Time: Tue Jul 01 13:20:31 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA29483; Tue, 1 Jul 1997 12:15:56 -0700 (MST) by usr03.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA08694; Tue, 1 Jul 1997 12:15:46 -0700 (MST) Date: Tue, 01 Jul 1997 12:14:05 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: Sweeneys -- Update 7-1-1997 (fwd) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <snip> > >7/1/97 >Written by Leroy Crenshaw > >I just got back home from the Sweeneys after spenting the weekend there >helping out where needed, such as doing guard-duty so some of the other >people could get some sleep. There are people on guard 24 hours a day. I >spent a lot of time with other people reading some of the Sweeneys court >papers. Just from what I read there are more than 20 judges and lawyers that >must go to jail for a very long time, and as I read more the number will get >larger. It seem that the only one that were going by the law and trying to >do the right thing were the Sweeneys, the judges and lawyers sure in hell >were not. These crooks have a gold mine in robing people like the Sweeneys. >We have it in black and white on paper. > I have said it before and I am saying again, the Sweeneys case is the case >that all of us need to get behind because this case is the case that could >save this once great Country and restore our Constitution. This case will >expose the corruptions that is taking place in every branch of the >government. There are people in the Congress and Senate that seem to be >crooks and are protecting the crooks that are robing the Sweeneys and other >people all across the country and we the people have a chance to put a stop >to the abuse that these crooks are doing. > Be sure to visit the Sweeneys web page http://www.qui-tam.com > > Leroy Crenshaw >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---- >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---- > TO: THE EDITOR HAMILTON WENHAM CHRONICLE > HAMILTON, MASS. JUNE 30, 1997 > >Re: Sweeney Real Estate Taxes and "Thank You" > >We are now in day 27 of having not left our property due to the >U.S. Federal Marshal threat of eviction. The U.S. Marshals are >using orders issued by the FDIC that have been obtained through fraud. > > We want to first thank Chief Walter Cullen and his staff for we >know the undue burden that this incident places on him, his department, >and the town. We are sorry that Federal Authorities and attorneys for >the FDIC have taken things to such an extreme. > > We also want to thank the many wonderful people of Hamilton Wenham, >our church, and numerous others who have dropped off food and supplies for >the many volunteers who have come from out-of-state to be on our property >and help protect us. > > We do want to address the questions that seems to be of concern to >the citizens of Hamilton and those are – have the real-estate taxes on our >property been paid? And also -- Why should the town suffer because of any >unpaid taxes? Here are the answers: > > The property taxes on our property have been paid in full and are >completely up to date through 1997. The town has received ALL the monies >due them for the entire subdivision plan that the Hamilton Planning Board >approved since 1988. > > The FDIC and their lawyers came onto our property in November of >1994 during active settlement discussions and held an illegal auction while >we were away visiting our daughters during Thanksgiving and has since been >paying the property taxes to the town. All of our assets have been frozen >in litigation and we have not seen one cent of the $4,000,000 judgment that >we won in state court and that the FDIC has been covering up saying that the >45 page State Court Judge’s opinion and $4 million award "does not exist". >The bank lawyer originally obstructed our attempts to pay back the loan which >was one reason the bank lost the case. However, it is our intention and >always >has been our intention to pay back our loan and any real estate taxes paid to >the town when the judgment is honored. > > We trust this letter will clarify any misunderstanding about any taxes >due the town and we thank everyone again for their support and appreciate >your interest and your prayers. > > >Sincerely, > >John and Rhetta Sweeney >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > THE KENNEDY CONNECTION -- "CHAPPAQUIDDICK REVISTED" > >The question has come up "Why is this Federal Judge, Edward Harrington, going >to such lengths to protect the lawyer John Hanify of Hanify & King in Boston, >Massachusetts?" > >Here are the facts for you to discern: > >EDWARD HARRINGTON >Federal Judge Edward F. Harrington failed to be recommended for a >Massachusetts Superior Court appointment by Governor Dukakis’ Judicial >Nominating Council. Subsequently Senator Edward M. Kennedy recommended >that he be put up for the Federal Bench. Edward Harrington was well-known to >Ted Kennedy at the time of the Chappaquiddick affair and in the years that >followed. > >Edward Harrington was the law partner of Paul Markham, (1) one of the two >individuals at Ted Kennedy’s side the night Mary Jo Kopoechne died, drowning >inside the car upside-down underwater beneath the Dyke Bridge on >Chappaquiddick Island. Edward Harrington also served under Paul Markham on >the Strike Force of the U.S. Attorney’s office in Boston. (2) > >EDWARD HANIFY >Edward B. Hanify is the father of John Hanify. Edward Hanify of Ropes & Gray >(4) in Boston was the lead attorney in Ted Kennedy’s extensive defense team >(5) >as stated in the book Chappaquiddick Revealed, "The Kennedy attorneys were >brilliantly led by Edward B. Hanify, a Boston Brahmin if ever there was one. >Hanify headed the venerable Boston law firm of Ropes & Gray…." (p105) > >Edward Hanify was asked by Ted Kennedy to go to Washington, DC and speak >on behalf of Edward Harrington’s nomination before the Senate Judiciary’s >confirmation hearings because there were stiff objections to Edward Harrington >being confirmed as a Federal Judge by many other prominent attorneys in the >Boston legal community. (5) [See link U.S. Senate Judiciary] > >JOHN HANIFY >John Hanify is the son of Edward Hanify. Both he and his law firm Hanify & >King represented ComFed Savings Bank before it failed and was taken over by >the FDIC/RTC. John Hanify obstructed the pay back of the Sweeney loan while >he was representing the bank and he helped develop the loan documents that >ComFed Bank used to defraud the Sweeneys and many others doing business >with ComFed. He was the personal Defense Attorney for the same ComFed Bank >officers who committed "unfair and deceptive trade practices" against the >Sweeneys and who were later charged with racketeering (RICO) by the >FDIC/RTC. He and Edward Harrington have both worked together at the same >time in the U.S. Attorneys office in Boston during the years 1978-1980. They >know each other well. > >STEPHEN BREYER >Stephen Breyer is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United >States. >He worked extensively with Ted Kennedy during his time as Chief Counsel to the >Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, DC from 1979-1980. He also served >as the Chief Justice in the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston where he >affirmed the actions of Judge Harrington by changing the facts of the Sweeney >case in his written opinion, overlooking the fact that to this day the FDIC >has >never substituted into the Sweeney action as a party. Ted Kennedy asked >President Clinton twice to nominate him to the Supreme Court of the United >States. > >COMMENT >When John Hanify removed the $4,000,000 state court judgement and hid it in >the >law offices of Hanify & King for 28 days he was desperate to get the entire >case >to his friend Judge Edward Harrington. The case was supposed to be "drawn" >randomly in Federal Court. However it was conveniently "re-assigned" to Judge >Harrington. Judge Harrington then proceeded to call a special hearing, and >in less >than one hour proceeded to completely ignore all of the work done in State >Court >over a nine month period, and a three-week trial by the State Court Judge. He >then ruled a "summary judgement" in favor of his friend and colleague John >Hanify. Judge Harrington "expunged and nullified" the 45-page opinion of State >Court Judge Catherine Liacos Izzo. He put everything under seal. No one has >seen >the original opinion written by Judge Izzo to this day. > >An initialed true copy of that opinion was given to the Sweeney’s attorneys by >Judge Izzo herself when she learned that the original had been removed from >state >court. It is that precedent-setting document, the first United States >"lender liability" >victory against a bank, that is now up on the internet for the world to see. >Judge >Harrington has at all times known of the fraud that was committed against the >Sweeneys by ComFed Bank and its lawyers, one of which was his friend John >Hanify. He has chosen, along with the FDIC, to cover up these crucial facts >and >insist that no 45-page opinion of "unfair and deceptive trade practices" >exists or >ever happened. > >The obvious question that needs to be answered by Judge Harrington, John >Hanify, and the FDIC is…"WHY?" > > > >(1) Senatorial Privilege, The Chappaquiddick Cover-Up; Leo Damore, Dell >Publishing, New York, NY; 1988 p113 > >(2) Ibid., p298-299 > >(3) Chappaquidick Revealed, What Really Happened; Kenneth R. Kappel; >Lamplight Publications, Inc.; St. Martin’s Press, New York, NY; 1989; p105 > >(4)Teddy Bare, The Last of the Kennedy Clan; Zad Rust, Western Islands, >Belmont, MA; 1971 p104 > >"At a session at the Boston Law Office of Ropes & Gray, the law firm of Edward >B. Hanify, the man who would from now on be Kennedy’s chief attorney, had >decided upon the particulars of a common strategy. This could not have been >difficult. A battery of the cleverest defense lawyers money could buy had been >assembled to face Judge Boyle, and they had been assembled on the same >initiative and had the same purposes in mind: to avoid any inquest if >possible, to >postpone it indefinitely if avoiding it proved impossible; and to keep it >hushed >behind closed doors when it could no longer be postponed." > >(5) Please read excerpts below of Edward Hanify’s comments supporting Edward >Harrington and then read those of the people who opposed Judge Harrington and >you will get a "chilling" account as to how they predicted Judge Harrington >would >behave as a Federal Judge and his actions in this case fulfilling those >predictions. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >------ >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >------ > > JUDGE DOUGLAS P. WOODLOCK U.S. DISTRICT COURT, DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS > > > Judge Woodlock, Judge Harrington and Attorney John Hanify all served >together in the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston from 1979 to 1980. > Judge Woodlock appeared with John Hanify’s father, Edward Hanify in >Washington D.C. to speak in support of Edward Harrington’s nomination to the >Federal Bench at the US Senate Judiciary Hearing of December 9, 1987. [click >U.S. Senate Judiciary] > Judge Woodlock was the first person to hear the Sweeney case in Federal >Court in 1991. (CA-91-10098-WD dated March 1 1991) He immediately did two >things: > >1) Questioned how the case had come before him: > >Judge Woodlock: “Well, what I guess I don’t understand is why doesn’t >Middlesex Court have these papers, the original of these papers? The only >way that papers get over here on removal is [when] certified copies or a >writ of certiorari is issued by the Court. I’m not aware that a writ was >issued here, so, consequently, we shouldn’t have the original papers.” > >2) Recused himself: > >Judge Woodlock: “I’m afraid after reviewing the papers more carefully last >night that I have a threshold problem, a question here that I think may >merit my recusal from the case.” >“And I…have had social contacts or encounters – although not extensive ones >– with the plaintiffs here. It has been my practice generally when >confronted with personal relationships like that – even attenuated ones – to >recuse myself.” >“Of course, I suppose I should note I also have had professional >relationships with Mr. Hanify, with whom I served in the United States >Attorney’s Office, and, in fact, with Mr. King with whom I had some dealings >in Georgetown alumni matters.” [James King is the law partner of John Hanify >at Hanify & King] >“But the sole question is whether or not someone looking from the outside >could reasonably say that there was some sort of appearance of impropriety >as a result of these relationships. I think they perhaps could here and I >choose not to proceed.” > >NOTE: When Judge Woodlock recused himself the case was supposed to have been >“redrawn,” but instead it was “reassigned” to John Hanify’s friend and >colleague Judge Edward Harrington. > >COMMENT: Isn’t it strange that Federal District Court Judge Woodlock found >it necessary to recuse himself on the slightest impropriety but that >District Court Judge Harrington denied the Sweeney motion requesting that he >recuse himself because of more extensive connections with John Hanify and >his father Edward Hanify!!! [click Senator Kennedy and U.S. Senate >Judiciary] >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >------ >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >------ >CONFIRMATION HEARING ON > EDWARD F. HARRINGTON BEFORE > THE US SENATE > > Committee on the Judiciary, Washington, DC Wednesday, Dec. 9, 1987 > >Appearing in opposition to Mr. Harrington’s nomination, prominent Boston >Attorneys Alice Richmond and Earle Cooley presented this testimony: > >Miss Richmond stated that she: > > -Graduated from Cornell University in 1968. > -Served as an intern to both Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Senator Jacob > Javits. > -Spent approximately one year in the office of the Mayor of the City >of New > York. > -Received her law degree in 1972. > -Is the Immediate Past President of the Massachusetts Bar Association, a > statewide organization of approximately 19,000 lawyers and one of the > largest voluntary bar associations in the country. > >She also submitted the following written testimony: > >"My opposition [to Judge Harrington’s nomination] is based not only on my >personal experiences with Mr. Harrington but upon the literally scores of >conversations that I have had with other Massachusetts lawyers. To oppose a >nomination submitted by the President of the United States is not an act >that I, or >any other responsible lawyer, do lightly. I believe that Mr. Harrington lacks >judicial temperament to such a degree that I chose to accept the Committee’s >invitation to discuss my concerns publicly. > >"These accounts of Mr. Harrington’s explosive, if not abusive, conduct come >from >Massachusetts lawyers of widely different ages, backgrounds, experiences and >perspectives. They come from both men and women and extend in time from my >own experiences of more than a decade ago to the relatively recent past. > >"My experiences with Mr. Harrington date back to late 1975 or early 1976. I >was >an Assistant District Attorney in Boston and had been appointed a Special >Assistant Attorney General to prosecute James F. Blaikie for the murder of >David >DeWilde. > >"I was informed that Edward F. (Ted) Harrington would be entering the case as >co-counsel for Mr. Blaikie. > >"Almost from his initial appearance, Ted Harrington’s behavior was >intimidating, if >not abusive. He frequently yelled. Almost every disagreement about discovery, >scheduling or the like resulted in a personalization of the dispute with Ted >Harrington suggesting that my conduct was improper, if not unethical. He >regularly >stated that the police officers were lying and implied that I was as well. > >"At some point during the trial, a dispute arose while the jury was in the >courtroom. My memory is that we were at sidebar and that Mr. Harrington was >vehemently disagreeing with something I said. The Judge (Maguire, J.) excused >the jury and told counsel to accompany him to his lobby to discuss the >matter. As >we were filing into the Lobby, the Judge, whose back was to us, asked me a >question. I started to answer and Harrington, who was immediately behind me, >leaned forward and said loud enough for me to hear: "you lying c---." > >"Although I did report Mr. Harrington’s remark to Attorney General Bellotti, I >chose not to pursue the matter. > >"In 1983, in a similar situation involving a female prosecutor trying a >serious rape >case, Mr. Harrington, who had been insisting that the prosecutor "knew" >that she >was "railroading an innocent man", called the prosecutor a "liar" or a >"f------ liar" >as they approached the sidebar for a bench conference; Mr. Harrington’s client >was subsequently convicted of rape. > >"Neither time nor space permit me to recount all of the incidents I have heard >regarding Mr. Harrington’s lack of control, his disproportionate reaction >to, or >personalization of, the kind of disputes or disagreements that regularly >arise during >the course of litigation. > >"Were Mr. Harrington to be confirmed as a judge, the consequences of his >tendency to personalize disputes and to regard those who disagree with him >as his >enemies, if not worse, would be disastrous not only for the lawyers who appear >before him but especially for their clients." > >Attorney Earle Cooley submitted this written testimony in opposition to Mr. >Harrington’s nomination: > >"Edward F. Harrington is under consideration for judicial appointment to the >United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. I respectfully >oppose his nomination. > >" I have been a trial lawyer in Massachusetts for more than thirty years and >I have >seldom encountered a person less temperamentally suited to be a United States >District Court Judge. It has been my experience that one disagrees with Mr. >Harrington at the risk of being labeled an enemy of society. > >"Mr. Harrington sponsored Joseph Barboza for inclusion in the Federal Witness >Protection Program and he is quite proud of the convictions he obtained >with the >testimony of this witness. I submit that he has nothing of which to be proud. >Barboza was a career criminal and a vicious killer. He was given a new >identity >and placed in an unsuspecting California community where he continued his >criminal career. When he was arrested and prosecuted—I believe for >murder—Mr. Harrington intervened in his behalf and the charge was greatly >reduced. As a result, Mr. Barboza made it back to freedom and a life of >crime in a >very short period of time. > >"Mr. Harrington also sponsored Diane Wazen for the Federal Witness Protection >Program. Wazen was a key witness in two of the prosecutions against my client. >While in the program, she participated in an American Express check scam that >netted more than $20,000. Mr. Harrington shielded her from prosecution >until she >had served his purpose and, although ultimately convicted, Mr. Harrington >saw to >it that she never served a day for her crime. > >"Thomas Sperrazza, confessed murderer of five people, including a Boston >police >officer, was another of Mr. Harrington’s protected witnesses against my >client. >Sperrazza was cajoled, coddled and even promised ultimate release in return >for >his testimony. > >"The legitimate function of the Federal Witness Protection Program is to keep >threatened witnesses safe and secure so that they will be available to give >truthful >testimony. It should not be used as a vehicle to reward witnesses for whom >perjury is the least offensive crime in their repertoire, nor as a safe >haven for >continued criminal activity. > >"I believe that those experiences, combined with my own, warrant the >conclusion >that Mr. Harrington is volatile, vindictive and intemperate when he doesn’t >get his >way or somehow feels invalidated. In my own opinion, he lacks the judicial >temperament essential to the even-handed administration of justice in our >federal >courts. > >Long-time Harrington associates Judge Douglas Woodlock [click Judge Woodlock] >and Edward Hanify, John Hanify’s father, [click John Hanify] spoke in >behalf of >the would-be jurist. > >In support of Mr. Harrington’s nomination Judge Woodlock in written testimony >stated: > >"It was an honor to have served with Mr. Harrington in the United States >Attorney’s office. I look forward to the honor--and the pleasure—of serving >again >with him in public office or the bench of the United States District Court >for the >District of Massachusetts. > >"I would be pleased to have this letter included in the record of Mr. >Harrington’s >hearing before the Judiciary Committee and would welcome the opportunity to >expand on those views in person or in writing if you considered that helpful >to the >Judiciary Committee’s consideration. > >Edward B. Hanify, Esq. offered oral and written testimony including the >following: > >"My name is Edward B. Hanify. >"I support the nomination of Edward F. Harrington as United States District >Judge. Although of different generations, he and I are natives of Fall River, >graduates of the same high school and Holy Cross College. > >"The qualifications of a competent judge are so well-known to this >committee as >to make their enumeration presumptuous. I can only claim to have observed >for a >half-century those intangible qualities become tangible in the performance >of what >the Trial Bar tersely calls "a good Trial Judge," and express my expectation >that >Mr. Harrington will become such a Judge. The "good Trial Judge," is the man or >woman who conscientiously strives to be a legal scholar yet not a pedant, is >patient, yet not dilatory, expeditious in ruling and decision yet not hasty…" > >COMMENT: One must ask how it is possible for supposedly objective positions >regarding known professionals to be as different as those offered in support >of and >in opposition to Edward Harrington’s nomination to the Federal Bench. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >------ >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >------ >To all who are concerned.....we > need your help. > > THINGS WE NEED: > > 1.Volunteers to physically patrol and protect our > property. (Call 508-468-1536) > 2.Use of one additional gas generator (4500 +watt) in > case electricity is cut off. (Already donated.) > 3.Use of two cellular telephones and/or CB radios in > case phone lines are terminated. > 4.Use of two video cameras with batteries to record > situations should they occur. > 5.Use of one laptop computer with fax/modem > capability. > 6.Copy machine and or access to one for use in > making copies of press releases and other > documents. > 7.The use of a set of walkie-talkies. (Already > donated.) > 8.List your name with us as a volunteer to be part of a > "phone tree" > of people who we can call and mobilize on short > notice. (Call 508-468-1536) > 9.Immediately call, fax, e-mail and write all the people > listed below to let them know that you support us > and are holding them accountable to stop these > actions. > > Andrew Hove, Acting Chairman, Federal Deposit > Insurance Corporation (FDIC), 550 17th St. NW, > Washington, DC 20429, Phone 202-393-8400, FAX > 202-898-3778 > John Tierney, U. S. Congressman, 6th District, 17 > Peabody Square, Peabody, MA 01960, Phone > 508-531-1669, 508-531-1996 (FAX) > tierney@usa1.com (e-mail) > CALL FREE 1-800-962-3524 & Ask For Your > Senator or Representative - Let Them Know Where > You Stand On Any Issue! > John Kerry, U. S. Senator - One Bowdoin Square, > 10th Floor, Boston, MA 02114, Phone > 617-565-8519, 617-248-3870 (FAX) > john_kerry@kerry.senate.gov (e-mail) > Edward Kennedy, U. S. Senator, Room 409 JFK > Building, Boston, MA 02203, Phone 617-565-3170, > 617-565-3183 (FAX) senator@kennedy.senate.gov > (e-mail) > Alfonse D'Amato, U. S. Senator, Chairman Senate > Banking Committee, SH 520, Washington, DC > 20510, Phone 202-224-6542 202-224-2080 (FAX) > senator_al@damato.senate.gov (e-mail) > Chief Walter Cullen Hamilton Police, Hamilton, > MA 01936, Phone 508-468-4421 508-468-1919 > (FAX) > Tim Clark, State Representative, Fourth Essex > District, Room 540, State House, Boston, MA > 02133-1054, Phone 617-722-2090, 617-722-2897 > (FAX) > Bruce Tarr, State Senator, Room 507, State House, > Boston, MA 02133, Phone 617-722-1600 > Donald Stern, U. S. Attorney, 1003 J. W. > McCormick PO & Court House, Boston, MA > 02109, Phone 617-223-9400 617-223-4825 (FAX) > Scott Harshbarger, Attorney General, One > Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108 Phone > 617-727-2200, 617-727-3521 (FAX) > William F. Weld, Governor, Commonwealth of > Massachusetts, State House, Boston, MA 02133 > Phone 617-727-9173, 617-523-7984 (FAX) > > THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR HELP, > CONCERN and PRAYERS. > > JOHN & RHETTA SWEENEY > 24 Meyer Lane > Hamilton, MA 01982 > 508-468-1536 Phone > 508-468-4428 (FAX) > jsweeney@star.net (e-mail) > http://www.qui-tam.com (Web Page) > > These people also needs more food to be donated > > > >˙-˙-˙-˙-˙-˙-˙-˙-˙-˙-˙-˙-˙-˙-˙-˙ >Unsub info - send e-mail to majordomo@majordomo.pobox.com, with >"unsubscribe liberty-and-justice" in the body (not the subject) >Liberty-and-Justice list-owner is Mike Goldman <whig@pobox.com> > > ======================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell : Counselor at Law, federal witness B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. 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