WAR CRIMES DOSSIER: US government data show President ordered FBI agents to contact Wecht Jury

Subj: US government data show President ordered FBI agents to contact Wecht Jury

The Department of Justice Inspector General's office
shows the FBI has engaged in
illegal jury tampering.

The DOJ IG report and DOD data show the President ordered the FBI to question Wecht Jury members. The classified White House, DoJ, and DoD emails disclose names and establish the link between the President, the IT security industry, and information warfare against the jury members.

The DOJ IG report establishes a higher nexus outside DOJ including the President and White House. There is a striking contrast between FBI conduct in re FBI war crimes investigation (in action, appeal to standards) and the FBI contact with Wecht Jury members (meddling, defiance of standard).

The classified DoD emails establish the link between the President, DoD, DOJ and information warfare against civilians, largely contradicting DoD guidance.

Breach of FOIA Requirements For Unlawful Purposes

The redactions do not protect privacy, but (unsuccessfully) thwart oversight and examination of DoD connection through contractors to offensive and defensive coordination with NSA on information warfare against civilians.

No Right To See War Crimes Evidence

The President and legal counsel are denied the right to review how the classified DoD emails were reviewed; or what evidence on those classified emails show the link between the President and illegal information warfare against jury members. Legal counsel may request copies of this war crimes evidence through the war crimes prosecutor.

Inconsistent Story On FBI Involvement

The President cannot explain the contrast between the FBI actions in re POW and Wecht. The President cannot explain why the FBI agents did not object to the home interviews, but they did object to Geneva.

On the POW issues, the DOJ IG would have us believe the FBI was not following Geneva because the guidance was unclear. However, the DoD JAG comments show the opposite: The decision to not investigate had nothing to do with vague guidance or anything that would block the FBI.

The DoD JAG memos sows FBI agents were concerned about procedures. Something or someone higher than DOJ blocked investigations. No DOJ guidance blocked any investigation. The US Attorney was not, as they should have been, involved in war crimes investigations in violation of Geneva. The US Attorney cannot explain why they reversed themselves and were involved with FBI interviews of jury members.

The DOJ IG report shows efforts to discredit the FBI do not reconcile with the DOD JAG reports. DoD IG fails to discuss POW abuse, and misdirects to the "uncertainty" over torture. Geneva expressly prohibits all abuse. Nuremberg establishes the precedent for enforcing the laws of war. DOJ IG cannot explain this many years after Nuremberg, why the FBI agents were absurdly actively thwarted with "vague" guidance; but there was no FBI investigation of things they were concerned about.

US Attorney Failure To Enforce Nuremberg Precedents

The US attorney did not adequately involve themselves on US prosecutions of war crimes. Inexplicably, we're asked to believe the opposite in re Wecht: The US Attorney was involved.

The President cannot explain why the US Attorneys refused to act on Geneva; but did involve themselves in Wecht.

The President cannot explain why the US Attorney that had "no role" in blocking the FBI, did have a role in guiding the FBI in re Wecht.

Discredited DOJ IG Report

We question the DOJ IG conclusions. The DoD IG report on FBI conduct is misdirection from the failure to enforce Geneva. Nothing in DOJ blocked the FBI. DoJ IG admits it did not review all DoD guidance related to investigations. The report does not adequately discuss which guidance FBI agents relied to not investigate.

Classified DoD Emails Establish Link Between President and Illegal Information Warfare

DoD emails establish a US government connection with information security, data mining, digital forensics, and security management. The classified versions of the DOD redacted emails show the key information to establish a link between the President, contractors, and NSA on domestic information warfare.

The President will have to explain why he is using government connected contractors to wage information warfare against US targets; and when Congress was told about these exercises to fine tune information warfare capabilities against China and Russia.

Information Warfare: Illegal US Civilian Intimidation

The DOD emails show there were specific, by-name US military personnel in Iraq conducting information warfare against American civilians, US government personnel, and American media.

The US government data shows the President ordered FBI to contact the Wecht Jury.

Digital Security Nexus Linked with FISA and Geneva Violations

The DOD emails show the nexus of information warfare, digital data forensics, and security management was a secondary role of the Public affairs personnel linked with US military advisers. DoD public affairs office and security contractors have an offensive and defensive information warfare role.

The US Attorney was connected with the data forensics conference in 2007 discussing digital data forensics. By name White House and DOJ officials are linked with these discussion, substantially mirroring the classified versions of the DoD emails.

Wecht judge cancels 2nd date for trial
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - 19 May 2008
... into the pool for future jury duty. Wecht, 77, of Squirrel Hill is accused of using his public office while Allegheny County coroner for personal gain. ...

Appeals court: Hold up on that Wecht retrial Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - 9 May 2008 By The Tribune-Review An appeals court agreed to delay the start of Dr. Cyril H. Wecht's second federal public corruption trial. Jury selection was set to ... Wecht Retrial Delayed By Federal Appeals Court WPXI.com Court puts indefinite stay on Wecht trial Pittsburgh Post Gazette Appeals court stays pathologist Wecht's retrial Philadelphia Inquirer Anchorage Daily News (subscription) - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com all 18 news articles »

Oral arguments scheduled in Cyril Wecht appeal
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - 15 May 2008
The 11-person jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict, however, and US District Judge Arthur J. Schwab declared a mistrial on April 8. Dr. Wecht's ...

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President Left Calling Card in Wecht Jury Home Visits: Mary Buchanan's FBI Problem

From TPM Muckraker

The US Attorney in re the Wecht Case knew or should have known the FBI had a credibility problem.

The government would ask that we believe Buchanan supposedly knew something about the FBI, enough to supposedly order them to do something.

FBI agents "interviewed" Wecht Jury Members at their home, prompting Congressman Conyers to seek information from the Attorney General. AG Mukasey has not responded.

What Buchanan failed to mention in re the FBI home visits of Wecht Jury members was the small problem with Special Agent Bradley W. Orsini. Orsini at one time was a steller, sterling FBI agent, highly trained, weapon ceritified. With enough talent to be the FBI director, potential Senate nominee to lead the Department of Justice.

The Wecht Jury members raised concerns they were contacted at home by the FBI agents.

Buchanan has yet to explain why she alone directed the FBI to do anything given the cloud already hanging over the FBI. It defies reason for the US Attorney, on their own, to ignore the FBI discipline problem and send them to the homes of Wecht Jurors.

Special Agent Bradley W. Orsini discipline problem was so bad, Buchanan claimed the access to Orsini's personal data would be an invasion of privacy. Buchanan's "concern" and stellar legal arguments were not lost on the court, promptly ordering Orsini's records unsealed. And the White House is surprised the prosecutors didn't convince the jury?

This wasn't a minor problem with the FBI. This agent alone had four (4) DOJ OPR investigations into that agent between 1997 and 2000. Who does Buchanan, on her own, supposedly think is the "best" group to contact the Jury members?

We're asked to believe the first agency the US Attorney thought of when getting information from jurors were agents whose peers' idea of a "professional interaction" include:

Singing other agents' names to investigation reports because, "It was a convenience and a shortcut" -- Send these people to take notes about why Jury members were doing things?

Falsifying a chain of custody forms Prohibited sexual relations -- Send these people to jury members homes?

Threats against a subordinate -- Send these people in groups before jury members at home?

Damage government propery with fists by punching holes in office walls -- Send these people to jurors' homes?

Made unprofessional and insensitive remarks -- Send these people to talk to jury members?


Buchanan knew or should have know the above conduct was linked direct to one of the FBI agents involved with the case. It defies reason to suggest she didn't know. Buchanan said of the FBI agent:

The release of his personal information "would constitute an invasion of Agent Orsini's personal privacy".

Buchana's response? Rather than respecting the court order or the privacy of the jury members, she sends the tainted FBI back into the nexus, as if to dare the public: "Watch us." Did she get, 'em?

It defies reason to believe a US Attorney who knew there were problems with the FBI, and who hoped to keep that agents' records sealed, to then inexplicably reverse herself, cast aside caution, send the FBI in, and do the opposite with the juror names that she did with the FBI agent's case file. How many reversals has the President made on the Constitution, Iraq WMD, and "mission accomplished". His head has spun so many times, we need not question whether its still connected.

It defies reason to believe the US Attorney hoping to preserve the privacy of an FBI agent over discipline problems would reverse herself, unleash the FBI, and violate a court order. Buchanan most likely attempted to block the order to interact with the Wetch Jurors, and knew there would be a very bad public relations problem.

We've seen this president ignore discipline problems and DOJ OPR findings before. He blocked the DOJ OPR from reviewing the FBI. This President's idea of a loyal FBI agent is one who lies, abuses people, and misleads the FISA court.

It gets better. Who are the people who abused the NSLs and conducted warrantless searches? That's right, the FBI. The same FBI that were

"infected with deliberate and reckless falseshoolds"

Nobody should be surprised why the DoJ can't give a straight story on the FBI interviews of Wecht Jury members. They've gagged the DOJ OPR that might find the truth. Nobody but the President could be stupid enough to believe anyone could get away with using the same FBI agents -- who violated the Constitution and engaged in multiple disciplinary problems the DOJ OPR documented -- to conduct home visits of jury members.

This is the President's calling card he's leaving with Iraqi civilians. Send in the reckless to abuse people, and find someone else to blame. War crimes in Iraq. Jury tampering in America.

Same peas. Same stench of criminal activity. Only the President could issue such a stupid, reckless order to ignore common sense and DOJ OPR findings. His answer to bad news in the wake of his reckless decisions: Send in the people you would think would be the least helpful.

This is the same story as with the Iraq WMD, Iraq, and Guantanamo. This President creates a mess, and people are too shocked to believe this President might be involved. Prisoner abuse, torture, war crimes, illegal invasion: We've got those DOJ OLC memos.

But the President directing the FBI to conduct non-permitted jury contact. Child's play. There are holes in the wall to prove it. The chairs were destroyed. There were no WMD's under the President's carpet in his office.

"Never happened."