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
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   On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 10:44 AM, Bethany <[1]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
     ([2]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 [3]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:
   >
   >
   [4]http://news.nationalpost.com/matt-dehart-claims-hes-wanted-for-worki
   ng-with-anonymous
   >
   > [5]http://www.buzzfeed.com/davidkushner/matt-dehart#.econ0L3bE
   >
   > [6]https://mattdehart.com/matts-story/
   >

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References

   1. mailto:groundhog593@riseup.net
   2. http://europe.newsweek.com/porn-run-327532?rm=eu
   3. https://revolution-news.com/
   4. http://news.nationalpost.com/matt-dehart-claims-hes-wanted-for-working-with-anonymous
   5. http://www.buzzfeed.com/davidkushner/matt-dehart#.econ0L3bE
   6. https://mattdehart.com/matts-story/
   7. mailto:carimachet@gmail.com
   8. https://twitter.com/carimachet