Homeland Security put me under investigation after I was on the Above Politics Show…coincidence?, page 1

A few months back I was on the Above Politics Show with Martin Bain and Justin Case. They graciously asked me to come on the show to tell of my experiences during Hurricane Katrina.
www.abovetopsecret.com...
I was, and still am, very angry at how New Orleans is portrayed by not only the media, but the US government as the only place hit by Hurricane Katrina. I believe the government and the media look at NO because it is the politically correct way to view things and while doing so, they have forgotten what happened (which was far worse) to Mississippi.
Not two weeks after I posted this thread…and was on the show…my father (who lives in Arkansas) got a call from an agent with Homeland Security. He started asking questions (which he clearly already knew the answers to) of my father about what I had lost in the storm, where I was, and had I moved to Utah.
He called my mother who lives on the Coast, and asked her similar questions.
He tried to talk to one of my younger brothers, who told him to...well, let's just say my brother wouldn't talk to him.
I started getting phone calls from a number "6-000" and "6-606." Who can make a call from a number like that?!
I had come to Utah before the storm and ended up getting stranded here, because I had nowhere else to go. I had nothing to go back to (job, home, even anywhere at all to stay), so, I restarted my life in Utah.
He told my family I was under investigation for fraud, perjury, theft of government funds, giving false information (I guess that is different from perjury) and couple other things... All told, if convicted, I was going to be facing 60-70 YEARS.
By luck, if you call it that, I had a scheduled vacation on the week Katrina was to hit. However, Homeland Security wanted to say I moved from Mississippi a few days before the storm to live in Utah. Never mind, I only had one paycheck on me, my Mississippi apartment (which was gone) was full of my things, and my girlfriend and I both had requested vacation time three months before.
After Katrina, much of this was impossible to verify. My job, her job, and both of the places we worked were gone…not just closed…gone.
They wanted me to PROVE my intentions were to only go to Utah for a short time…how do I do that with nothing left? How does a person prove what they were thinking?
A couple months after my father had his conversation, I had to fly to MS and meet with a Homeland Security Agent, who was to say the least…rude. My former professor from USM was also a lawyer/judge on the Coast, so I was able to hire him to represent me.
I have never been more afraid in my life. I had a man in front of me, who not only wanted to, but had the ability to pretty much end my life.
After an hour or two of speaking with him, he left, clearly upset he had no case. The government dropped all the charges except for one. They say I still lied on how I got to Utah. I say, I left for Utah and got stuck, they say I told them I was displaced (a very minor difference, which I would never had said anyway). The charges are still hanging out there on me and may do so for sometime.
What really troubled me, though, was the information he had on me. He pulled up emails I had sent to family asking how they were doing, text messages to my brothers, and a list of phone calls I had made during the week Katrina hit….clearly, I was labeled as a national security threat and the Patriot Act was used on me.
I thought people might like to know the power of the federal government, and how quickly a person’s life can change…twice.
It has cost me over $15,000, but I will fight as long as I can. My professor says this is very much how the federal government works. They have virtually unlimited resources and clearly mine are finite. If it keeps up much longer, I will be force to plead guilty to a crime I did not commit and have a felony on my record.

reply to post by DaddyBare

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I know what you are saying, and i think you are right.
The issue I have it that the money I have had to put out to "prove" I didn't do anything wrong.
HS is the single most dangerous branch of the government and if they can do this to me...

reply to post by TheFreeBird

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And here is somethng else...
THere is nothing to keep this investigation open...forever. In another 6-8 months, we are going to ask for a letter of "non-procecution," however, they don't have to give it.
It is a way to keep tabs on me...not that I am a big threat or anything...but still, the more people they have directly under their infinite thumbs, the better.
I wonder how many people have this sort of investigation open on them.

reply to post by KOGDOG

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Now, I am a skeptic, so that side of me has to be honest. I guess there is a chance it is some telemarketing scam or sales HQ which somehow has a number like that. How? I have no idea, but then again I do not know all there is to know about the phone companies and how numbers are given out.
I do know, I was too freaked out to answer them. Later, when I got my...nerve...up, I tried to call it back. I didn't get anything.
As one of the calls was coming in, I showed it to a guy at work who just sort of back away from me. I think he thought the phone was going to explode or something

reply to post by Voxel

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I agree with you 100%
I wanted to bring this out right after it happened to me, but my professor/lawyer told me to let things be for awhile. He said he didn't think it had anything to do with me coming on the Above Politics Show, but it was better to be safe. He said, "You never know who is watching and when. You may p*** off the wrong person at the wrong time."
But you know, while he is right, if everyone sits back and waits for things to blow over, then no one know that it ever happened to begin with.
I only hope a new administration will temper what clearly has gotten out of control.
They seem to forget, and investigation here and there...can destroy lives.

reply to post by Hallberg Rassy

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A second situation occured when a Retired Military officer embezzled over 146,000 on a defense contract. He was a decorated combat and intelligence officer and hid behind the flag when i filed charges. The DOJ didnt care too much for his actions and tossed him behind bars, he is currently serving time for the crime. He had also embezzled funds from other contractors, he was recieving contracts from the DoD under quota systems for veterans and simply didnt pay the people actually performing work when the time came.

Oh... so now we have some idea as to where that 3 Trillion Pentagon bucks disappeared. A little here... a lot there... eventually it all adds up.

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson April 7, 1775

reply to post by antar

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YOu are right in a couple of ways...
One, if I use reason, I am pretty sure they did not use my time on the AP Show/Thread to do this...however, the timing something which people who are of a conspiracy mind (which I tend not to be) could misunderstand.
Second, while I did get money from FEMA, I stopped it. I continue, even now, to get information from them asking me if I need further assistance.
I had to call them several times and send them two letters to get them to stop.
I don't know how many people did that.
Of course, they had no record of any of this happening.
At some point during the early going, all of the FEMA duties became one with Homeland Security and since it was a fairly new arm of the government at the time...much of mine and other people's information was lost.
Third, I figure if I can be proactive in stating my case...there will be a solid record of it here on ATS of when I did such things and how I truly feel since my "feelings" and "intentions" are being brought up so much by HS.

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