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Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 10 Num. 18
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("Quid coniuratio est?")
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ARREST OF HACKER CASTS DISPERSION {1}
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ON STORY OF CIA LOOTING ACCOUNTS
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Did an ex-CIA agent attempt to contract for
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the death of his son over an inheritance, or
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are powerful forces retaliating against the
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raiding of secret, overseas bank accounts?
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(The Spotlight, 2/10/97)
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Article by The Spotlight Staff
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A Nancy, Kentucky man accused of being the buyer in a
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murder-for-hire scheme remains in federal custody after his
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latest request for bond was denied by U.S. District Judge
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Jennifer Coffman.
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Lexington, Kentucky attorney Gatewood Galbraith had filed a
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motion for a bond hearing for his client, Charles "Chuck" Hayes,
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who has remained in the Laurel County Detention Center in London,
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Kentucky since his October 22 arrest for allegedly conspiring to
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have his son killed.
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So far, nothing sounds particularly out of the ordinary. Persons
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charged with felonies are often denied bail for a variety of
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reasons. But a peek behind the mainstream media's minimalist
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reports reveals disturbing details.
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Remember the story of U.S. government functionaries, many of them
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members of Congress, having secret bank accounts in foreign
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countries, mostly Switzerland? [CN: See Orlin Grabbe articles
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at http://www.shout.net/~bigred/cn.html for background]
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Supposedly, the CIA found out about it through computer
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"hacking," then drained the accounts, using the money for its own
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purposes. {2} The people whose secret accounts were drained
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couldn't, of course, complain because they couldn't admit to
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having a secret, overseas account.
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The accused, Chuck Hayes, is alleged to be the CIA "hacker" who
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got into the overseas accounts and helped his employer drain them
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[sic, see note #2 below]. He was part of an alleged CIA
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operation [sic] code-named the Fifth Column.
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After Hayes went public he was arrested, accused of trying to
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hire a "hit man" to kill his son. There's a sequence of events
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that is more than coincidence, according to his friends.
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In his motion for a bond hearing, Galbraith cited misfeasance on
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the part of FBI Agent David Keller. He says Keller's October 25,
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1996 testimony was tainted. According to Galbraith, as reported
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on the Internet: "In essence, the vast majority of alleged proof
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presented by the government at the detention hearing of [Hayes]
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was unsubstantiated, even though it could have easily been
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checked out for its truthfulness if the government had so
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desired, and it is this disdain and disregard for possible
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exculpatory evidence that so taints the testimony of the lead
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prosecution witness at the detention hearing, Special Agent David
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Keller."
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Hayes was arraigned on November 27, 1996 on the "conspiracy to
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murder" charge, based primarily on testimony from the FBI.
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Galbraith reportedly told reporter Sherry Price of the Pulaski
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(County) Weekly News, "If I were a good citizen of the state of
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Kentucky, I would strap on my weapons and go looking for federal
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agents... because they do happen to be murderous bastards, and I
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might need to protect myself in legal and justifiable
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self-defense by blowing someone's head off." {3}.
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All motions before the court on behalf of Hayes have been denied.
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The latest, filed on December 19, 1996, was denied on December 30
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by Magistrate J.B. Johnson, which included a motion requesting
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that the "Findings of Facts" on November 26 by Johnson be
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corrected.
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According to published reports, Galbraith stated in a motion that
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"the original court was grievously misled by the alleged proof
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presented at the detention hearing on behalf of the government,
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much of which is impeachable by the most cursory independent
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investigation."
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Who's Grabbe?
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One of the reasons given by the government to deny bond to Hayes
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were Internet postings by one "J. Orlin Grabbe," which the FBI
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alleges is really a pen name for Hayes.
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However, Grabbe is an internationally known financial specialist
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who lives in Nevada and is the author of college textbooks on
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finance and economics, who had become friendly with Hayes,
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according to Galbraith.
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One Grabbe posting on the Internet said that everything about the
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Fifth Column was a lie to make "Jim Norman struggle to create
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stories from the concept." {4}. That concept included President
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Bill Clinton's CIA connection and the "suicide" of White House
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insider Vince Foster. Apparently the FBI failed to find any
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humor in the piece.
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The article downloaded from the Internet and forwarded to The
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Spotlight said Grabbe, Hayes and White House spokesman Mike
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McCurry discussed strategies to keep the ruse alive.
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The allegations of murder-for-hire stem from a dispute Hayes has
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with his son over the estate of Haye's mother, Madge Beckett.
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She left the majority of her $920,000 estate to her grandson,
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John, leaving defendant Hayes $1,000. John's brother was willed
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$500. The estate has been contested since Mrs. Beckett's death
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on December 26, 1994.
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Says Galbraith, the nickname "Angel of Death" given to Hayes was
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from his activities in exposing illegal monetary activities by
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government officials, causing many to retire; i.e., causing their
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political death.
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The trial is expected to be underway by the time this issue of
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The Spotlight reaches its subscribers. [CN: Hayes was found
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guilty and is awaiting sentencing.]
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+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
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(From a related story, "RFA Examines Links In Scandals,"
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Spotlight, 2/10/97.)
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[Excerpts] Chicago's Sherman Skolnick returned to Radio
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Free America (RFA) January 26... Skolnick also commented
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upon the ongoing trial of CIA operative Charles Hayes...
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Hayes is believed to be the man behind the stories about
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Vince Foster and the computer hackers told by former Forbes
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magazine editor Jim Norman... The government's primary
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witness against Hayes, who is charged with plotting to kill
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his son, turned out to be Lawrence W. Myers, formerly the
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top reporter for Media Bypass magazine... Skolnick said
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that he suspected Myers was undercover from the beginning,
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and now he suspects that both Myers and Hayes are somehow
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involved in a disinformation campaign centered around
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statements that will come from this trial...
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---------------------------<< Notes >>---------------------------
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{1} "Arrest of Hacker Casts Dispersion..." Casts *Dispersion*?
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Am I missing some nuance, or should it have read something like
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"Casts Doubt"?
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{2} "Supposedly, the CIA found out about it through computer
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'hacking,' then drained the accounts, using the money for its own
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purposes." Not quite right. Allegedly, a rogue group of ex-CIA
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hackers drained the accounts. Allegedly, they were not operating
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on behalf of CIA. The Spotlight article is also misleading when
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it states the money was "used for its own purposes." Allegedly,
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the money was held in some sort of U.S. Treasury account, pending
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cleanup of government corruption. At that point, presumably, the
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money was to have been released, by the rogue hackers, to CIA.
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{3} Regarding Gatewood Galbraith's supposed advice to "strap on
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weapons" and "go looking for federal agents," *if* Galbraith made
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such a statement, that is appalling. Just because FBI is going
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around murdering people doesn't make it okay for others to do
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likewise.
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{4} "One Grabbe posting on the Internet said that everything
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about the Fifth Column was a lie..." Apparently refers to Dr.
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Grabbe's satirical essay, "An Apology and Good-Bye." This editor
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was amazed when several readers could not seem to understand the
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satirical nature of the essay and took it literally. Apparently
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the Spotlight staff is similarly unable to detect satire.
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