I will be covering Courage beneficiary Matt DeHart's sentencing Monday in Nashville for https://revolution-news.com/ (@NewsRevo on Twitter). Can anyone suggest questions for his defense team, for his parents (assuming they're not too distraught), for the prosecutors (who will say no comment)? I would be asking these immediately after the sentencing. Here's info on his case: http://news.nationalpost.com/matt-dehart-claims-hes-wanted-for-working-with-... http://www.buzzfeed.com/davidkushner/matt-dehart#.econ0L3bE https://mattdehart.com/matts-story/
Oh, damn, Douglas, I'm so glad you are going to be there. I have some knowledge about this case, having written about parts of it for Newsweek Magazine in the past (http://europe.newsweek.com/porn-run-327532?rm=eu -- sorry about the paywall -- I believe I own the copyright now, I think it reverted to me after 90 days of publication -- so anyone can feel free to re-print the text of this one and make it more available any way they want). I'm living in Berlin this year and can't make it to the trial, but if you need any assistance I can do from a distance, please get in touch. I have a keen interest in spreading more knowledge about this case. Questions I'd ask his defense team, if I were there: Has your client received a fair offer from the prosecution? Did the prosecution ever address DeHart's allegations of torture in FBI custody? Has the judge made any ruling or evaluation of those claims of torture? If DeHart is pleading guilty for failure to appear, should he not receive credit for time served in immigration detention in Canada? At the dismissal hearing, why did your team not cite the 2012 case of vindictive prosecution in that same federal district, against your same prosecutor, which resulted in charges being dismissed? What will the rest of Matt DeHart's life look like, after this case? For his parents (who are lovely people, and will try to help you to the best of their abilities): How has standing up for your son changed your lives? What did you grow up believing about American values and law enforcement? What do you believe now? Has your son's experience made you activists? What do you feel are your key causes? For the prosecutors: Why the years' long persecution, the violent interrogations, the seizure of property and threats against family, to take a plea that essentially amounts to receiving CP from a teenager who took a selfie, (I didn't even know one could be charged with a crime for the text messages one merely received these days!), and fleeing the jurisdiction, which is a new charge stemming from the defendants actions taken after the aggressive persecution began, and the alleged torture? Doesn't that kind of make you look like an incompetent prosecutor? Do you think that DeHart deserves seven years in prison and ten years on the sex registry and living without a passport and with a criminal record, do you think that is proportional to what you are now saying happened? Good luck at the hearing, I hope it goes as well as it can possibly go, which is: it's going to be terrible. My heart breaks for this family every time I think of what they have gone through. -Bethany Horne On 20/02/16 09:40 AM, Douglas Lucas wrote:
I will be covering Courage beneficiary Matt DeHart's sentencing Monday in Nashville for https://revolution-news.com/ (@NewsRevo on Twitter).
Can anyone suggest questions for his defense team, for his parents (assuming they're not too distraught), for the prosecutors (who will say no comment)? I would be asking these immediately after the sentencing.
Here's info on his case:
http://news.nationalpost.com/matt-dehart-claims-hes-wanted-for-working-with-...
does the family see an outlet/standing to sue the prosecutor or the state or FBI ???? i just watched the gibney film on scientology and i have so many times looked for ways to counter the state within this kind of action in gibneys film it states that the IRS was effectively sued into granting the "church" of scientology tax free status - which meant life or death for scientology as they owed tons of money in back taxes On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 10:44 AM, Bethany <groundhog593@riseup.net> wrote:
Oh, damn, Douglas, I'm so glad you are going to be there.
I have some knowledge about this case, having written about parts of it for Newsweek Magazine in the past (http://europe.newsweek.com/porn-run-327532?rm=eu -- sorry about the paywall -- I believe I own the copyright now, I think it reverted to me after 90 days of publication -- so anyone can feel free to re-print the text of this one and make it more available any way they want).
I'm living in Berlin this year and can't make it to the trial, but if you need any assistance I can do from a distance, please get in touch. I have a keen interest in spreading more knowledge about this case.
Questions I'd ask his defense team, if I were there:
Has your client received a fair offer from the prosecution? Did the prosecution ever address DeHart's allegations of torture in FBI custody? Has the judge made any ruling or evaluation of those claims of torture? If DeHart is pleading guilty for failure to appear, should he not receive credit for time served in immigration detention in Canada? At the dismissal hearing, why did your team not cite the 2012 case of vindictive prosecution in that same federal district, against your same prosecutor, which resulted in charges being dismissed? What will the rest of Matt DeHart's life look like, after this case?
For his parents (who are lovely people, and will try to help you to the best of their abilities): How has standing up for your son changed your lives? What did you grow up believing about American values and law enforcement? What do you believe now? Has your son's experience made you activists? What do you feel are your key causes?
For the prosecutors: Why the years' long persecution, the violent interrogations, the seizure of property and threats against family, to take a plea that essentially amounts to receiving CP from a teenager who took a selfie, (I didn't even know one could be charged with a crime for the text messages one merely received these days!), and fleeing the jurisdiction, which is a new charge stemming from the defendants actions taken after the aggressive persecution began, and the alleged torture? Doesn't that kind of make you look like an incompetent prosecutor? Do you think that DeHart deserves seven years in prison and ten years on the sex registry and living without a passport and with a criminal record, do you think that is proportional to what you are now saying happened?
Good luck at the hearing, I hope it goes as well as it can possibly go, which is: it's going to be terrible.
My heart breaks for this family every time I think of what they have gone through.
-Bethany Horne
On 20/02/16 09:40 AM, Douglas Lucas wrote:
I will be covering Courage beneficiary Matt DeHart's sentencing Monday in Nashville for https://revolution-news.com/ (@NewsRevo on Twitter).
Can anyone suggest questions for his defense team, for his parents (assuming they're not too distraught), for the prosecutors (who will say no comment)? I would be asking these immediately after the sentencing.
Here's info on his case:
http://news.nationalpost.com/matt-dehart-claims-hes-wanted-for-working-with-...
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So here's my article on DeHart's sentencing yesterday: https://revolution-news.com/anonymous-activist-matt-dehart-sentenced-to-7-5-... Thanks everyone, especially Bethany, for the input on this and/or Hacking Team. On 02/20/2016 03:44 AM, Bethany wrote:
Oh, damn, Douglas, I'm so glad you are going to be there.
I have some knowledge about this case, having written about parts of it for Newsweek Magazine in the past (http://europe.newsweek.com/porn-run-327532?rm=eu -- sorry about the paywall -- I believe I own the copyright now, I think it reverted to me after 90 days of publication -- so anyone can feel free to re-print the text of this one and make it more available any way they want).
I'm living in Berlin this year and can't make it to the trial, but if you need any assistance I can do from a distance, please get in touch. I have a keen interest in spreading more knowledge about this case.
Questions I'd ask his defense team, if I were there:
Has your client received a fair offer from the prosecution? Did the prosecution ever address DeHart's allegations of torture in FBI custody? Has the judge made any ruling or evaluation of those claims of torture? If DeHart is pleading guilty for failure to appear, should he not receive credit for time served in immigration detention in Canada? At the dismissal hearing, why did your team not cite the 2012 case of vindictive prosecution in that same federal district, against your same prosecutor, which resulted in charges being dismissed? What will the rest of Matt DeHart's life look like, after this case?
For his parents (who are lovely people, and will try to help you to the best of their abilities): How has standing up for your son changed your lives? What did you grow up believing about American values and law enforcement? What do you believe now? Has your son's experience made you activists? What do you feel are your key causes?
For the prosecutors: Why the years' long persecution, the violent interrogations, the seizure of property and threats against family, to take a plea that essentially amounts to receiving CP from a teenager who took a selfie, (I didn't even know one could be charged with a crime for the text messages one merely received these days!), and fleeing the jurisdiction, which is a new charge stemming from the defendants actions taken after the aggressive persecution began, and the alleged torture? Doesn't that kind of make you look like an incompetent prosecutor? Do you think that DeHart deserves seven years in prison and ten years on the sex registry and living without a passport and with a criminal record, do you think that is proportional to what you are now saying happened?
Good luck at the hearing, I hope it goes as well as it can possibly go, which is: it's going to be terrible.
My heart breaks for this family every time I think of what they have gone through.
-Bethany Horne
On 20/02/16 09:40 AM, Douglas Lucas wrote:
I will be covering Courage beneficiary Matt DeHart's sentencing Monday in Nashville for https://revolution-news.com/ (@NewsRevo on Twitter).
Can anyone suggest questions for his defense team, for his parents (assuming they're not too distraught), for the prosecutors (who will say no comment)? I would be asking these immediately after the sentencing.
Here's info on his case:
http://news.nationalpost.com/matt-dehart-claims-hes-wanted-for-working-with-...
On Tue, 23 Feb 2016 20:35:48 -0600 Douglas Lucas <dal@riseup.net> wrote:
So here's my article on DeHart's sentencing yesterday:
https://revolution-news.com/anonymous-activist-matt-dehart-sentenced-to-7-5-...
"pleading guilty to two counts of receipt of child pornography" Such a 'crime' can only exist in a christian shithole like 'amerika'. Then again, looks like sex is one of the best tools that government can use to maniputale their flock of puritan sheep.
On 2/24/16, Douglas Lucas <dal@riseup.net> wrote:
So here's my article on DeHart's sentencing yesterday:
https://revolution-news.com/anonymous-activist-matt-dehart-sentenced-to-7-5-...
this is wonderful reporting; thank you Douglas! some links referenced are dead? unable to retrieve: https://mattdehart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/227145011-Matt-DeHart-East... the OIG report on mind-altering drugs used during interrogations is indeed informative! http://www.dodig.mil/foia/ERR/09-INTEL-13_Redacted.pdf ''' All seemed well until the morning of August 6, 2010, when the veteran, needing to process his student visa, crossed back into the United States. He handed over his passport at the border patrol office at the Calais, Maine port of entry and, according to an FBI report, was detained by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement for “questioning in an espionage matter.” That very day—timing too exact to be coincidental—Detective Kniss filed a criminal complaint against DeHart in Tennessee for the child porn investigation, nearly two whole years after the alleged conduct. FBI agents took DeHart from the border station to a windowless examination room. According to the veteran, he was pushed into what looked like a dentist’s chair and administered a forced IV that made him feel drugged—an interrogation technique practiced at Guantanamo. About 20 minutes later, he was taken to a conference area and interrogated by the FBI, his requests for a lawyer denied. Using the new child porn filing as leverage—DeHart says an agent told him the bureau knew he was not guilty in that matter—the FBI extracted a forced confession that interpreted the embassy visits as attempts to sell military secrets in an arrangement involving other soldiers from the Indiana base. In DeHart’s telling, he was also questioned about Anonymous and WikiLeaks. The agents ultimately arrested him on the child porn charges and deposited him in a Bangor jail, where he collapsed. An ambulance took him to Eastern Maine Medical Center; there a medical report was made that called him “paranoid and delusional with an idea of the FBI monitoring him and accusing him of espionage.” The ER personnel released DeHart into the FBI’s hands. Agents then interrogated him for two weeks without counsel present, interviews the FBI acknowledges but the reports for which remain classified. At one point, DeHart claims, he was hooded and tasered. The bureau also acquired his “consent” to take over his online aliases; the defendant would later warn through the National Post that “They are becoming you on the Internet—specifically for the purpose of going after Anonymous.” During one of his court appearances in this time frame, Judge Margaret Kravchuk raised questions about the case, calling it “odd,” but nevertheless ordered DeHart sent to Nashville for pre-trial detention. ''' - ... still at a loss for words
On 2/24/16, coderman <coderman@gmail.com> wrote:
On 2/24/16, Douglas Lucas <dal@riseup.net> wrote:
So here's my article on DeHart's sentencing yesterday:
https://revolution-news.com/anonymous-activist-matt-dehart-sentenced-to-7-5-...
this is wonderful reporting; thank you Douglas!
some links referenced are dead? unable to retrieve: https://mattdehart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/227145011-Matt-DeHart-East...
the OIG report on mind-altering drugs used during interrogations is indeed informative! http://www.dodig.mil/foia/ERR/09-INTEL-13_Redacted.pdf
''' All seemed well until the morning of August 6, 2010, when the veteran, needing to process his student visa, crossed back into the United States. He handed over his passport at the border patrol office at the Calais, Maine port of entry and, according to an FBI report, was detained by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement for “questioning in an espionage matter.” That very day—timing too exact to be coincidental—Detective Kniss filed a criminal complaint against DeHart in Tennessee for the child porn investigation, nearly two whole years after the alleged conduct. FBI agents took DeHart from the border station to a windowless examination room. According to the veteran, he was pushed into what looked like a dentist’s chair and administered a forced IV that made him feel drugged—an interrogation technique practiced at Guantanamo. About 20 minutes later, he was taken to a conference area and interrogated by the FBI, his requests for a lawyer denied. Using the new child porn filing as leverage—DeHart says an agent told him the bureau knew he was not guilty in that matter—the FBI extracted a forced confession that interpreted the embassy visits as attempts to sell military secrets in an arrangement involving other soldiers from the Indiana base. In DeHart’s telling, he was also questioned about Anonymous and WikiLeaks. The agents ultimately arrested him on the child porn charges and deposited him in a Bangor jail, where he collapsed. An ambulance took him to Eastern Maine Medical Center; there a medical report was made that called him “paranoid and delusional with an idea of the FBI monitoring him and accusing him of espionage.” The ER personnel released DeHart into the FBI’s hands. Agents then interrogated him for two weeks without counsel present, interviews the FBI acknowledges but the reports for which remain classified. At one point, DeHart claims, he was hooded and tasered. The bureau also acquired his “consent” to take over his online aliases; the defendant would later warn through the National Post that “They are becoming you on the Internet—specifically for the purpose of going after Anonymous.” During one of his court appearances in this time frame, Judge Margaret Kravchuk raised questions about the case, calling it “odd,” but nevertheless ordered DeHart sent to Nashville for pre-trial detention. '''
- ... still at a loss for words
America, this is you. By not standing/ opposing, you acquiesce to the despotism, facilitating the perpetuation of such evil.
On 2/20/16, Douglas Lucas <dal@riseup.net> wrote:
I will be covering Courage beneficiary Matt DeHart's sentencing Monday in Nashville for https://revolution-news.com/ (@NewsRevo on Twitter).
Can anyone suggest questions for his defense team, for his parents (assuming they're not too distraught), for the prosecutors (who will say no comment)? I would be asking these immediately after the sentencing.
hello Douglas! i'm trying to find out what they drugged Matt with during interrogations near the border. i filed a FOIA to get an inventory of medical supplies used at the customs and border protection facility, which was rejected. i'll be starting more targeted inquiries soon, but any additional information about this event might be helpful. thank you for attending the sentencing! best regards,
What were the grounds for rejection? Is the rejection document publicly available? (e.g. on MuckRock/) Thanks! On 2016-02-21 18:20, coderman wrote:
On 2/20/16, Douglas Lucas <dal@riseup.net> wrote:
I will be covering Courage beneficiary Matt DeHart's sentencing Monday in Nashville for https://revolution-news.com/ (@NewsRevo on Twitter).
Can anyone suggest questions for his defense team, for his parents (assuming they're not too distraught), for the prosecutors (who will say no comment)? I would be asking these immediately after the sentencing.
hello Douglas!
i'm trying to find out what they drugged Matt with during interrogations near the border. i filed a FOIA to get an inventory of medical supplies used at the customs and border protection facility, which was rejected.
i'll be starting more targeted inquiries soon, but any additional information about this event might be helpful.
thank you for attending the sentencing!
best regards,
On 2/22/16, Douglas Lucas <dal@riseup.net> wrote:
What were the grounds for rejection? Is the rejection document publicly available? (e.g. on MuckRock/) Thanks!
to be specific, it was a "no responsive records" which is a creative denial - meaning the FOIA officer intentionally avoided responding to the intent of the request by focusing on a search technicality resulting in zero records. (hence my future FOIA's of a laser guided variety... :) https://www.muckrock.com/foi/united-states-of-america-10/mattmedbadbed-23468... "Inventory of supplies, perishable goods, utilities, and medical instruments used or consumed at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Calais, Maine from 2010 through 2015, inclusive. Medical facilities, equipment, and drugs (provided via pill or IV injection) are of particular interest and specifically requested among materials to search responsive to this request. Thank you!" -> https://www.muckrock.com/foi/united-states-of-america-10/mattmedbadbed-23468... Final Response ... 01/21/2016 best regards,
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