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In reply to the discussion: Gov. Don Siegelman is still in prison and the BFEE judge who put him there is still a crook. [View all]MinM
(2,650 posts)70. Yes .. Abraham Bolden was arrested for his efforts.
Abraham Bolden was a Secret Service agent who had asked to leave the White House in 1961. He did not care for the lackadaisical practices of the White House detail. (p. 200) On October 30, 1963 Bolden was in Chicago when the local agents were briefed on what they knew about an attempt being planned on JFK's life there. After Vallee's arrest and the foiling of the plot, Bolden felt a foreboding about Kennedy's upcoming trip to Dallas. When Kennedy was killed, Bolden noted the similarities between what had occurred in Dallas and what almost occurred in Chicago. In May of 1964 he was in Washington for a Secret Service training program. (p. 215)
He tried to contact the Warren Commission about what he knew. The day after his call to J. Lee Rankin, he was sent back to Chicago. Upon his arrival he was arrested. The pretense was that he was trying to sell Secret Service files to a counterfeiter. Upon his arraignment he was formally charged with fraud, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy. (Ibid) Needless to say, Bolden was convicted based upon perjured testimony. (The phony witness later admitted this himself.)
He was imprisoned at Springfield where he was placed in a psychiatric unit. (p. 216) He was given mind-numbing drugs. But other inmates alerted him to the nature of the drugs in advance. So he knew how to fake taking the pills. While in prison, his family endured a bombing of their home, setting fire to their garage, and a sniper shooting through their window. Mark Lane, while working for Garrison, visited him in 1967. Lane then wrote about Bolden's knowledge of the plot in Chicago. When the prison authorities learned about this, they placed Bolden in solitary confinement. He was finally released in 1969...
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He tried to contact the Warren Commission about what he knew. The day after his call to J. Lee Rankin, he was sent back to Chicago. Upon his arrival he was arrested. The pretense was that he was trying to sell Secret Service files to a counterfeiter. Upon his arraignment he was formally charged with fraud, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy. (Ibid) Needless to say, Bolden was convicted based upon perjured testimony. (The phony witness later admitted this himself.)
He was imprisoned at Springfield where he was placed in a psychiatric unit. (p. 216) He was given mind-numbing drugs. But other inmates alerted him to the nature of the drugs in advance. So he knew how to fake taking the pills. While in prison, his family endured a bombing of their home, setting fire to their garage, and a sniper shooting through their window. Mark Lane, while working for Garrison, visited him in 1967. Lane then wrote about Bolden's knowledge of the plot in Chicago. When the prison authorities learned about this, they placed Bolden in solitary confinement. He was finally released in 1969...
http://www.ctka.net/2008/jfk_unspeakable.html
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Gov. Don Siegelman is still in prison and the BFEE judge who put him there is still a crook. [View all]
Octafish
Aug 2014
OP
The conviction, imprisonment, and continued imprisonment of this poor innocent man is a national
Zorra
Aug 2014
#29
Manning, Siegelman, innocent people jailed, but we must not be sanctimonious about
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#50
There are many strange and un-investigated parties to this story: Roy Atchison, US Attorney...
Octafish
Aug 2014
#26
Siegelman's daughter has been spending so much of her time and energy trying to win
truedelphi
Aug 2014
#6
I won't Octafish, but sometimes the sheer magnitude of the corruption is mind boggling.
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#39
Travesty that Siegelman fell prey to all this shit. No matter how often you write, you're
Jefferson23
Aug 2014
#11
It is so damn frustrating, and it is important for Americans not to forget about Siegelman.
Jefferson23
Aug 2014
#38
Then let's not let it be forgotten. Let's KEEP posting about it and talking about it
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#40
I don't know that you could persuade enough voters this should be a huge issue. I write, I call
Jefferson23
Aug 2014
#47
I know it wouldn't be easy, but EVERY mention of this case brings it into the public
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#48
Does anyone really expect the administration to do anything to get Don Siegelman out of prison?
Jack Rabbit
Aug 2014
#14
No, I don't, we are on our own, so let's do something. Let's make it an issue in this
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#41
Federal Judge Mark E. Fuller arrested on domestic violence charge. Guy's out on bail already.
Octafish
Aug 2014
#56
Obama's failure to have DOJ reopen a full-blown Siegelman investigation stinks to high heaven
99th_Monkey
Aug 2014
#19
And even worse than THAT, he DID look into Republican Sen. Stevens' case, while
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#42
Thank you, no, there was no corruption in the Siegelman case. Is anyone else tired of waiting for
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#63
Didya hear what Judge Fuller did to his wife (allegedly cough Turdblossom furball)?
Octafish
Aug 2014
#58