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Senator Dianne Feinstein's Deadly Silence

by Janet C. Phelan (jcphelan10 [at] yahoo.com)
"Senator Dianne Feinstein's office will not intervene if the FBI decides to kill a reporter"--Ashley Tveit, Caseworker at Feinstein's San Francisco office.
This reporter had contacted Feinstein's office requesting intervention. Senator Dianne Feinstein offers case management when a constituent encounters a "problem" with a federal agency. This reporter survived an assassination attempt in January, 2003.

I can identify Officer Dawson, Long Beach Police Department, as the lead officer in the attempt on my life which resulted in two days of unconsciousness and a hospitalizaton. There were several other plainclothes officers present who identified themselves as federal officers.

This reporter had become aware that there was a domestic genocidal agenda, still subterranean, being advanced under
the Bush Administration (See "Public Extermination Project" and "The War Comes Hom(sic)", both archived on la.indymedia.org). I had been attempting to pull in other media previous to the January 2003 assault. I had been residing with an undercover intelligence operative, Jack Smith, at 7911 1/8 Norton Avenue in West Hollywood at the time that issues indicating a genocidal impetus came to my attention. Smith's cover job is with IMAGIC, a digital imaging outfit located at 2810 Lima in Burbank. Smith helped set up the attempt on my life.

Having survived the cop attack, I was released from the hospital, only to return to an apartment which had already been rented out to someone else. Clearly, I was not meant to survive. My bank account was subsequently cleaned out and my safety deposit boxes accessed.

As I am still experiencing federally generated attempts to permanently silence me, I appealed to Senator Feinstein to "get these guys off me." Feinstein's office refused assistance, Caseworker Ashley Tveit stating that the Senator's office "will not intervene if the FBI decides to kill a reporter."

I then contacted Feinstein's press office in D.C. and stated my intent to publicize this shocking policy. Within minutes, I received a phone call from Steven Cash, who identified himself as Senator Feinstein's Chief Counsel. He requested a written report, which I faxed over to him immediately. Cash never responded.

There have been a number of journalists "committing suicide" under the present regime, most notably Gary Webb and Jim Hatfield. Hatfield's book on George W. Bush, "Fortunate Son," examines the President of the United States under a relentless microscope. After receiving threats to his children's lives following the publication of his book, Hatfield was found dead of a "suicide." Vince Foster, whose reported suicide left many unanswered questions, was intimately allied with Hatfield's book project.

In conversation with Ted Gunderson, formerly the #4 man in the FBI and now retired, Gunderson had this comment concerning Gary Webb's "suicide"--"He shot himself in the head--twice? How stupid are people to believe that?"

Had the assault on me incurred the intended result, my death would have been reported as a suicide. I am stating that I can positively ID the federal officer who stuck the needle into my right bicep, if provided a "rogue's gallery" photo display. He is 30-40 years of age, non-Anglo, most likely of Pacific Islander descent, approximately 5''8" tall, medium build, with dark hair and eyes. I collapsed immediately into unconsciousness.

There exists no Internal Affairs report on the Long Beach Police officer Dawson's involvement in my pre-arranged "suicide." When I contacted the LBPD to report Dawson, I was informed that I was not "allowed" to contact IA.

In a recent front page article in the Los Angeles Times, Senator Feinstein was quoted as stating that she had investigated the Patriot Act, and that there had been no abuses. I had brought my situation to the attention of her office months ago, and she simply refuses to address it.

How many others have you abandoned, Dianne?
by John Reicht (jreicht [at] psa.com)
Many people suffer from psychological problems and do not seek professional treatment because the disease itself convinces them to believe their delusions. In these situations, it is not uncommon for them to contact public or law enforcement officials. While I have not personally interviewed Ms. Phelan, she appears to suffer from a form of paranoid schizophrenia and should seek professional treatment.
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