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[Shutter]

Today again, rain, rain, rain....got about 2 hours work done.....

[Bruce A. Smith]

Amanda Marks just emailed to say that she thinks the T-Bar segment on the Travel Channel will air in January, 2017.

[Bruce A. Smith]

Colbert's Law Suit

Galen sent his thoughts on Colbert's recent law suit against the FBI.


Check out this story.  I sued the FBI/DOJ in Federal Court in 2004.   Got all the way in front of chief federal judge in Seattle, with motion granted for "in camera" review by the Court.  I used the "dormancy argument," against US DOJ attorneys.  But I lost on the "7(a) Exemption" rule.  The chief federal judge was amused and enjoyed the suit (and the evidence), and even stated as much in his opinion.  After the suit was dismissed, the FBI invited me into their Seattle FO for review of evidence.   Doubt this will happen to Colbert and his attorney, though.  Since all files have been forwarded to WA DC Headquarters, the DOJ will still use the 7(a) exemption standard for "open cases," even though FBI says they officially closed this case.  This is a murky area under FOIA, but I don't think Zaid will prevail.  The FBI doesn't like to be sued by the public.  My later approach towards FBI worked MUCH better and I was invited into their FO.
GC

[georger]

Colbert's Law Suit

Galen sent his thoughts on Colbert's recent law suit against the FBI.


Check out this story.  I sued the FBI/DOJ in Federal Court in 2004.   Got all the way in front of chief federal judge in Seattle, with motion granted for "in camera" review by the Court.  I used the "dormancy argument," against US DOJ attorneys.  But I lost on the "7(a) Exemption" rule.  The chief federal judge was amused and enjoyed the suit (and the evidence), and even stated as much in his opinion.  After the suit was dismissed, the FBI invited me into their Seattle FO for review of evidence.   Doubt this will happen to Colbert and his attorney, though.  Since all files have been forwarded to WA DC Headquarters, the DOJ will still use the 7(a) exemption standard for "open cases," even though FBI says they officially closed this case.  This is a murky area under FOIA, but I don't think Zaid will prevail.  The FBI doesn't like to be sued by the public.  My later approach towards FBI worked MUCH better and I was invited into their FO.
GC

But, will Galen share his info with the Chinese or the North Koreans!?    The Iranians or Icelanders? 

Or with Tom Kaye or Robert<Blevins .... since we are out of his loop!   

[MeyerLouie]

Colbert's Law Suit

Galen sent his thoughts on Colbert's recent law suit against the FBI.


Check out this story.  I sued the FBI/DOJ in Federal Court in 2004.   Got all the way in front of chief federal judge in Seattle, with motion granted for "in camera" review by the Court.  I used the "dormancy argument," against US DOJ attorneys.  But I lost on the "7(a) Exemption" rule.  The chief federal judge was amused and enjoyed the suit (and the evidence), and even stated as much in his opinion.  After the suit was dismissed, the FBI invited me into their Seattle FO for review of evidence.   Doubt this will happen to Colbert and his attorney, though.  Since all files have been forwarded to WA DC Headquarters, the DOJ will still use the 7(a) exemption standard for "open cases," even though FBI says they officially closed this case.  This is a murky area under FOIA, but I don't think Zaid will prevail.  The FBI doesn't like to be sued by the public.  My later approach towards FBI worked MUCH better and I was invited into their FO.
GC

But, will Galen share his info with the Chinese or the North Koreans!?    The Iranians or Icelanders? 

Or with Tom Kaye or Robert<Blevins .... since we are out of his loop!   


Sounds like he's aiming for all the glory.  He's single handedly going to solve the case and therefore get all the glory, credit, fame, and fortune for himself. He da man!  I'll just sit around and wait for him to make it all happen.   Not.  Oh wait, after all that, he doesn't know any more than the rest of us.  You have to admire his dogged nerve and rubber-knee determination.

Meyer

[Parrotheadvol]

Damn, where did everybody go?

We didn't migrate to the Unsolved Crimes Forum, did we? 

[sailshaw]

Parrotheadvol:  You say "Where did everyone go"?

I say:  Now that Curtis Eng has closed the case, there is nothing to talk about? But we could speculate about why he closed the case when I gave him (in Feb. of this year) all he needed to solve the case with the FLAW I found in Sheridan Peterson's phony alibi. He did not deliver any of his two children in the year of Norjak (1971) in Nepal as they were born in 1970 (son) and 1972 (daughter) per persopo.com. This proves that Sheridan lied to the FBI (a Federal Crime with jail time) and Curtis over looked all that. Was Curtis Eng asleep at the switch? Or, was he closing the case because we were getting too close to proving Sheridan is DB Cooper? Was Sheridan a CIA agent and given a free pass by Curtis Eng. This really makes the Seattle FBI look bad and even stupid. We know they are not stupid but they seem to think we can not handle the truth. The American people want the truth and not the spin to try and hide the truth.

Bob Sailshaw
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[Shutter]

Mark zaid has joined this forum.  Let the guy breath a little. Please.....

[Bruce A. Smith]

In the meantime, I'm sharpening my, um... investigative skills, of course!

Hi, Mark!

[Shutter]

Damn, where did everybody go?

We didn't migrate to the Unsolved Crimes Forum, did we? 

been a tough couple weeks. my new truck blew up, my internet has been down since last week. switched to fiber optics. the guy just left my house (9:20 pm). working 7 days again for the moment....all the good stuff 

[georger]

Damn, where did everybody go?

We didn't migrate to the Unsolved Crimes Forum, did we? 

been a tough couple weeks. my new truck blew up, my internet has been down since last week. switched to fiber optics. the guy just left my house (9:20 pm). working 7 days again for the moment....all the good stuff 

keeps the wolves away! 

[377]

Is Mark Zaid really on the forum? Lotsa ID spoofing in the Cooper Vortex.

If it's really him, hope he keeps us posted on his lawsuit progress.

So if Galen is on here (Shutter, is he a member?) we have three lawyers.

377

[Shutter]

Is Mark Zaid really on the forum? Lotsa ID spoofing in the Cooper Vortex.

If it's really him, hope he keeps us posted on his lawsuit progress.

So if Galen is on here (Shutter, is he a member?) we have three lawyers.

377

I asked Colbert, and he confirmed it was Zaid. Galen is no longer on this forum. he asked to be removed several years back.

[377]

Good! Zaid is a serious legal warrior in the battle against federal agency abuses.

Too bad Galen isn't with us, but two lawyers is enough for one forum.

What a great country we live in. FOIA, US Claims Court, Habeas and Mandamus writs...

Think anyone in Russia ever successfully sued the KGB?

But we have our own untouchable Quasi-Soviet courts too: United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

Just say its about spies or terrorists and the Constitution flat out disappears.

377

[Shutter]

Good! Zaid is a serious legal warrior in the battle against federal agency abuses.

Too bad Galen isn't with us, but two lawyers is enough for one forum.

What a great country we live in. FOIA, US Claims Court, Habeas and Mandamus writs...

Think anyone in Russia ever successfully sued the KGB?

But we have our own untouchable Quasi-Soviet courts too: United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

Just say its about spies or terrorists and the Constitution flat out disappears.

377

I stay in touch with Galen. he just decided to stay away from websites, I guess, I never questioned him about it...

Is Mark Zaid really on the forum? Lotsa ID spoofing in the Cooper Vortex.

This is Colbert's response..

Yep, that be him. He's a fan, Shutter, of your efforts there.