You did a great job, Will. Thank you for all of your important work.

Thanks for the note, Carol.

Salam Linda

Thank you for the profile you have made for our brother Noureddine Malki
There are some articles written by the French media and the Moroccan Media that we would appreciate to be placed on his profile.
Could you please also help making petition to be signed by people that can sign it to bring him his freedom and to regain his American citizenship.
The previous government has persecuted him. A story has been built to destroy our brother he is since October 2005 in Jail for because of his origin and believes. All the Muslim Arab are suspected by terrorism

Salaamun Alaykum Sister,
I made a profile for your brother at
http://freedetainees.org/noureddine-malki
Please let me know if it's okay. There are two sub-pages, one with his letters, and one with court documents etc. I hope it's ok, but please please let me know if there is anything I should add or take away.
Jazak'allah Khair
Linda

I was asked recently by one of the inmates at CMU Terre Haute to file a freedom of info request on the CMU. I was excited to learn that you have already done so. Can you please contact me because I am doing my best to support this prisoner. I definitely would like a list of inmates there and anything else you learn.

Also, do you know about the SPLC reports about animal rights activists that led to them being put on terrorist lists? I've got some info on that at my blog plus I can give you my sources.

My brother Noureddine Malki was transferred from Brooklyn to USP Marion . Here after is sum of his story.
He used to work for the American government as translator; He was sentenced on May to 121 months without any proof of the crime he is accused for. The judge said that because he gathered classified documents, he might have the intention to use them. The accusation then is not based on real fact, but based on suspicion.
Suspicions exist because he is native from Morocco and because he lies on earlier 1999 to have an American citizenship after several years working without green card. The immigrations laws are very difficult and the way to obtain the green card or citizenship is very long in USA. for somebody that dreamed of America all his life.
During his job as translator in Iraq, he has recommendations about his good job and about him saving American life, but it seems to be not enough for the judge to give him his freedom.
Recently I read on the NY time’s newspapers about cases worse then his case, but as the defendants are American, they got less than him or no pursue.
We come out with the conclusion: There are two justices in America; one for the American born and one for the others that are natives from Arabic and Muslim countries.
Once a week From USP Marion, He is allowed to call one of his family, last time I had him on he phone he complaint that there are 21 inmates separated from others because of their supposed religion and believes".
My brother served America, but because of his previous lie to become an American citizen, and because he kept intentionally classified documents he is thrown at Marion. There is an appeal running to cancel the unfair sentencing he got on May 2008.
When I search on the website for my brother on the USP Marion, he is simply not found. I suspect that the website is intentionally not updated,
There is no notion of CMU. My brother explained that all the guys that are with him are under CMU.
They don’t have the same right as the others inmates. Why? Can somebody from your organization investigate and let the media know.
This is an additional punishment for him when he is INNOCENT of the intention the American government is suspecting him.
Please find hereunder what my brother have written from his jail to rectifie something (as my english isn't good,) I am a French citizen living in France..Since 2005, I visited him twice, I have written to several organisation, as Democracynow and ACLU who are the only able to publish about this secrete prison where he is now.

The first mail.
Dear Halima & Sonia,
Did you let the French journalists know where I'm right now?
This place, as I described it before,- is called CMU (Communication Management Unit)
This secretive place has more barbed wires than Guantanamo Bay prison.
Phone calls are only 15 minutes a week and inmates are cut off from the rest of the general population.
According to the retarded genius who created or helped create it this unit was designed to house dangerous
convicts to "protect the public" from us. The inmates here are labeled by the government as the most dangerous
people on the face of earth. Even serial killers, rapists, mobsters, and real time career criminals who are all
doing life in other jails enjoy 300-minute phone calls and are not isolated from the rest of prison population.
So are inmates here more dangerous or are they simply Muslims? The answer is so clear a legally blind person can see it.
Right now almost 90% of the inmates here are Muslims. This is no coincidence in any way or form !!
The other 10% are thrown in here just to deceive the public that this place holds non Muslims as well.
None of the 10% knows why they happen to be here in this place with Muslim inmates.
Since the new so-called TRULINCS was introduced communication problems suddenly surfaced
every time I try to make my only phone call of the week.
Being in the CMU you have to request a phone call one week in advance.
Just this last Monday April 20th, 2009 at 1.00 PM, local time as I neared the 4th minute talking to my wife when the phone got disconnected. According to the person in charge I have to wait until someone in Washington determines what happened. If the person decided that the problem occurred outside the system
then I would be denied my phone call for the week. I have to wait again for the other planned for the following week.
There is nothing I can do. My fate depends on the mercy of someone in Washington if I should make the call or not.
Here are resources about CMU you may need to check:

http://sjlendman.blogspot.com (articles on CMU)
http://www.democracynow.org (search archives for 04/17/09)
http://www.supportdaniel.org/cmu (04/14/09)
http://www.greenisthenewred.com .
Nour.


The second one to rectifie what I ignorate about classified documents.

Dear sister Halima,
My laptop was in my apartment while I was deployed in Iraq. I never took it with me.
My personal laptop computer was void of any classified materials. I wouldn't mix any work-related stuff with my personal files and folders.
The FBI agents, however, having deceptively convinced Vincent to let them into the apartment, went in with neither a search warrant from court, nor my consent. They misled Vincent into believing that I had told him previously to let them into my apartment. They took advantage of his ignorance of the rules of search and seizure. Armed with their malicious intents they ransacked the whole place and took away any thing they deemed good to construct an illusive case against me even when I served the U.S for two years in a time of war. They found -among the piles of Compact Disks I had been using as part of my daily work routine- one work-related CD that has classified information. It had been accidently taken from my work place along with all other disks I had . They consequently used that CD, not the laptop, as evidence against me. So they charged me with unauthorized possession of classified documents.
The prosecutor, already predisposed to enhance my sentence, used the wrong sentencing guidelines that carry the maximum prison term of 10 years. Because of my race and religion, he chose the guidelines that can only be used against those who are charged with bad intent to distribute or pass the classified information to others not authorized to have it. He said I had violent plots and criminal intents without proving any facts. If I ever had any bad intent wouldn't I be extra careful and tend to be very calculating? If I ever had any criminal intent I would be very prudent not to leave any trace of evidence. I would have destroyed any evidence simply because I wouldn't be that stupid to leave a trail behind. In fact, violent plots and criminal intents were found only within the prosecutor's and the agents' minds, certainly not mine.
I felt their prejudice from day one. The fact that I had to spend 6 months in solitary confinement is proof that my case was racially motivated. They lied to the judge when he asked why I had been placed in a solitary cell. First they said that they had nothing to with my placement and that it was the bureau of prisons' decision to place me anywhere they wanted. Then it turned out later that they asked the prison authorities to place me in isolation to increase pressure on me to plea guilty for the purpose of depriving me of my due process right to a jury trial. They committed acts of perjury and obstruction of justice by having lied to the judge. Unfortunately nothing was done about their lies. It's just business as usual. The question is: Can a prosecutor charge himself with perjury and Obstruction of justice? The answer is, of course, NO!! They use the law against others and the law can't be used against them, even if they lie.
They even passed classified information to my lawyer, by means of mail and hand delivery, even when she didn't have clearance, at that time, to view secret documents which are deemed classified. So they committed a crime by passing classified information to a lawyer who was not supposed to view it until she gets clearance. Even so, they wanted to show that their duty was to protect America from people like me, whereas the truth lies in the fact that they took my case as an opportunity to save their careers by sacrificing me as a burned offering to the Bush administration. It became apparent that satisfying a political agenda was a primary criteria for them to keep their jobs.
Some good prosecutors somehow resisted pressure from the White House. They used the rule of law by deciding not to prosecute innocent people and instead used common sense, pursuant to ethical rules. Their good intentions back fired and were perceived as politically disloyal. So they were in danger of losing their jobs and being replaced. Former U.S Attorney general, Alberto Gonzales, was asked to fire so many good prosecutors simply they weren't agressive enough to bring charges against democratic rivals and more people of the Muslim faith. those who kept their jobs and couldn't find any real reason to prosecute Muslims, were put under pressure and urged to create any grounds or fake reasons to find Muslims and prosecute them. They used the tax payers' money to hire informants to entrap Muslims into FBI created crimes.
All this was, of course, done to create a sense of fear and make the public believe that they're saving America from the threat of terrorism.
Alberto Gonzales once stole highly classified information and tempered with it. He was never charged of any crime.
There is much more to talk about, more than enough to write books about the subject...I'll stop here for now.
Please pass this information to ACLU and the French media to uncover the false persecution of innocent Muslims.
Regards.
Nour.

Thank you very much if could help me,


Halima Le Ray

Obviously the consitution still means something. When they want it to. And only certain parts, when it works out for those who will gain from it. But not us!

*highly

Somebody,
I disagree. I think the constitution did mean something, a long time ago. I high doubt the first settlers would risk their lives just to end up in the same situation that they risked their lives to get away from...But I don't want to argue, and that is for a different conversation entirely.

My point was, it's only a matter of time until the rest of our rights are disgregarded as well.

I've only recently become familiar with the term "Green Scare" and honestly, anarchism in general. What this truly means to all of us, what it means about the world in which we live. Anyway, I'm glad to have found your website and I look forward to reading more in the future. I've started my own rants at www.thenewanarchist.com

i'm so glad Democracy Now exists - she covers great stuff (it was the only "major" media outlet to cover the A New Way Forward protests i organized a few weeks back). good job on the interview and keep up all the amaaaazing things you do/post about.

Haven't had a chance to listen to this yet, but will do tomorrow.

I am glad that they brought you on their show. I have found Democracy Now! to be rather routinely against most animal-activist related stories, even when they violate human civil rights. The most I think I've ever heard Amy Goodman or Juan Gonzales say about it was a brief, MAYBE 10-minutes section (and it was probably shorter than that) on the passage of AETA.

I just saw this...thank you for covering this and spreading the information. Please keep us posted on what more you find out through freedom of information.
As the partner of one who is incarcerated for alleged ELF-related vandalism, this is truly, truly heartbreaking and obscene. I am completely outraged!
My heart goes out to all the inmates and their loved ones. It is one of the hardest things a person can endure.

Excellent, Will. It's great to see the CMUs exposed and Daniel's case brought to a wider audience.

Thanks, Matt!

Okay, so after hearing about Isreal and stuff, I skipped ahead to about 30 minutes to hear your part.

You did a great job, thanks for informing everyone. I've told my family between pausing and playing the video and they are very concerned. I'm going to post about it on the YAAC updates.

"Doesn’t the constitution mean anything anymore?"

Constitution never meant anything in the first place, it's just a document that is supposed to make you feel all warm and fuzzy and give you the false idea that you are actually free in a system that is nothing but an impediment to freedom. None of those things actually mean anything, the founding fathers of amerika just knew how to word things right to instill the feeling that this government is different from all the rest in that it actually cares about you and is going to do everything it can to represent you and keep you free. All governments are the same, they rule, they oppress, they restrict, they dominate, they enforce, they violate, they enslave, and they use violence to keep it all going. Ask a Native American (if you can find one, they are after all a little hard to come across) about the great american spirit of democracy and freedom, or better yet, ask a black person.

*happen

It took about 10 minutes to start playing.

So we are supposed to have protected free speech and freedom of press. Then the AETA is created.
We are supposed to be protected against cruel and unusual punishment. Yet Bush not only let's torture happens, but LIES about it. Doesn't the constitution mean anything anymore?

The video is still playing, I just had to mention that before I forgot.

she forgot to thank you at the end along with the other two.