FBI Misconduct - Pine Ridge "Reign of Terror" & Leonard Peltier
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On November 20, 2003, a congressional report accused federal officials in Boston and Washington, DC, of inflicting incalculable damage on the public by protecting murderous government informants over the last 38 years.
The House Committee on Government Reform (HCGR) detailed misconduct by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and their supervisors (right up to former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover), in the 1965 murder of Edward Teddy Deegan. This is a case in which the FBI cultivated a Mafia hit man as a star informant and then government witness, and watched silently as he falsely accused four men of the murder.
Internal FBI documents show that FBI agents and their supervisors knew the identities of the real killers all along. Federal officials also took affirmative steps to make sure that the four innocent men convicted in the Deegan case would not obtain post-conviction relief and that they would die in prison. Two of the men DID die in prison.
There have been no adverse consequences for the law enforcement officials who permitted these atrocities to occur.
Is the Government Reform Committee really surprised by the outcome of their investigation? Are you, Congressmen?
For decades claims of official misconduct have been levied against the FBI by U.S. citizens, but Congress has turned a blind eye to such charges for the most part.
For nearly 30 years, for example, Congress steeped in denial and fully believing the myth that has grown up around the FBI, i.e., that of premier law enforcement agency, protector of American rights, and defender of the U.S. Constitution has failed to fully investigate the Reign of Terror on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota during the 1970s. It also has failed to investigate the now documented FBI misconduct in the case of American Indian activist Leonard Peltier.
I know the Deegan case isnt an isolated incident. The case only provides additional proof of what many people Leonard Peltier among them already know from bitter experience. The FBI is plagued with a top-down malady characterized by thinking itself above the law, having no concern for justice, and desiring to squash all dissent. The U.S. Constitution is meaningless to an agency that now, as before, thinks the end justifies the means.
The HCGR said the Committee's report should spur a wider investigation. Yes, a wider investigation is indicated. Not just the misuse of informants but ALL FBI misconduct must be uncovered and the responsible parties held accountable.
Im counting on you to seek out and expose the truth. Any official investigation of FBI misconduct MUST include the Reign of Terror on Pine Ridge and the Peltier case where the government has been shown to have: violated international law by using a false affidavit from an incompetent witness to obtain Leonards extradition from Canada; withheld critical evidence; fabricated other evidence; intimidated witnesses; hand-picked the trial judge; and prejudiced the jury against the American Indian Movement, in general, and Leonard Peltier, in particular. This was all to ensure that Leonard Peltier, an innocent man, would pay the collective price for the deaths of two FBI agents in 1975. It was and continues to be an act of vengeance only and a shameful perversion of our Constitution.
This is a simple matter of justice, Congressmen. I want it. I want it now. Conduct a full investigation into the FBI misconduct on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and the case of Leonard Peltier. Do it now.
The House Committee on Government Reform (HCGR) detailed misconduct by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and their supervisors (right up to former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover), in the 1965 murder of Edward Teddy Deegan. This is a case in which the FBI cultivated a Mafia hit man as a star informant and then government witness, and watched silently as he falsely accused four men of the murder.
Internal FBI documents show that FBI agents and their supervisors knew the identities of the real killers all along. Federal officials also took affirmative steps to make sure that the four innocent men convicted in the Deegan case would not obtain post-conviction relief and that they would die in prison. Two of the men DID die in prison.
There have been no adverse consequences for the law enforcement officials who permitted these atrocities to occur.
Is the Government Reform Committee really surprised by the outcome of their investigation? Are you, Congressmen?
For decades claims of official misconduct have been levied against the FBI by U.S. citizens, but Congress has turned a blind eye to such charges for the most part.
For nearly 30 years, for example, Congress steeped in denial and fully believing the myth that has grown up around the FBI, i.e., that of premier law enforcement agency, protector of American rights, and defender of the U.S. Constitution has failed to fully investigate the Reign of Terror on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota during the 1970s. It also has failed to investigate the now documented FBI misconduct in the case of American Indian activist Leonard Peltier.
I know the Deegan case isnt an isolated incident. The case only provides additional proof of what many people Leonard Peltier among them already know from bitter experience. The FBI is plagued with a top-down malady characterized by thinking itself above the law, having no concern for justice, and desiring to squash all dissent. The U.S. Constitution is meaningless to an agency that now, as before, thinks the end justifies the means.
The HCGR said the Committee's report should spur a wider investigation. Yes, a wider investigation is indicated. Not just the misuse of informants but ALL FBI misconduct must be uncovered and the responsible parties held accountable.
Im counting on you to seek out and expose the truth. Any official investigation of FBI misconduct MUST include the Reign of Terror on Pine Ridge and the Peltier case where the government has been shown to have: violated international law by using a false affidavit from an incompetent witness to obtain Leonards extradition from Canada; withheld critical evidence; fabricated other evidence; intimidated witnesses; hand-picked the trial judge; and prejudiced the jury against the American Indian Movement, in general, and Leonard Peltier, in particular. This was all to ensure that Leonard Peltier, an innocent man, would pay the collective price for the deaths of two FBI agents in 1975. It was and continues to be an act of vengeance only and a shameful perversion of our Constitution.
This is a simple matter of justice, Congressmen. I want it. I want it now. Conduct a full investigation into the FBI misconduct on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and the case of Leonard Peltier. Do it now.
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Erin O
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- U.S.A
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- The FBIs actions of repression and cruelty must be stopped, they are simply the SS with a different name. This is not what America is about and no human should stand for such clear disregard for human right.
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juan
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Peter N
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- AIM
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Katherine P
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- Portland, OR
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- United States
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William Eagle T
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- Salt Lake City, Utah
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- USA
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- Free Leonard Peltier!!!!
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Jesse D
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- Fallon,Nevada
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- United States of America
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- It is Past DUE for Leonard to be set free and the responsible ones (FBI) be held accountable !!!!
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Timothy woothtakewahbitty 4/4 comanche n
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- US.
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- ONE NATION [oyate] let freedom be.
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jo-ellen s
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- chicago, il.
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- usa
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- unbelievable he's still locked up, enough already, free Leonard
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Shane S
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- Hillsboro
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- United States
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Lindsey
- City, State
- Dothan, Alabama
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- USA
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- I cannot believe the things I have read about this case. How is it that anybody with a conscience or even part of a fraction of something anywhere close to resembling morality could stand back and watch an innocent man's life be taken away from him, his family, his friends, and his people simply because he refuses to "admit" that he had any part of the murders. Everyone knows he is innocent. This is wrong, and it is evil. I am ashamed of this country and of anyone who reads this and turns away like so many others before.
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Diana
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- Traverse City, MI
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- United States
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- Free him. who has suffered forthe mistakes thathe did not make
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carol w
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- muncie In.
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- usa
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- this has gone on long enough. He has life outside the walls the government has given. Let him go.......Time has passed, He has a home with his peoples, the Red Nation. Free Him!!!!!!! Hocka Hey!!!!!!!!!He has served enough time for all native americans.!!!!!!
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Gladys C
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- Phoenix, Arizona
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- United States
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Ray
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- Topeka, Kansas
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- U.S.A.
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- the real criminals are still free ---FREE LEONARD PELTIER
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Angela V
- City, State
- Chattanooga, Tn
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- USA
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- It is a travesy of justice that such a thing could happen in this country and nothing be done in this length of time. People were murdered senselessly and the people responsible should be held accountable for their actions.
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Rachel H
- City, State
- Raleigh, NC
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- US
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William M
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- Oklahoma City, OK
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- Oklahoma
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William C
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- Osseo, WI
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- US
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Nadine B
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- CANADA
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- our true mother, underfoot.
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Many Flower's S
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- Milwaukee.Wis
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- USA
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- It is time that our bother has his freedrom.for its long over due.he did not do any thing wrong to here in the frist place.
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Eugene C
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- Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- USA
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William A
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- Suquamish Washington
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- Kitsap
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Joseph M
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- Boulder, Colorado
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- USA
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Andrew W
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- Johnstown, Pennsylvania
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- United States of America
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raven
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- tombstone arizona
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scott s
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- u.s.a
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AndrŠ¹
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- Tubize
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- Belgique
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- que justice soit rendue
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Dale W. O
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- 3027 Roxborough Pk. West Valley City, UT 84119
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- USA
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- It is time to let this man live out his life in peace. He has comitted no crime but that of defending his people.
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steve d s
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- rapid city sd
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- united states
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- stop the corruption and stand up to injustice
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chauvry meunier c
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- lierval
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- france
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- c'est tout simplement honteux je n'ai pas les mots pour definir cela force a vous
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Michael Sierra S
- City, State
- Sisseton SD
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- US
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- Mr. X died now, people know he's innocent.
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Major I
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- Tacoma, Washington
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- United States of America
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Clayton G
- City, State
- Mableton GA
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- USA
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- Free Leonard Peltier!!!!
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Rebecca J
- City, State
- Pittsburg, KS
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- USA
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Tia H
- City, State
- Portales, New Mexico
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- United States of America
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- The ignorance of new, practical evidence is UNCONSTITUTIONAL!!!!
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