BREAKING: Hughes Arrested for 1981 Alavarez Murders

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Postby desertfae » Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:01 am

American Dream wrote:I just got an email from Virginia McCullough, which I will reproduce in its entirety here:
Virginia McCullough wrote:
The previous quote from one of the last postings by C2W is as off base as they come. Judge Eddie Keller, who tried the Hamlin case, all but totally ignored MR’s first letter to the court and then Richard Hamlin did absolutely nothing to bring MR to Calif. to testify at his trial. Richard Hamlin was first chair and the brilliant and dedicated defense attorney Bob Banning was second chair. Hamlin controlled the defense and he did a lousy job of it. Hamlin alleges to be very religious has a long history of being a good schmoozer and a good trial lawyer. However he is also arrogant, sexist, and was his own worst enemy before the trial when he refused a 12 year deal offered by the prosecution that was contingent upon a mental evaluation that could have provided him with an excellent “snapped” defense. The prosecution probably believed he was delusional because of his stated belief in satanic cults out to kill him and the two incidents of discharging a firearm during February 2004, the month prior to his arraignment.

More importantly, Hamlin convicted himself, much like Philip Arthur Thompson, when he (1) took the stand and (2) audio taped himself beating his wife Susan while he called her every name in the book.
Kate and I each met separately with Richard many, many times in the El Dorado County Jail and we attended every day of the trial.

Where was C2W or maybe I just did not recognize her sitting in the courtroom of visiting Richard in jail. It amazes me how very much C2W thinks she knows when she knows next to nothing.


One has to wonder if VM and KD were soooo close to Richard Hamlin, do they still talk to him since the trial is over? Or did you just talk to him long enough to make sure he was convicted? AD, why don't you "channel" VM again and tell us.
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Postby Dr_Doogie » Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:15 am

American Dream wrote:Dr. Doogiewrote:
their currency ultimately destroys their position that TG and MR should ignored.


I can not speak to Kate and/or Virginia thoughts on this, but what makes you say that this is their position?


Why don't you just ask Virginia to shoot you another email where she clarifies exactly what her position is about Ted and Michael instead of me summarizing my opinions of her opinions?

Considering that she and Kate run the "Gunderson Data Dump" on the NMN site, I suspect that her opinion of him is pretty low. Likewise, when she calls Michael "The Puppetmaster" and contacted then-candidate for DA Vern Person warning him about MR, I also suspect that she does not think highly of him either. But I would much rather not put words into her mouth and would rather hear directly from her without any interpetation on my part.

If she finds both of these men as untrustworthy as I suspect that she does, then why are you questioning my statement? And if she does not hold that opinion, are you going to hold her to the same seeming standard that you have tried to apply to Desertfae and myself?
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Postby American Dream » Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:29 am

Dr. Doogie, I imagine that your comments here will be read by Virginia. However, what I read in your statement is that you basically just made this up about their position.

So, if you're just guessing about this, aren't you therefore dancing with your own straw man?
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Postby Dr_Doogie » Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:42 am

Again, AD, why don't you just ask Virginia to post exactly what her position is on Ted and Michael? You certainly haven't been shy about asking others to do the same.
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Postby Dr_Doogie » Tue Dec 29, 2009 3:16 am

American Dream wrote:...However, what I read in your statement is that you basically just made this up about their position...


You're kidding, right? Are you contending that my statement that VM and KD appear to have an extremely low opinion of Ted and Michael is "made up"? Seriously???
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Postby Dr_Doogie » Tue Dec 29, 2009 3:37 am

http://www.newsmakingnews.com/vm,fred,alvarez,jimmy,hughes,extradition,setting,the,record,straight,11,16,09.html

From the above linked article by Virginia McCullough dated 11/16/2009:

"Media publicity since Hughes’ arrest has centered on the strange partnership formed between Riverside County Sheriff Cold Case Detective Powers and a woman who identifies herself as the daughter of one of the people killed in the backyard of Fred Alvarez’s home, Fred Boger. The woman is Rachel Begley who uses the internet handle Desertfae (Desertfae.com)."

So as of mid-November, VM was still playing the "Rachel may not be Boger's daughter" card, even though obviously The Riverside Sheriff Department and the California AG Office had long since concluded otherwise.

From the same article:

"The Alvarez executions have been on the shelf of the Riverside Sheriff and District Attorney’s office for the past 28 years. A complaint has finally been filed charging that James George Hughes was the hit man in these executions. If the integrity of the investigation and prosecution are not strictly maintained, a conviction or convictions in this triple execution might never be achieved. It is vital that politics not be allowed to enter this judicial arena and that the potential jury pool in Riverside not be contaminated by inaccuracies posted to the Internet prior to trial."

Boy, nothing subtle there. This is a clear insinuation that Desertfae is risking a successful prosecution by posting her info. But notice that not a single example of an inaccuracy is listed? I guess just by hinting at inaccuracies without supplying a single example has the effect of tainting the jury pool itself without the pesky burden of actual proof of the accusations.

Of course, this is the same VM who (along with KD) has complained that not enough info has been released by prosecutors and who demand to know who Rachel's sources are. Can't have it both ways, ladies.
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Postby Dr_Doogie » Tue Dec 29, 2009 3:58 am

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Kate Dixon wrote: Oh, I forgot one thing -- They also had KESQ, film Hughes being booked, which was clearly an attempt to mortify him in front of cameras -- it was a really sick sick film to show him going through each inch of the booking process, a very long perp walk INSIDE INSIDE, I REPEAT, INSIDE THE FACILITY,SO EVERYONE IN THE WORLD CAN SEE THE FACILITY AND ITS LACK OF SECURITY. YES, they are so stupid, they showed the entire world their sheriff dep't process, and blew any security they hope to maintain regarding it. Just outright sadism to give a couple of freaks out there, (WHO enjoys watching this?) some cheap thrills. I personally don't like to see mortification -- a brief walk in handcuffs up to the courthouse or to the steps of the jail house is enough for me to see -- that's enough perp walk, and all that is really allowed in the civilized world outside of Riverside County's Sheriff Dept. It makes you wonder who is running the Hughes case. In the film, Powers completely enjoyed himself, smiling, preening, almost laughing at times at the camera as he processed the defendant, taking off the layers of cuffs (gees I didn't know they had all that stuff?) and then having the defendant try to keep his pants up without a belt on -- the whole booking process for all the world to see, up to the point, where they start stripping him down of his outergarments and some kind of security device around his chest. I can't believe Deputy AG Murphy wanted that sadistic gloating booking film out there. It is a first -- Alfred Hitchcock style psyho stuff. God, they are making a real movie and book out of this as they go along, aren't they?


I just went back to rewatch the video with your observations in mind. All I can say is "Huh???" Everything I saw was consistent with what I assume is standard booking procedures - nothing out of the ordinary. I saw no "lack of security". And I certainly saw no "sadism" or Powers "preening" for the camera. Absolutely nothing in your above paragraph is even remotely true or correct - NOTHING!

This is obviously a raw video pool feed probably provided by the Sheriff's department to be used by media outlets to edit down to the usually fifteen second clip that ends up on the evening news. I would assume that the feed was authorized to limit media interference during what was obviously an event where security needed to be maintained.I am confused - at first Ms. Dixon complains that not enough info is being shared, then she complains that the unedited video provides too much info. And then she completely misconstrues what the tape shows. Honestly, folks, if there ever was a question as to whether NMN/KD/VM has an agenda, please spend the eight minutes watching the video and compare what you see to what Ms. Dixon claims she saw. Good grief, did she watch the same tape as me?


Please pardon me for quoting myself, but the issue raised in my post remains unchallenged. Please read KD's comments and then watch the video to see if they are an accurate description of what the video shows. I would appreciate people's comments.

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Postby compared2what? » Tue Dec 29, 2009 5:26 am

American Dream wrote:I just got an email from Virginia McCullough, which I will reproduce in its entirety here. Her comments are the italicized ones below.

A.D.


Thanks, A.D. And I'm very sorry for any additional stress you might have incurred as a result of somehow ending up in the interlocutor's chair. I didn't mean to put you in that position; I don't think you should have to be there; and I'll do what I can to avoid inadvertently putting you in it again.

And thanks also, as always, for your unwavering commitment to seeing the right thing done. I hope you know that the fuss-and-bother we were having yesterday proceeded purely from my disagreement with your position as I understood it and was in no way personal. Nevertheless. Your patience and even-temper are much appreciated by me, and I thank you for them.



VM wrote:
compared2what? wrote:Speaking of which, I'm still wondering on what grounds Virginia McCullough's forehead remains free of the scarlet "MR/TG" you see on the brow of anyone who hasn't denounced one or both of them in terms strong enough to satisfy you when the entirety of her case for the outrageous injustice that was visited on Richard Hamlin by the court that convicted him is based solely and exclusively on the word of Michael Riconosciuto, with whom Hamlin was put in touch by the PI he hired. Fellow by the name of Ted Gunderson, IIRC.***


The previous quote from one of the last postings by C2W is as off base as they come. Judge Eddie Keller, who tried the Hamlin case, all but totally ignored MR’s first letter to the court...


Or, as you put it in your published coverage of the case:

    On February 26, 2004 Susan Hamlin had confessed to molesting her children and to conspiring with a satanic cult to murder her husband. The satanic cult was allegedly controlled by Susan's father, Dr. Sid Siemer. Two days later, following her husband's arrest on February 28, 2004, Susan Hamlin retracted her original statements to the El Dorado County Sheriff's Department.

    In the late fall of 2004, held in jail without bail since his arrest, Richard Hamlin hired private investigator Ted Gunderson who was located through an Internet search. Hamlin hoped that Gunderson, who advertised himself as an expert in Satanic cults, would uncover the cult involvement of his father-in-law Dr. Sid Siemer. Susan Hamlin had claimed her father had molested her throughout her childhood and into her adult married life.

    This bizarre, wide ranging case landed in the courtroom of Judge Eddie Keller. Keller, a former United States Attorney, closely examined the full plate before him and began slicing the service into manageable portions.

    Defendant Richard Hamlin made a verbal request of Judge Keller to bring self described CIA asset Michael Riconosciuto to the Placerville courtroom to testify as a defense witness. On November 15, 2004 Riconosciuto had written a letter to his attorney is which he said:

      I have received letters from Ted's (Gunderson) client Richard Hamlin. When TLG (Ted L. Gunderson) first began writing to me about the case with his client and client's father-in-law Sid Seimer (sic) , I was horrified........I know Sid Seimer (sic) from the Wackenhut/Cabazon operation. Sid was close to J. P. Nichols and Wayne Reeder. My reaction to the allegations of Sid's cult involvement was one of horror because of how powerful he is in military and intelligence circles........Sid is at the top in the cult scene on the international level! This guy is extremely dangerous. Sid is a expert in plant biology and epizoology. He was directly involved with the Wackenhut/Cabazon operations biowarfare work with DARPA and the University of California.

    Keller decided in an open court hearing that Riconosciuto would not be allowed to testify because his testimony was not relevant to the case.

    The intrigue of CIA black operations and the heat of the Cabazon Reservation in Indio, California was neatly severed from the case by Judge Keller who thought that his ruling would sever the fat from his full plate. His honor did not comprehend the persistence of Michael Riconosciuto. On March 30, 2005 Riconosciuto wrote a cover letter to the Chief Judge of the California Superior Court in El Dorado County. In that package he included a "Letter of Judicial Notification" addressed to Judge Edward T. Keller. Both letters tied the cases of Richard Hamlin to the case of Philip Arthur Thompson who was being held in the El Dorado County Jail charged with the 34-year-old murder of Betty Marie Cloer. (Click.) Judge Keller did not respond to the Riconosciuto letter.

    Several months later Michael Riconosciuto sent another letter to Judge Keller which was returned unopened to the sender. It was now obvious that His Honor would not allow Hamlin's witness to inject his testimony into the case...

    (snip, but link to full story with full list of rulings that are presented as excessively unfavorable to the defense here)

    ....Other interesting issues were brought up during the June 27th hearing. However, in the end Judge Keller made a determination that the extensive correspondence written by Susan Hamlin to others describing incest and satanic cult involvement were not illegally denied to the grand jury because they were not relevant to the charges against Richard Hamlin. Judge Keller filleted the Hamlin case to bare bones eliminating all of the excess fat and perhaps, in so doing, serving up Richard Hamlin's head on a silver platter.

VM wrote:...and then Richard Hamlin did absolutely nothing to bring MR to Calif. to testify at his trial. Richard Hamlin was first chair and the brilliant and dedicated defense attorney Bob Banning was second chair. Hamlin controlled the defense and he did a lousy job of it. Hamlin alleges to be very religious has a long history of being a good schmoozer and a good trial lawyer. However he is also arrogant, sexist, and was his own worst enemy before the trial when he refused a 12 year deal offered by the prosecution that was contingent upon a mental evaluation that could have provided him with an excellent “snapped” defense. The prosecution probably believed he was delusional because of his stated belief in satanic cults out to kill him and the two incidents of discharging a firearm during February 2004, the month prior to his arraignment.


Well. Okay. Please forgive me for perhaps not having been as clear as I guess I should have been.

But when I said "the entirety of her case," I was referring strictly to the entirety of the case you made for the outrageous injustice done to Richard Hamlin in the articles you wrote about his arrest, trial and conviction, which are posted on NMN. Where I read them. And if you mention his refusal to plead at all, let alone depict it as a bad decision, you either must have done it in a story that's not linked from the page that all the others are on or -- equally possible -- I overlooked it. Please send me a link if so, and I'll apologize for having mistakenly said, in good faith: Really? You'd sure never know it from reading your stories about him.

Nor is there so much as a hint that you thought him sexist or arrogant. ("In typical male fashion Richard Hamlin decided to confront Sid Siemer over the physical and sexual abuse Susan was alleging her father had inflicted upon her and the Hamlin children. Words were exchanged between the Hamlin and Siemer family members and things became more vitriolic.")

Indeed, one rather gets the impression that you thought of him as a good father and flawed-but-loving husband with an admirable track record as an attorney. ("Richard Hamlin had an unblemished record as both a prosecutor and a defense attorney. The marriage between the Hamlins had lasted twenty years and had produced four beautiful children.")

Maybe because you consistently cast him as the good guy (and leading man) of the piece, much persecuted by the lunkheads and satanists into whose hands his fate had fallen:

    The opening curtain was on February 26, 2004 when husband and wife walked into the El Dorado County Sheriff's Department and Susan Hamlin made a bizarre confession that detailed the molestation of her children and her involvement in a Satanic cult led by her father that intended to murder her husband.

    Two days later Richard Hamlin was arrested and Susan Hamlin retracted her entire confession claiming her position as lead actress in the drama.

    El Dorado County Detective Rich Strasser now appears as the heavy who investigates the alleged crimes admitted to by Susan Hamlin for less then forty-eight hours and arrests Richard Hamlin.

    Politically ambitious El Dorado County District Attorney Gary Lacy enters the scene from stage right and finds himself glowing in the limelight. Never one to undercharge a case and having survived a close re-election race, Lacy confidently takes center stage and charges Richard Hamlin with numerous felonies including, but not limited to, terrorist threats.

    The play's leading man Richard Hamlin held in jail without bail is now looking at 25 years to life if convicted in a jury trial. Several trial dates were postponed and the trial in now scheduled for October 11, 2005.

    The upcoming trial would still only be a high profile domestic violence case except for the debut of one more character actor -- former CIA asset Michael Riconosciuto. This highly intelligent scene-stealer comes on stage with his straight man, former FBI agent and Satanic cult chaser, Ted Gunderson. Gunderson serves for awhile as Richard Hamlin's private investigator. Riconosciuto communicates with Richard Hamlin and tells Hamlin that he can reveal a great deal about Susan Hamlin's father Dr. Sid Siemer and his activities in and around the Cabazon Indian Reservation in Indio, California.


Furthermore, there's really not a whole lot from which to infer that in your opinion, the prosecution thought he was crazy for believing satanists wanted to kill him in the story that's headlined: "WAS THERE A PLOT TO MURDER RICHARD HAMLIN?"

More importantly, Hamlin convicted himself, much like Philip Arthur Thompson, when he (1) took the stand and (2) audio taped himself beating his wife Susan while he called her every name in the book.

Kate and I each met separately with Richard many, many times in the El Dorado County Jail and we attended every day of the trial.


I take you at your word. However, your readers would never know any of that, including that it's your opinion that he convicted himself. Because you don't make it part of the case-in-entirety to which I was referring. And accurately and fairly characterizing, too.

Where was C2W or maybe I just did not recognize her sitting in the courtroom of visiting Richard in jail. It amazes me how very much C2W thinks she knows when she knows next to nothing.


No, no, no -- οἶδα οὐκ εἰδώς, oída ouk eidós, in fact. Not that it's any very big deal or anything like that. I can easily see how you might have formed the opposite impression. Plus, it just doesn't seem like very good sportsmanship to start harshly berating a total stranger for being unfamiliar with the foundations of the intellectual and philosophical outlook on which you base your approach to life. So, you know: Innocent mistake, at most, and no flag on play. I'm basically just correcting it for correctness's sake. But enough about me. And...

Back to topic:

I wasn't there, obviously. I would have said so if I had been. However, since my remarks were solely about your coverage of the trial rather than the trial itself, they're in no way disqualified by one iota by my not having been in the courtroom. I mean, perhaps you've had a different experience than I. But as far as I've ever noticed, my analytic reading skills have never been affected one way or the other by which trials I've attended and which I've skipped.
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Details aside, thank you for taking the time to respond to my post. I very much appreciate the courtesy. However, should you wish to do so in future, I'd also very much appreciate it if you left A.D. out of it and just did it directly. For A.D.'s sake if not for mine, although I'm emphatically speaking for myself alone and not for A.D. It would actually be very out of character for A.D. to complain about anything that anyone asked him to do that he believed to be for the greater good. As I said above, no person's commitment to a cause he believes in is stronger or more tireless or more tenacious.

That notwithstanding, though. However willing he may be to act as your courier and however little you're imposing on him by asking him to do it, since it's not any more of an imposition on you just to post whatever you might have to say to an RI forum member directly to the RI forum than it is for you to send the post to A.D. in an email and ask him to post it....Well, you know. Res ipsa loquitur: To whatever extent it is an imposition, it's an entirely unnecessary one. So I'm sure you'll do the right thing, for which I again thank you, in advance.

All best wishes for the new year to you.

Sincerely,

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Postby American Dream » Tue Dec 29, 2009 6:00 am

Here is more from Virginia McCullough- as before her comments will be italicized.

A,D.

desertfae wrote:
One has to wonder if VM and KD were soooo close to Richard Hamlin, do they still talk to him since the trial is over? Or did you just talk to him long enough to make sure he was convicted? AD, why don't you "channel" VM again and tell us.


I cannot speak for Kate Dixon, but I am very willing to answer this question regarding when Richard Hamlin ceased communicating with me.

I last heard from Richard Hamlin in January 2007 shortly after I disagreed with him when he wanted to tie Dr. Sid Siemer directly or indirectly to the acid drum murder of Timothy Schuster by his wife Larissa Schuster. Richard had asked me to research his allegations and document his suspicions. I did so and could find no connections other than Larissa Schuster leased property from and had a contractual relationship with Dr. Siemer in Fresno, California. When I addressed my findings in a personal letter to Richard Hamlin, he ceased communicating with me because I disagreed with his beliefs. The date of my last letter to Richard was 2/25/08.




Dr_Doogie wrote:
Why don't you just ask Virginia to shoot you another email where she clarifies exactly what her position is about Ted and Michael instead of me summarizing my opinions of her opinions?

Considering that she and Kate run the "Gunderson Data Dump" on the NMN site, I suspect that her opinion of him is pretty low. Likewise, when she calls Michael "The Puppetmaster" and contacted then-candidate for DA Vern Person warning him about MR, I also suspect that she does not think highly of him either. But I would much rather not put words into her mouth and would rather hear directly from her without any interpetation on my part.

If she finds both of these men as untrustworthy as I suspect that she does, then why are you questioning my statement? And if she does not hold that opinion, are you going to hold her to the same seeming standard that you have tried to apply to Desertfae and myself?



I don’t have a problem replying to Dr_Doogie’s inquiry about my feelings regarding Michael Riconosciuto and/or Ted Gunderson. First let me say that I consider the two men vastly different in intellect, in morality, in personal knowledge and most importantly in integrity.

Regarding Michael Riconosciuto, I have said the same thing many, many times. I feel it is a black mark on our government and on its elected officials when whistle blowers and men who, at one time, believed they were doing what their country wanted them to do, face long painful years in prison because politics and politicians change and those once considered patriots are then criminalized and imprisoned so that they are forced to keep secrets our government wants kept from their own citizens. I believe that this is certainly true about Michael Riconosciuto. Please understand that just because I believe that long prison sentences are wrong for these type of individuals does not mean that I believe that these same men and women are totally innocent for having participated in the criminal acts they might or might not have performed in the name of patriotism.

I cannot give a short answer to Dr_Doogie’s question about my opinion about MR because Michael is a very complicated man. He is the ultimate disinformation artist and a manipulator who is brilliant, compassionate, fascinating, street smart, and a multi-generational intelligence/mob operator who keeps far more secrets than he reveals. Those secrets that he chooses to disclose have placed Michael and his immediate loved ones at great risk and the price he has had to pay is a stain on the integrity of our legal system. I both like and admire Michael and I do not trust anything he says without at least four or five other sources and documentation to confirm his statements. I have always wished him well under the horrendous circumstances he has been forced to live in since 1991.

It is my belief that Ted Gunderson is directly responsible for Michael Riconosciuto’s long prison term and it is my belief that Ted Gunderson continues to work to make certain that Michael Riconosciuto remains in jail. As far as I am concerned, Ted Gunderson has no personal integrity and only hurts those he professes to help. His history as an FBI agent and as a Private Investigator speaks for itself. My personal belief about Gunderson is that he is a dishonest con man who knowingly betrays everyone who places their trust in him and he can only do this with the protection of the agency he served and the government he repeatedly states he hates.

My ideal vision of true justice would be that Ted Gunderson would be forced to serve the long years that Michael Riconosciuto has endured.




ON EDIT: Changed the second quote box to take in two more paragraphs which were Dr. D's words, and not VM's.


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Postby desertfae » Tue Dec 29, 2009 12:07 pm

American Dream wrote:Here is more from Virginia McCullough- as before her comments will be italicized.

A,D.

I cannot speak for Kate Dixon, but I am very willing to answer this question regarding when Richard Hamlin ceased communicating with me.

I last heard from Richard Hamlin in January 2007 shortly after I disagreed with him when he wanted to tie Dr. Sid Siemer directly or indirectly to the acid drum murder of Timothy Schuster by his wife Larissa Schuster. Richard had asked me to research his allegations and document his suspicions. I did so and could find no connections other than Larissa Schuster leased property from and had a contractual relationship with Dr. Siemer in Fresno, California. When I addressed my findings in a personal letter to Richard Hamlin, he ceased communicating with me because I disagreed with his beliefs. The date of my last letter to Richard was 2/25/08.


Well, I can tell you VM, that you just fibbed about the date of your last letter to Hamlin, you know why? Because he sent it to me and I have it.
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Postby American Dream » Tue Dec 29, 2009 12:40 pm

And your point is???
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Postby Dr_Doogie » Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:57 pm

Thank you, Virginia, for your post explaining your beliefs about TG and MR. Oddly enough, except for the severity of the condemnation of TG, I agree with most of her post.

So now to AD's claim that I "made up" my understanding of VM's (and KD's) position. I did say that their position was that TG and MR should be "ignored" and perhaps that is an overstatement. If I comprehend correctly Virginia's clarification, I would say that her position is that what Ted says should be ignored (as far as being the truth) while Michael's claims should be suspect until verified by multiple independent sources (which mirrors my stated beliefs).

So except for some subtle differences, my statement stands. And where it differs, Virginia seems to agree with me. Which puts AD in a difficult spot: How can AD indict me for holding a similar to position to Virginia (who AD seems to hold in such esteem) concerning MR when our stated positions are so similar?
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Postby JM » Tue Dec 29, 2009 2:06 pm

It is my belief that Ted Gunderson is directly responsible for Michael Riconosciuto’s long prison term and it is my belief that Ted Gunderson continues to work to make certain that Michael Riconosciuto remains in jail. As far as I am concerned, Ted Gunderson has no personal integrity and only hurts those he professes to help. His history as an FBI agent and as a Private Investigator speaks for itself. My personal belief about Gunderson is that he is a dishonest con man who knowingly betrays everyone who places their trust in him and he can only do this with the protection of the agency he served and the government he repeatedly states he hates.

My ideal vision of true justice would be that Ted Gunderson would be forced to serve the long years that Michael Riconosciuto has endured. [/i]


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I haven't been keeping up with this thread, but I have to say I agree with this!

When I was a researcher I always went to the source of the issue. That is talked to the people who were directly involved. And I did not get personally involved. I still like to do research. If you state the facts, back them up with documentation that you are willing to show to people (why are you hiding documentation? Only because you are afraid someone will trump you---or you don't really have it!) you should not have to get into a p*ss*ng match. I fear this site is becoming a sort of that. How unprofessional can one get!!!
We need to look into the backgrounds of some of these people; why are they are involved and what are their qualifications? Are they being paid? By whom? Do they have an emotional .
I have met so MANY fake experts over the years, I can't count them. Just because someone was close to a situation (by their own choosing or not) does not make them qualified to tell you any facts. And usually these types profess to know -it -all.
In my experience these people are only seeking attention and have no qualifications to discuss these trials/crimes.
tlg, (who is FAMOUS for chasing high profile cases) did not even have a PI license in any state but CA and that was taken away from him when the State learned he had no physical address. Look at his role in the Ted Binion case (Las Vegas). He was prosecuted for working without a license and harassing a witness. He STUCK himself in my case and others!!!
So what I am saying is you may be wasting your time thinking some of these people act in any "official" capacity. They just "play" with other people claiming they are important to a case and even (horrors) make stuff up when they don't know an answer! Makes them feel important, and sadly, useful. Egos are dangerous things.
And one more thing----with them writing volumes and whining about their importance on here you can be sure the real people who really know anything will stay away!
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Postby American Dream » Tue Dec 29, 2009 2:15 pm

Dr_Doogie wrote:
How can AD indict me for holding a similar to position to Virginia (who AD seems to hold in such esteem) concerning MR when our stated positions are so similar?


Citations please...



I do think that you like to make things up, in that you seem to have a problem of stating your interpretations as fact, when you are actually being a little bit loose with the truth.

For example, you said previously that KD and VM both felt that "TG and MR should ignored." I still don't see what you based this interpretation on. And it's definitely not what I think.
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Postby Trifecta » Tue Dec 29, 2009 2:37 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thXt-oJ2z9g

Glen Heggstad Martial arts club owner accused of conspiring to murder Fred Alvarez.

Glen Heggstad kidnapped in Columbia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBHstOhbnMs
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