Fwd: [NATURAL_DEFENCE] SECRET U.S.A. TORTURE NETWORK

grarpamp grarpamp at gmail.com
Tue Dec 13 01:05:09 PST 2016


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From: ECOTERRA Intl. <office at ecoterra-international.org>
Date: Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 12:03 AM
Subject: [NATURAL_DEFENCE] SECRET U.S.A. TORTURE NETWORK
To: MAILHUB <mailhub at ecoterra.net>


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NEW REPORT TO U.N. SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
BLASTS SECRET U.S.A. TORTURE NETWORK

LAKE ARROWHEAD, CA. 12 December 2016: A ground-breaking report just
released to the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture by the activist
organization ITHACA reveals the existence of a massive, secret
imprisonment and torture system that targets tens of thousands of
Americans each year. Some have estimated it yields annual profits
upwards of $40-billion annually to the perpetrators. (1)

The report contains affidavits of some 90 individuals documenting
violations of the 1984 United Nations Convention Against Torture,
including isolation, contraindicated forced drugging, starvation,
medical neglect, intimidation, coercion, unnecessary/inappropriate
medical procedures, and physical and mental abuse. The victims are not
charged or convicted of any crime and are often denied legal
representation.

“Our report, Adult Guardianships as a Form of Torture in the United
States, uncovers something far worse--owing to its scope and extent--
than the secret network of CIA prisons revealed last year by the U.S.
Senate Intelligence Committee,” comments ITHACA spokeswoman Janet
Phelan.

“These victims are not terror suspects. They are ordinary US citizens
who fell into a system which is geared towards fleecing their assets,
with no regard for their well being.”

Unlike the overseas “black sites” of the USA, the ITHACA report points
out, the domestic torture system barely reaches the public
consciousness because it is protected by a fearsome network of judges,
attorneys and other court officers, court-appointed guardians, law
enforcement, APS social workers, psychologists and medical personnel.
Some of the so-called care facilities are little more than prisons
that isolate vulnerable seniors from their loved ones—often from all
outside contact.

Then the victims are “treated” while their finances are drained in a
variety of ways, sometimes through documents they are coerced through
a variety of “ways” to sign. Once their finances are sufficiently
depleted, death often follows swiftly. And the evidence is frequently
quickly destroyed by cremation before loved ones have a chance to see
the body or get an autopsy.

Those fighting to defend their loved ones - and sometimes lawyers or
others who make the mistake of trying to help - also face retaliation,
detailed in the ITHACA report. This can include disbarment for
attorneys and loss of licenses for medical and other professionals. In
some cases, families are ruined by legal costs trying to save a loved
one trapped in the system.

One account details an impoverished woman with a disabled husband
threatened with $9000 in legal fees for objecting to a court-appointed
guardian who was issued letters of guardianship, in violation of state
law, listing false credentials. This threat was used to force her to
drop the objection. Others grow sick from the hopeless struggle and
die of heart attacks or other illness—sometimes under suspicious
circumstances. Still others face legal harassment and are forced to
leave the country. As detailed in the report, some have faced jail or
prison.

The ITHACA report points out a major loophole for potential torturers.
There is little hope from the higher courts, despite the fact that
many victims and their loved ones should be protected by the Americans
With Disabilities Act (ADA), states the report:

“The US Supreme Court has taken a position concerning guardianship and
probate matters. Known as “the probate exception,” this essentially
removes the Supreme Court from any necessity on issuing decisions in
matters arising in state probate courts. The difficulty in finding
remedies to exhaust is enhanced by the tendencies of probate courts to
issue gag orders and restraining orders against litigants, which may
bar them from exercising their legal rights to make further reports or
otherwise engage justice agencies.”

That’s right. The ITHACA report reveals to the U.N. Special Rapporteur
that the USAmerican legal system is complicit in this alleged
wholesale looting and torture of seniors. The local courts have the
power—and use the power—to seal records containing damning evidence,
have photographs proving potential torture destroyed, issue gag orders
to relatives and witnesses, and issue various restraining orders that
prevent the exposure of  cross violations of the U.N. Convention on
Torture by the USA.

[END]

NOTE TO REPORTERS:
The complete report and attachments are available from ITHACA, P.O.
Box 50, PMB 207, Lake Arrowhead, CA 92352, Tel.: (541) 708-3534.

(1) Estimate on pg. 53 of “Guardianship: How Judges and Lawyers Steal
Your Money,” by M. Larsen, Copyright 2015, M. Larsen. ISBN No.:
0692586210.


MEDIA CONTACT:
Janet Phelan, Co-chair
ITHACA
e-mail: janet_c_phelan[AT]yahoo.com>
phone: +1 (541) 708-3534

RELATED:
To publish research findings like the above soon might be banned in the USA
see: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-10/senate-quietly-passes-countering-disinformation-and-propaganda-act

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