoffman Estates and express your concern for what happened to me in this nation that cherishes free speech. In today's America, what happened to me could happen to anyone. For that reason this matter needs to be addressed by concerned citizens. The contact information is available here: http://www.bollyn.com/index/?id=10451 Three weeks after I was assaulted and arrested, 9/11 researcher Professor Steven E. Jones of Brigham Young University was slandered on the local NPR affiliate as an "anti-Semite" and removed from his teaching position at that prestigious Mormon school in Provo, Utah. Jones and I had collaborated in the spring of 2006 on his research into the molten metal seen at the World Trade Center. I had learned and reported about the molten iron found in the basements of the three collapsed towers in the summer of 2002. These reports had piqued the interest of Jones several years later. His scientific interest resulted in a thesis that Thermite-type cutter charges had been used to facilitate the destruction of the twin towers and the 47-story WTC 7. I took Jones' research to the University of California at Davis where I met with Professor Thomas Cahill. Cahill had collected data and analyzed the particles of the smoke (with a Davis DRUM) that rose from the WTC debris pile from early October until Christmas 2001. The extraordinary abundance of nano-size particles in the bluish smoke indicated that the molten metal beneath the towers was hotter than the boiling point of iron and the other metals found in the bluish smoke. This is the kind of evidence that those who support the official version hate. SMEAR-AND-FEAR CAMPAIGN Were the attacks on me and Professor Jones related? Were we attacked, slandered, and discredited because we were asking too many questions about 9/11? In her recent article, "War and the Police State: Complicity of the American People," Donna J. Thorne wrote, "Fearing exposure, the Czars of Propaganda know that 'Truthers' must be branded and discredited if government corruption and corporate fraud is to flourish unabated." "Fear attempts to silence dissenters," Thorne wrote. "As the Truth Movement gains momentum and amasses credibility, the fear profiteers have begun heralding yet another 'threat' to National Security - inquiring minds. This is both good news and bad news. We are no longer ignorable. Fearing exposure, the Czars of Propaganda know that 'Truthers' must be branded and discredited if government corruption and corporate fraud is to flourish unabated. This said, prepare for an intensified Smear-and-Fear Campaign. Any group or individual who vocally questions the official story of 9/11 or who exercises the right to demand Government accountability will be labeled 'Anti-American and Anti-Patriotic.'" As a nation of free men and women – will we allow this? Will we stand up for the Truth - or will we quietly submit to the lies?  Chris Bollyn and Prof. Jones in BYU Photo courtesy of Helje Kaskel See also:
The Bollyn Trial - Truth Telling vs. Plea Bargain
4 May 2007 A Lebanese Druze friend of mine told me that the lie is the mother of all sins because the lie allows all other sins and crimes to be committed. To be falsely accused of crimes and forced to defend oneself against false testimony in court is a very challenging and stressful position for anyone. Seeing how the evidence that could exonerate me has been destroyed or withheld and how my accusers have crafted lies to use against me, I often feel quite discouraged and depressed about trying to fight for the truth in a trial. The process is extremely costly and stressful, as I now realize, and something most people are simply unable or unwilling to go through. Most criminal cases in the United States are settled in a compromise plea bargain in which the defendant accepts some guilt and a reduced penalty even if he or she is completely innocent. I don't want to accept a plea bargain because I am innocent - all I did was call 911 for help. I know that I did not assault, or intend to assault anyone when I was unexpectedly tackled and TASERed by plainclothed men in body armor in my front yard. There was no arrest prior to their assault and there was no resistance when they pinned me down and TASERed me. I did not commit the crimes I am accused of: aggravated assault and resisting a peace officer. While I am accused of resisting a peace officer, the men who came to my house were not uniformed and did not identify themselves to me as Hoffman Estates police working undercover. They were loitering around in an unmarked car. When I see the wall of lies I am facing, I often feel that it is quite hopeless to try and fight these charges. I know that I have many supporters who want me to succeed in this case and who have donated to help in this effort. I am very grateful for their support and know that without them I could not challenge these trumped-up charges. But doubts and gnawing fears are never far away and I often ask myself if it is really worth the struggle. As Epictetus said: "It is not death or hardship that is a fearful thing, but the fear of death and hardship." Today, I received a most inspiring letter from a supporter who tells me why I must fight these charges. This letter gives me substantial spiritual encouragement in this legal battle I face. While the letter is addressed to me, its universal message is for anyone who is forced, as I am, to defend him or herself against false accusations. * * * * * * * *
St. John the Baptist by Leonardo - The Louvre How You Can HelpHere is what you can do to help Christopher Bollyn win his case:You can protest against the Destruction and Withholding of Evidence and demand that the prosecution and the judge would drop the charges. It would be worthwhile to call to the numbers clicking on the link below and complain about the unprofessional way the HEPD handled journalist Christopher Bollyn's 911 call by sending the undercover officers to return the "suspicious vehicle call", escalating the situation, breaking his elbow, using excessive force and a TASER gun, and charging the person who called for help with two criminal charges. Protesting against the police brutality will bring along police accountability. Thank you for your help. http://www.bollyn.com/index/?id=10033 HOME
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