MEDIA RELEASE: Family of alleged Silk Road operator Ross Ulbricht launches legal defense fund

Mike Gogulski mike at gogulski.com
Wed Nov 20 14:40:53 PST 2013


Thanks, Jim. And I've never seen your posts as spam.

Peace,
Mike

On 11/20/2013 10:34 PM, Jim Bell wrote:
> BTW, I'm not accusing this material of being 'spam', the way some of
> my posts on Cypherpunks are being labeled by a few.  In fact, I really
> think this kind of thing should be posted here.
> (cypherpunks at cpunks.org).   But, other than the fact that Silk Road
> used Tor, and thus onion routing, why would my situation and cases be
> any less appropriate of comment than Ulbricht's situation?   I realize
> that there are probably going to be some pro-government shills who
> simply don't like what I did, and some of them have and will continue
> to speak up.  But we should all be willing to pay attention to the
> illegal means with which government(s) promotes its interests. 
> Particularly with Snowden's massively-important disclosures about the
> USG's clearly-illegal surveillance activities, it is quite clear that
> the Federal government has decided to treat these kinds of disputes as
> if they were a 'war', and to use war-like tactics on civilians. 
> I fully expect that similar illegal activities will be used against
> this 'Sanjuro' guy.   Google 'Assassination Market Sanjuro'.
>         Jim Bell  (Veteran and one of the first POW's of the Crypto War)
>
>
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> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 20, 2013 1:01 PM
> *Subject:* MEDIA RELEASE: Family of alleged Silk Road operator Ross
> Ulbricht launches legal defense fund
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> Defense Fund Launched for Ross Ulbricht, Accused Silk Road Marketplace
> Operator
>
> New York, NY, November 20, 2013 – The family of the man accused by the
> US government of operating the Silk Road online marketplace has
> launched a fund for donations to their son's legal defense.
>
> Ross Ulbricht, 29, was arrested on October 1st and charged with
> creating and operating the web marketplace Silk Road, under the
> pseudonym “Dread Pirate Roberts”. The allegations include a variety of
> conspiracies, including narcotics trafficking, computer hacking and
> money laundering, as well as planned acts of violence. Ulbricht denied
> all charges in federal court in San Francisco in October. He will
> appear at a bail hearing at the United States District Court, Southern
> District of New York at 11:00 am EST on Thursday, November 21.
>
> On their website, the Ulbricht family states: “Our goal is to provide
> Ross with what every American citizen is promised: a fair trial. In
> the USA we are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a
> reasonable doubt. We firmly believe in Ross’s innocence and are
> working hard with the best legal team to prove it.”
>
> The family has retained New York-based attorney Joshua L. Dratel to
> defend their son in court. Mr. Dratel stated: “It is crucial that we
> have a level playing field for defending Ross, and that requires
> resources from the communities that support him.”
>
> The Ross Ulbricht Legal Defense Fund LLC is a Wyoming-based
> corporation established by the Ulbricht family. All donations are used
> solely to pay attorney fees, fund accounting fees and ancillary legal
> expenses.
>
> ###
>
> SOURCE: Ross Ulbricht Legal Defense Fund LLC, www.freeross.org
>
> CONTACTS:
>
> Joshua L. Dratel
> Joshua L. Dratel, P.C.
> 29 Broadway, Suite 1412
> New York, New York 10006
> United States of America
> jdratel at joshuadratel.com <mailto:jdratel at joshuadratel.com>
> Office: +1 212 732 0707
> Fax: +1 212 571 3792
> www.nycriminallawfirm.com
>
> Ross Ulbricht Legal Defense Fund LLC
> www.freeross.org
> freerossulbricht at gmail.com <mailto:freerossulbricht at gmail.com>
>
>
>


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