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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTFOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

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07-CR-189-03-GZSSep tember 26, 200810:04 a .m.

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CIRINO GONZALEZ

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* * * * * * * *TRANSCRIPT OF EXCERPT FROM SENTENCING HEARING

BEFORE THE HONORABLE GEORGE Z. SINGAL

APPEARANCES:

For th e Government :

For th e Defendan t :

Proba t i on Of f i c e r s :

Cour t Repo r t e r :

Arnold H. Huf t a l en , AUSAU.S. A t t o r n e y ' s Of f i c e

David H. Bownes, Esg.Bownes Law Of f i c e , PC

Cathy BattistelliMel i s s a Elwor thy

Susan M. Bateman, CSR, RPR, CRRO f f i c i a l Cour t Repor te rUni ted S t a t e s D i s t r i c t Cour t55 P l e a s an t S t r e e tConcord , NH 03301(603)225-1453

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PRO C E E 0 I N G S

MR. G O N Z A L E Z I don't really hav e a n y t h i n gexactly laid o u t wha t I was g o i n g t o s a y . If i g u r e d I wou l d just s h o o t f rom t h e h i p .

THE C O U R T : Take y o u r t i m e .MR. G O N Z A L E Z : O n e o f t h e things I wou ld op en

u p wi t h is a letter f rom my best friend w h o stills u p p o r t s m e . I've k n o w n h e r S ln c e I was maybe 1 3 o r1 4 . She's t h e longest friend I've had so sh e k n o w s m e

She w ro te s o m e th in g h e r eretty w e l l .wou l d p r o b a b l y make s e n s e to w e l l ,

that I f i g u r e dI 'm gO lng t o s a y

this. We l l , it 's t owa r d s t h e b o t t om .TH E C O U R T : Keep y o u r v o i c e up .MR. G O N Z A L E Z : Yes , sir. I ' l l try. " I k n o w

you a r e th e k in d o f p e r s o n that can't ke ep their mou ths h u t ,s h u tc o u l d

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I wi s h you wou l d justlisten. Th a t w a y youis a b ig price t o pay if

t h e real you knowsk n o w t h e truth." That's

andou know ,didn't d o

e v e r y o n ea n y t h i n gg o i n g t o'mh y

youyou ,n o wp .h u tou don't

w h o knowswrong . Wes a y s ome t h i n g .

Okay . First, I hav e a question. L i k e Is pok e t o you last Tu e s d a y , correct? I told you t h o s ethings a b o u t p e o p l e we r e like, oh , you s h o u l d d o this


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and you s h o u l d do that, and one o f t h e t h i n g s I wan ted

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you to a n s w e r and you didn't and maybe you justinterpreted that I didn't a sk you a q u e s t i o n so I wan tt o make it official now.Cou r t ?

D id you t a k e an oa t h f o r th c

THE COURT: I 'm n o t g o in g to engage in aq u e s t i o n and a n s w e r w i t h you , Mr. G o n z a l e z .f r e e to make you r s t a t e m e n t .

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MR. GONZALEZ: Okay . W e l l , t h e n f o r th er e c o r d , th e J udge lS n o t a n s w e r l n g . T h a t ' s goodenough f o r me.p r o c e s s .

T h e r e f o r e , y o u ' r e impartial to due

T h i s he r e was r e c o r d e d o f f my w e b s i t e , wh ichi s m y s p a c e . c o m .

a u d i e n c e .THE COURT: You ha ve to a d d r e s s me, n o t th e

on that.trial.

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THE COURT: Go a h e a d . I 'm listening.MR. GONZALEZ: Th i s lS d a t e d S unda y , J u l y 15 ,

2007 , w h ich is shortly after I left, and th e title i s" U n d e r s t a n d T h i s P l e a s e . C u r r e n t Move , P e a c e f u l . ""Fo r t h o s e that do n o t y e t u n d e r s t a n d , I am n o t a t Edand Elaine's home any l o n g e r . The r e a r e t h r e e


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stories; wh a t I was told by Ed, wha t Ed tells o t h e r sand t h e real r e a s o n . You can go a sk Ed why. I ' i l ltired o f t h e lies f l y i n g a r o u n d . J u s t a n o t h e rdistraction f rom t h e s t a n d I have t a k e n on and needs u p p o r t . U n d e r s t a n d this, I am w o r k i n g a t h o l d i n g o u rve ry own g o v e r n m e n t a c c o u n t a b l e f o r t h e wrongs in th ep a s t and in t h e h e r e and now. I am n o t h o l d i n g aprotest m a r c h . I am n o t a s k i n g f o r p e r m i s s i o n t os t a n d on t h e c o r n e r t o tell o t h e r s t h e truth. I 'm n o tg o i n g t o g iv e into th e n o n - l a w s that c o n t r o l u s .

I was s a d to l e a v e their home b u t t h ey madet h e c h o ic e to a sk me t o l e a v e , b u t that doe s n o t meanmuch to me, really. Sitting on my a s s w a i t i n g fo rwha t ? S e c u r i t y ? I gave my two c e n t s and g o tnothing. "

securitywas was just

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"W a i ti n g f o r wha t ? Asked t o l e a v e ? Ye s , Iwas , b u t b e i n g on t h e move lS where I 'm more a t e a s e .W a i ti n g f o r wh a t ? If n o t me, t h e n who? I f n o t now,t h e n when? I have n o t gone home. I've been h e l p i n go t h e r s s e t up their own o r g a n i z a t i o n to ne two rk andr e a c h i n g o u t to others. I am n o t g o in g home. Not


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wh i l e I have th e means and t h e means I have t h a n k s t oyou r v e r y own s u p p o r t and f o r t h e d o n a t i o n s f o r t h ec au s e t o move this f o rw a r d .

I will n o t a sk f o r p e rm i s s i o n t o c o n t i n u e . Ihave t h e p e r s o n a l responsibility t o push mys e l ff o rwa r d . I d e t e rm i n e my own l e v e l o f i n v o l v emen t . Isit on my a s s on l y when I have to d r i v e and eat.Some t ime s bo t h o f t h o s e a t t h e same t i m e . I c anno tsit and wa i t f o r o t h e r s to wake up so I can pu s h i n g

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mys e l f t o f i n dbullshit off.just wa i t i n g .

o t h e r s that a r e r e a dy t o c u t th eToo goddamn many a r e h u r t e v e r y dayFuck that.

I h av e some interesting news f o r you all.Fo r t h o s e o f you t h a t d id n o t know, C indy S heeh an isgo i n g t o J o rd a n , S y r i ape a c e efforts. A goodu p d a t e d me a b o u t Campwen t on t o e x p l a i n th eJ o i n i n g Cindy She e h a n .

and th e n to I r a q a s p a r t o f h e rf r i e n d o f mine called and

Ca s e y ' s c h a ng e o f command andp e a c e efforts that he w i l l be

t h eA f t e r

g r o u p . Hea lo n g p au s eand I t a l k e d

I o f f e r e d my s e r v i c e s toa t l e n g t h a b o u t wha t would

is n o t my first t imet ime p l a c i n g mys e l f

ben o tin

e x p e c t e d , and I a s s u r e d him Imy first t im e to I r a q , and it

a war zo n e ; n o r i s it my first

was r e a d y . Th i s lS

in h a rm 's way .


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It h a s o c c u r r e d t o many that have beena l l ow ed to travel freely a b o u t after my t ime wi th Edand E l a i n e , and I , mys e l f , wonde r , a l o ng wi th o t h e r s ,if I w i l l be g r a b b e d a t th e airport o r w i l l I bea l l owed to l e a v e and t h e n have someone e l s e do their

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dirty wo rk . E i t h e r way, this is new f o r me.A ch an c e to work wi th p e o p l e that a r e known

and actively work i ng to end wha t I first saw a s a mus tbe s t o p p ed wa r . I mean I have done t h e a n t i - w a rma r c h e s and t h e p ea ce m a rc h e s , b u t none o f them It h o u g h t really d id a n y t h i n g , and t h e c o v e r a g e s J u s ts u c k .

C indy , on th e o t h e r h a nd , moves a round andg e t s In people's f a c e s and demands an swe r s and demandsthem t h e n and there. My k in d o f activist. I r emembe rh e a r i n g a b o u t Cindy g o in g to Cuba , and I was sof u c k i n g wan t i n g to go mee t that g r oup there, bu ti n s t e a d I set my f o c u s on s ome t h i n g that c ou l d bet r a c k e d and e x p l a i n e d to b r i n g ba ck ou r gov e r nmen tback to th e p e o p l e ' s w i l l and c o n t r o l and ho ld t h o s ethat lie a c c o u n t a b l e f o r their actions.

On E a s t e r weekend o f this y e a r I met Cindy i np e r s o n . Itservice t oo u t . Once

was p a r t o fEd and E l a i n eI have t h i n g s

my trip on th e way to offer myBrown. Funny how t h i n g s workall set, I will upd a t e my


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status on my work h e r e a t home . P e r h a p s I co u ld b lo g

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on my a c c o u n t a b o u t wha ta b l e to go wi t h them on

h a pp e n s o v e r s e a s .their p e a c e efforts,

I f I 'mt h en

n o t

w i l l c o n t i n u e to carryon h e r e . California and

u n d e r s t a n d t h a t Breeme. I wou ld l i k e t o

Ar i z on a have be en a s k i n g f o r a mee t i n g t h e r e , and Iwan t to go talk to t h em ; p l u s IW alke r w ou ld like t o s p e a k wi t hvisit Camp Casey a g a i n .

The gov e r nmen t ha s this a s their e v i d e n c e .They don't b r i n g this up t o contradict t h ems e l v e sThey knew full we l l wha t I was p l a n n i n g t o do . "

The r e a re s e v e r a l o t h e r commen t s on thisp a g e , b u t I 'm just go ing t o s k i p o v e r t h o s e fo r nowb e c a u s e they're all s u p p o r t i v e o f me, and I 'm s u r e youall c o n s i d e r t hem b i a s anyway .

My f r i e n dNeb e i l AI -Oboud i

I was s p e a k i n g a b o u t , h i s name lSTh i s i s h i s letter that was r u s h ed

t o g e t o u t so he c ou l d have this s a i d f o r th e h e a r i n g ,and I wan t to r e ad it t o you now.

"Dear sirs: P l e a s e a c c e p t my s i n c e r eg r e e t i n g s and b e s t w ish e s to you and you r f am i l i e sdu r i n g this ho l y mon th o f Ramadan , th e mon th o f pe a c eand r e p e n t a n c e .

I am wr i t i n g r e g a r d i n g my d e a r f r i e n d andb r o t h e r , C i r i n o Gon z a l e z , whose s e n t e n c i n g i s coming


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up this m o n t h , S e p t e m b e r 26 , 2 0 0 8 .I m et C i r i n o G o n z a l e z a t Camp Casey in

C r a w f o r d , T e x a s E a s t e r o f 2007 and s t r u c k a s t r o n gfriendship. We d i s c u s s e d in l e n g t h p e a c e and t h ecultures o f v i o l e n c e locally and internationally,p r e s e n t t i m e s and historic t i m e s , all th e way back toC a i n and A b e l . What a l e s s o n that was a b o u t ,interventions, ego s and v i o l e n c e and th e b r a v ec h a l l e n g e o f n o n - v i o l e n c e in t h e f a c e o f v i o l e n c e .

In c o n c l u s i o n , all d i s p u t e s ultimately a r er e s o l v e d by d i s c u s s i o n s and a g r e e m e n t s , and t h e r e isi n d e e d a life after whe r e justice will finally prevailf o r e v e r . From that day f o r w a r d we worked t o g e t h e r t op r om o t e p e a c e and u n d e r s t a n d i n g among all p e o p le , f o rwe a r e truly one human r a c e , one heart, one re d b l o o d .

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A b o u t m y s e l f . I wasIllinois. My father was f rom

b o r n i n C h i c a g o ,I r a q , f rom t h e a n c i e n t

city o f U r, t h e birthplace o f Abraham , t h e f a t h e r o fp r o p h e t s , and w h e r e t h e first l aws were w r i t t e n andp o s t e d in t h e t own c e n t e r stating m a j o r i t y r u l e w i t hc o n s i d e r a t i o n o f m i n o r i t y rights t h o u s a n d s o f y e a r sa g o . H a m m u r a b i ' s C o d e .

My m o t h e r is f rom Ch i c a go Illinois o fI r is h / W e l s h d e c e n t . She is a d a u g h t e r o f t h e Am er i c anR e v o l u t i o n . H er a n c e s t o r is Le w i s M o r r is , s i g n a t u r e


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to t h e De c l a r a t i o n o f I n d e p e nd e n c e , t h e new word and

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f r e s h a s p e c t o f t h e r u l e o f l aw . God b l e s s ThomasPa i n e who s a i d , i n a mona r c hy t h e k i ng is th e l aw . Ina democ r a c y t h e law is k i n g . I men t i o n this on l y tostress that th e im p o r t a n c e o f t h e law r u n s in my b l oodand that justice

I firsto l d . I grew upc o l l e g e , s e r v e d

is th e spirit o f l aw .wen t t o I r a q when I was t h r e e y e a r s

there, g r a d u a t e d f rom h i g h s c h oo l andi n th e military. Then had a good j o b .

I left I r a q , a p l a c e that I l o v e d , a t 24 ,be c a u s e it was t u r n i n g i n t o a p o l i c e state back In1975 , on l y to s e e my b e l o v e d Un i t e d States start tot u r n i n t o a p o l i c e state und e r th e p r e s e n tadministration. What good lS th e law if it lS b rokenby t h o s e sworn t o upho l d th e Co n s t i t u t i o n ? God s av eAme r i c a . Not God s av e t h e qu e en .

I have known Ci r i n o Gonz a l e z to be a man o fp e a c e , a f am i l y man , a f a t h e r o f f o u r beautiful youngc h i l d r e n and a man who upho l d s th e law and s t a n d s f o rjusticewha t lSa rm s .

and p a i d th e p r i c e t ime and a g a l nright f o r h i s f e l l ow citizens and

f o r do i ngb r o t h e r s In

In fact, a t th e t ime o f h i s arrest we werework i ng on a ma j o r project t o b r i n g a g u e s t hou s e toCamp Casey f rom th e p e a c e l o v i n g p eop l e o f I r a q t o th e


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I r a qe v e r y t h i n gthis ho l y

especially

I swe a r onh isa r .o f Ame r i c a ,

ho l y to be t h e truth, a r e s p o n s i b l e o a t h Inmonth o f Ramadan .

In t h e name o f my a n c e s t o r s o f th e new wor l dand t h e a n c i e n t wo r l d , I a sk you t o upho l d Justice,t h e spirit o f th e l aw , and s e t my b r o t h e r and f r i e n d ,

pe a c e l o v i n g p e o p l eVe t e r a n s a g a i n s t t h e

C i r i n o , free, and if it i s t r u e that t h e r e i s nojustice, on l y me r c y , let t h e r e be mercy and let him bewi th h i s children.

May God b l e s s you and have m ercy on you andyou r s , and may God b l e s s Amer i c a and p u t h e r back ontrack.p r a y e r .

A light o f hope f o rNeb e i l AI -Oboud i . "

all h uman i t y . Th i s i s myTh i s was my w i t n e s s a t my

trial, t o o .L i k e I was t r y i n g t o tell you last Tue s d a y ,

t h e who l e truth and n o t h i n g b u t th e truth is wha t

J u s t a sma l l , sma l l compa red tow r i t e , and t h e y know this f o r a f a c t

t o s ay on th e s t a n d , b u t this man kep tand that man e v e r y t ime t h e y tried to

we ' r e s u ppo s edcutting him o f ftalk a b o u t wha tactually d o i n g .b e c a u s e this iswha t I n o rma l l yDon ' t you?

I wasS t u f f

actually a b o u t and wha t Ithat t h e y knew full we l l

was

THE COURT: Mr. Gon z a l e z , s t o p . Add r e s s me.


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Not t h e a u d ie n c e .MR. GONZALEZ They all know full we l l thath u n d r e d s o f p a g e s that I hav e written f o rf o r o t h e r s t o r e a d a s a g u i d a n c e t o show

done and wha t we ' v e tried t o do and wha t'veha t

t h e y hav emys e l f and

work s and wha t doesn't work .Th e r e ' s no men t i o n i n this wh a t s o e v e r . Th i s

just solidifies wha t I hav e s a i d and wha t my attorney,Mr. Bowne s , h as said.

I left and I had no intention o f comlng b a c k .I was l e a v i n g th e c o u n t r y . I was one week ou t f roml e a v i n g when t h e y finally arrested me.

Th i s is t h e Bill o f R i g h t s . The FirstAmendmen t : "Cong r e s s shall make no law r e s p e c t i n g ane s t a b l i s h m e n t o f religion o r prohibiting t h e f r e ee x e r c i s e thereof; o r a b r i d g i n g th e f r e e dom o f s p e e ch

p e o p l et h e Gove rnmen t

o r o f t h e press; o r o f t h e right o f t h ep e a c e a b l y to a s s em b le , and t o petitionf o r a r e d r e s s o f g r i e v a n c e s . "

Ed and E l a i n e started this c a s e by sU lng t h egov e r nmen t and t h e IRS ; specifically a s k i n g wha t th elaw was f o r th e federal i n come tax. They werea d d r e s s i n g their g o v e r nme n t . They had a g r i e v a n c e .

by castinghe g o v e r nme n t r e s p o n d e db r i n g i n g c h a r g e s against t h em . They

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h e a r d .Thou s a nd s potentially m i ll io n s o f p e o p l e ,

and I wou ld imag i n e t e n s o f m i ll io n s by now, were allawa r e o f wha t was go i n g on .

We d id p e a c e f u l l y a s s emb l e . I testified tothat. O th e r p e o p l e testified t o that, and even t h egov e r nmen t , t h em s e l v e s , a g r e e d t h a t t h e r e was t h r e edistinct t ime p e r i o d s . One was commo t i on and p e a c e f u land it was more party-ish, and t h e n t h e d a n g e r o u sp e r i o d . Even their own w i t n e s s e s and even their owna g e n t s have all s a i d that I left way b e f o r e th e s e conds t a g e .

The f re e dom o f s p e e ch is wha t I practice.do all my own j o u r n a l i n g , referring t o b l o g g i n g .Th e r e ' s p l e n t y o f p ro o f . P l e n ty . Mon th s and mon th sand mon th s and h u n d r e d s and h u n d r e d s and hund r e d s o fentries.

T

The right o f t h ea s s emb l e . Th a t ' s wha t we

p e o p l e tod i d . Did

p e a c e f u l l yI b r i n g weapons?

Yes , I d i d , and as you r e a d , yourself, sir, to d e fe n dmys e l f . It s e ems like ev e r y on e just l o o k s r i g h t o v e rt h o s e word s o f d e f e n d i n g y o u r s e l f . Eve r yon e t h a t hasa weapon mos t likely ha s it either to h u n t o r tod e f e nd t h em s e l v e s . If y o u ' r e s aY lng that ev e r y on e whohas a weapon is, therefore, a violent p e r s o n , t h en


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e v e r y law e n f o r c eme n t officer f rom you r l o c a l

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c o n s t a b l e t o th e h i g h e s t r a n k i n g g o v e r nme n t a g e n tis, therefore, a violent p e r s o n . That's t h e l o g i c

g o v e r nme n t is tryingI said o v e r and o v e r

that t h e

weapons wi t h me? Bec a u s e I am

to p u ta g a i n ,n o t an

on me.why d ididiot.

I

I

b r i n ghave

been trained by o u r gov e r nmen t , and I've trainedo t h e r s in o u r g o v e r nme n t . I know it 's c a p a b l e . Iknow that they're c a p a b l e . I know t h e situation. Youdon't go t o s e a w i t h o u t a life jacket on you r b o a tYou don't go into a bad situation w i t h o u t h a v i n g somesort o f p r e c a u t i o n s f o r yourself.

As I s a i d a t t h e b e g in n in g o f t h e trialI 'm s o r r y atmade it clear.

t h e b e g in n in g o f my t e s t im o n y ,Anyone who h a s e v e r b een t h e r e

Ed hadwou ld

be willing t o tell you t h e r e was no retaliation,security t y p e o f t h i n g . Th e r e was no manned gunmoun t s . Not wh i l e I was there. I ' ll s a y it t ime andt im e a g a i n . Not wh i l e I was there.f o r wha t h a pp e n e d a f t e rw a r d s . I ' llone later.

I c a n n o t s p e a kg e t b ack t o that

The Se cond Amendmen t :malitia, b e i n g n e c e s s a r y to th eState, t h e right o f t h e p e o p leshall n o t be infringed."

"A well-regulatedsecurity o f a f r e e

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You ' v e t a k e n that right away f rom me wi t ht h e s e convictions, and to be h o n e s t , I am okay wi t hthat b e c a u s e h a v i n g guns a r o und me now, especiallyafter this mes s , will o n ly p u t me i n d a n g e r . I haveno illusions a b o u t wha t my status lS wi t h th eg o v e r nme n t .e x c u s e s f o r

None wh a t s o e v e r . Ia nybody t o be coming

do n o t wan t any morea r o u n d and b u s t i n g my

d a d ' s hou s e o r my children's hou s e t h e doo r sopen b e c a u s e th e y t h i n k I 'm a bad p e r s o n .

I 'm okay wi t h t h e s e convictions. If I g e tt i m e - s e r v e d , like I told my attorney, I don't evenp la n to a p p e a l . I have no intention o f own lng weapon sa nymo r e . I 'm h o n e s t . I told you t im e and t ime a g a i n ,I believe i n transparency. I 'm s u r e th e g o v e r nmen tcan a l s o tell you , all my phone calls, if you listento t h em , all s a y t h e same thing, b u t I 'm still ana d v o c a t e f o r th e Se cond Amendmen t . It 's all right

The Th i r d Amendmen t : "No soldier shall, Int ime o f p e a c e be q u a r t e r e d i n any h o u s e , w i t h o u t t h ec o n s e n t o f t h e owne r , no r i n a t im e o f war , b u t in amanne r to be prescribed by l aw . "

l aw ,one

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o f t h e issues

mos tt a p sI had

p e o p l e interpret a s a p r i v a c yand wh a t n o t by others. Th i s isand was a l s o a v ic t im o f . My

p h o n e s wer e c u t o f f wh i l e I was a t Ed and Elaine's


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h o u s e . My Internet c o n n e c t i o n was c u t off, violatingmy First Amendmen t right o f b e i n g a b l e t o p o s t wha twas g o i n g on , k e e p i n g p e o p l e i n f o rme d o f wha t wasgO lng on . Themse l v e s creating a d a n g e r o u s situationand p e o p l e wond e r i n g wha t was h a p p e n i n g .

I've a lw a y s p o s t e d , a s t h e y know, wha t t h esituation was . It 's fine. It 's p e a c e f u l . You wan tt o come i n , y o u ' r e more t h a n we l c ome . The one badt im e , t h e b o t c h e d raid by t h e U.S . ma r s h a l s Theyc r e a t e d a n o t h e r situation when t h e y c u t o f f o u rc ommun i c a t i o n s . As soon a s I g o t t h e word o u t , itwas , we a r e f i n e . We a r e n o t awa r e o f any p r e s e n c e

Maybe you s h ou l d s t a y away b e c a u s e wer o und u s .don't know.

I didn't call f o r h e l p . I didn't s a y , oh , myGod, we r e g o i n g to die. I said, we ' r e o k ay . Th e r edoesn't seem t o be any k in d o f d a n g e r , b u t we a r emi s s i n g s omebody .

The Fou r t h Amendmen t : "The right o f th ep e o p l e to be s e c u r e in their p e r s o n s , h o u s e s , p a p e r sand effects, against u n r e a s o n a b l e s e a r c h e s andseizures, shall n o t be violated and no wa r r a n t s shallissue, b u t upon p ro b a b l e c a u s e , s u p p o r t e d by an o a t ho r affirmation, and particularly describing th e p l a c eto be s e a r c h e d , and t h e p e r s o n and t h i n g s to be


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seized."

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It wou l d n ' t have be en that h a r d f o r them tos e t up oh , wa i t , th e y d id do that. It wou l d n ' thave be en that ha r d f o r them t o set up a m ee t in g w ithme and to talk t o me, wh ich t h e y d i d . I t a l k e d t o anund e r c o v e r U.S . ma r s h a l i n f o rma n t . We know thisb e c a u s e my dad was arrested f o r allegedly assaultingh e r ,

full

wh i ch I s p ok e to you a b o u t onI 'm n o t stupid. I 'm n o t a

we l l who I was talking t o . I

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t h e s ep e o p l e all my life. I've trained t h e s e p e o p l e , a s

s p e a k freely o v e rwe l l .

s e c u r e .

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stupidly tells me, oh , you cana cell phon e . Eve r y t h i n g you s ay lSthis little mach i n e that makes s u r e


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we have a s e c u r e line. I u sed t o work wi t h o u t b o a r d .

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Th a t ' s c r y p t o f o r th e Navy . We g r a b signals f rom allk i n d s o f p l a c e s , i n c l u d i n g Un i t e d States citizens. Iknow wha t we ' r e c a p a b l e o f d o i n g . I 'm n o t an idiotI knew full we l l who I was talking t o , and I gave fulla c c o u n t s to that a g e n t

They know full we l l that I had r e commendedfo r p eo p le to s t a y away f rom there. She was full we l lawa r e , a l s o , o f my p e a c e efforts and a l s o madecommen t swou ld be

wi t h many o fa d a n g e r o u s

my p eop l et h i n g , b u t

thatif I

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s u c c e ed in l i n k i n g up t h e p e a c e p e o p l e o f I r a q wi t ht h e p e a c e p e o p l e o f t h e Un i t e d States, that would makeb i g , b ig strides f o r end i n g t h e wa r .

Where lS that e v i d e n c e a t ? We know t h ey haveit b e c a u s e even in th e g o v e r nmen t ' s d i s c o v e r y t h a t Ig o t it talks a b o u t t h e mee t i n g that t h eyme, and I know I t a l k e d t o h e r . We knowsame p e r s o n .e v i d e n c e a t?

So whe r e lS t h e e v i d e n c e ?

s e t up wi t hit 's t h a tWhere i s that

Fifth Amendmen t : "No p e r s o n shall be he l d toan swe r f o r a capital, o r o t h e rw i s e i n f amou s c r ime ,u n l e s s on a p r e s e n tmen t o r i n d i c tm e n t o f a Grand J u r y ,e x c e p t In c a s e s arising i n th e la n d o r n a v a l f o r c e s ,or i n t h e malitia, when in actual service in t im e o f


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war o r p u b l i c d a n g e r ; n o r shall any p e r s o n be s u b j e c tf o r th e s ame o f f e n s e t o be t w i c e p u t In j e o p a r d y o flife o r l imb ; n o r shall be c omp e l l e d In any c r im i n a lc a s e to be a w i t n e s s a g a i n s t h im s e l f , n o r be d e p r i v e do f life, liberty, o r p r o p e r t y w i t h o u t due p r o c e s s o fl aw ; n o r shall private p r o p e r t y oe t a k e n f o r p u b l i cu se w i t h o u t just c omp e n s a t i o n . "

We all know full we l l that due p r o c e s s wasviolated t ime and t im e a g a i n in this c a s e . Fu l l we l lI've had d o u b l e j e o p a r d y issues that my a t t o r n e yexcellently a r g u e d and that e v e r y attorney who ha ss pok en to us h a s a g r e e d , wi t h t h e e x c e p t i o n o f thatone and t h e o t h e r o n e .

The r e c o r d will indicate he'sHE COURT:p o i n t i n g a t t h e U .s A t t o r n e y s . Go a h e a d .

MR. GONZALEZ: I ' ll move on .S i x t h Amendmen t : " I n all c r im i n a l

prosecutions, th e a c c u s e d shall e n jo y th e right t o as p e e dy trial and p u b l i c trial, by an impartial J u r y o ft h e State and district whe r e i n t h e c r ime shall havebeen c omm i t t e d , whi ch district shall hav e b eenp r e v i o u s l y ascertained by l aw , and to be i n f o rmed o fth e n a t u r e and c a u s e o f th e a c c u s a t i o n ; to bec o n f r o n t e d wi t h t h e w i t n e s s e s against h im ; to havec ompu l s o r y p r o c e s s f o r o b t a i n i n g w i t n e s s e s In h i s


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f a v o r , and t o have t h e assistance o f c o u n s e l fo r h isdefense. "

Sir, how many w i t n e s s e s d id we a sk f o roriginally? T h i r t y - o n e ?

I d o n ' t recall.R. BOWNES:MR. GON ZALE Z Okay . I b e l i e v e we had

thirty-one w i t n e s s e s f o r my d e f e n s e originally, andt h e if I recall correctly, t h e y were all c a n c e l l e d ,

Do you w a n t a r e c e s s ?

W e 'l l t a k e a t e n m i n u t eYes , sir.

I 'm h a v i n g a p ro b lem w ith my

If we c o u l d t a k e just a s h o r tA ll right.

Okay .

THE COURT:

Bo wn e s , p l e a s e ?MR. BOWNES

b a c k .THE COURT:MR. BOWNES

r e c e s s ; lS that okay?MR. GONZALEZTHE COURT:

r e c e s s .

wi t h t h e e x c e p t i o n o f f i v e that Mr. Bownes was a b l e LOg e t a t th e last m i n u t e t h e last day b e f o r e my trial.T h i r t y - o n e p e o p l e f o r me.

Do you w a n t to sit down , Mr.

(RECESS)THE COURT; A ll right. Mr. G o n z a l e z .MR. GONZALEZ: Ye s , sir.THE COURT: P r o c e e d .


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MR. GONZALEZ: A re you r e a d y ?THE COURT: You go right a h e a d .MR. GON ZALEZ: I 'm n o t s u r e if I f i n i s h e d

b u tTHE COURT: You were on numbe r six.MR. GON ZALEZ: Thank you .S i x t h Amendmen t : " I n all c r i m i n a l

p r o s e c u t i o n s , t h e a c c u s e d shall

w h e r e i ndistrict

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s p e e d y andS t a t e and

a s c e r t a i n e d by law "THE COURT: Keep you r v o i c e up .MR. GONZALEZ: I 'm s o r r y . Pace change a

little bit. " whi ch district shall have beenp r e v i o u s l y ascertained by l aw , and be i n f o r m e d In t h en a t u r e and c a u s e o f th e a c c u s a t i o n ; to be c o n f r o n t e dwi t h t h e w i t n e s s e s a g a i n s t h im ; to have c o m p u l s o r yp r o c e s s f o r o b t a i n i n g w i t n e s s e s i n h i s f a v o r , and tohave th e assistance o f c o u n s e l f o r h i s d e f e n s e . "

It may be common a r o u n d h e r e that I madeth e commen t a r o u n d he r e that, a g a i n , t h e who l e truthand n o t h i n g b u t t h e truth.

Of t h e few w i t n e s s e s I was a l lo w ed to b r i n g ,t h e y were constantly interrupted b e c a u s e o f


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prejudicial e x p e c t a t i o n s o f wha t t h e y wou ld say wouldh e l p me I can o n ly im a g in e . Be c a u s e t h ey w e r e n ' tgo i ng t o hurt.

A s t a t e m e n t that s h o u l d h av e r e a d a l ong t h elines o f , I m et Mr. G o n z a l e z a t Camp C a s e y , a p e a c er a n c h o u t s i d e C r a w f o r d , T exas w he re Mr. Gonza l e z and Id i s c u s s e d g o i n g i n t o I r a q fo r Cindy Sheehan so wec o u l d b r i n g ba ck a p e a c e hou se built by th e I r a q ip e o p l e as a gift to t h e Am er i c an v e t e r a n s came a c r o s sstating s o m e t h i n gMr. Gonz a l e z one

thatn i g h t

was p e r v e r s e l ys o m ewh e r e . We

s t u p i d a s ,d i s c u s s e d

I m etp l a n s

t o h e l p p e o p l e .I don't s e e how that's even c o n s i d e r a b l y

n o t even a j o k e . T h a t ' s s a d . It 's s a d t h a t anybody

" I n suits a t common l aw ,

e l s e in h e re wou ld actually t h i n k that that wasjustice w h a t s o e v e r violating that p e r s o n ' s FirstAmendmen t to s p e a k .

S e v e n t h Amendmen t .whe r e t h e v a l u e In c o n t r o v e r s y shall e x c e e d twe n t ydollars, th e right o f trial by j u r y shall bep r e s e r v e d , an d no f a c t tried by a j u r y shall beo t h e r w i s e r e e x a m i n e d i n any c o u r t o f th e U n i t e dStates, t h a n a c c o r d in g to th e r u l e s o f th e commonl aw ."

It 's p r o b a b l y n o t t h e e x a c t one f o r this, b u t


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j u r y nullification.nullification. J u r y

J u r y nullification.nullification. I ' ll

J u r ys a y it a

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m i l l i o n t i m e s . J u r y nullification. It 's my r i g h t t os a y it. It 's a juror's right that's b e e n b l o c k e d t oe v e n k n o w i n g a b o u t it by t h e c o u r t s y s t e m .

How c o u l d you h a v e a fair trial if t h e J u r o r saren't e v e n i n f o r m e d o f their full rights? J u r ynullification. J u r y nullification. J u r ynullification. It 's a right o f p e o p l e b e i n g d e n i e d byo u r c o u r t , a n d I ' m getting this f o r g l v l n g s o m e b o d ytheir right a n d letting t h e m know that they're b e i n gviolated. T h a t ' s like s a y i n g , don't p a s s o u t ah a n d b i l l on y o u r beliefs o r y o u r o p i n i o n . The

p e a c e f u l l y b e c a u s ethat y o u can't.

g o v e r n m e n t d o e sa r o u n d p a s s i n gg o v e r n m e n t made

do that.h a n d b i l l sit a l a w

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that Ih a d full

w o u l d h a v eb e e n e x o n e r a t e d f r o m t h e s e c r i m e s . I ' m n o t t h e o n l yo n e who s h a r e d that belief b e c a u s e it was t h ep r o s e c u t i o n who a l s o p u t a l i m i n e I n that t h e y d o n ' rw a n t t h e s e c o m i n g i n that w o u l d a l l o w a J u r ynullification verdict, essentially s a y i n g , we d o n ' tw a n t this g u y t o h a v e a n y c h a n c e w h a t s o e v e r o f gettingo f f b e c a u s e we know he's a b a d p e r s o n b e c a u s e


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e v e r y t h i n g we s a y a b o u t him will be b a d . How lS thatfair? You guys t h i n k it y o u r s e l v e s I don't.

E i g h t h Amendmen t : " E x c e s s i v e bail shall no tbe r e q u i r e d , n o r e x c e s s i v e f i n e s im po s e d , n o r c r u e land u n u s u a l p u n i s hmen t s inflicted."

wha t ' ss h o u l d

Now, I 'm n o t gOlng t o go a sh app en i n g t o me is c r u e l andbe a d o u b l e whammy in itself.

f a r a s s a y i n gu n u s u a l , bu t t h a t

Th i s is u n u s u a l .I was n o t g r a n t e d bail b e c a u s e on a U.S . ma r s h a l ' st e s t imon y a t t h e bail h e a r i n g who lied. F l a t o u tlied, and we p r o v e d it by h a v i n g h im r e a d h i s ownmen s ' reports o f t h e i n c i d e n t that contradicted a lmo s te v e r y single one o f t h em . Fou r o f th e r e p o r t scontradicted h i s own.

And b e c a u s e o f this I was n o t even a l low ed toreally assist in my d e f e n s e . Yes , he came ov e r and hecomes o v e r a lot a lot more t h a n I s e e n mos tl awy e r s come a r o u n d t h e a r e a , b u t e -m a i ls that s h ou l dhave came up and b een a b l e t o h e lp e x o n e r a t e me, Icou l d h av e h e l p e d more a d ama n t l y f i n d i n g morew i t n e s s e s , which I wou ld hav e g o t d ro p p ed anyway ,whi ch t h e y d i d .o n l y .

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E i g h t h Amendmen t protects p r l s o n e r s b e f o r e th e y a retried and after t h e y a r e c o n v i c t e d , prohibitse x c e s s i v e bail money o r p r o p e r t y p o s t e d a s s e c u r ep e nd i n g a p p e a l f rom trial. r mean right t h e r e thattells you . Th e i r a r g umen t f o r my b a d n e s s where r wastrained in th e military?

Nin t h Amendmen t: "The e n um era t io n in th eConstitution, o f certain rights, shall n o t bec o n s t r u e d t o deny o r d i s p a r a g e o t h e r s r e t a i n e d by t h ep e o p l e . "

For t h o s e o f you who d o n ' t know, that meanst h a t constitutions, amendmen t s , that aren't in p l a c ed o e s n ' t mean that you can go a r o und and e n f o r c e t h em .I 'm n o t s u r e p e o p l e can even compr ehend that b e c au s eyou guy s do it e v e r y d a y .

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The Ten t h Amendmen t "The powe r s no t

The r e lS

d e l e g a t e d t o th e Un i t e d S t a t e s by th e Con s t i t u t i o n ,no r p r o h i b i t e d by it t o t h e States, a r e r e s e r v e d t oth e S t a t e s respectively, o r t o th e p e o p l e . "

Essentially s a y i n g , t h e states have no powe rand th e p e o p l e have t h e u l t im a t e powe r .

The New Hampsh i r e Constitution.don't know aboueu ch

it.a t h i n g ,J u s t like

f o r t h o s e o f you whot a x e s , e v e r y state h a s one . Eve ry

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I 'm go i n g t o go right ba ck t o th e FirstAmendmen t a g a i n . "Cong r e s s shall make no lawr e s p e c t i n g an e s t a b l i s hm e n t o f religion, o rprohibiting th e f r e e e x e r c i s e thereof; o r a b r i d g i n gt h e f r e edom o f s p e e c h , o r o f t h e p r e s s ; o r th e r i g h to f t h e p e o p le p e a c e a b l y t o a s s em b le , and to petitionth e Gove rnmen t f o r a r e d r e s s o f g r i e v a n c e s . "

I can a l s o p r ov e that we were t h e r e p e a c e a b l ya s s emb l i n g , and we had r e d r e s s e s o f g r i e v a n c e s that wewere t r y i n g to a d d r e s s .

haved o n ' t

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officialTh e r e ' s

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go ahe ad andl o o k . Th i syou

Now, I had b r o u g h t this up Tue sday in Mainec o u r t , sir, and I b r o u g h t up th e f a c t

b e c a u s e my p a p e rwo r k d id n o t make it wi t hso I c ou l d p r o p e r l y r e p r e s e n t mys e l f

you know wha t I 'm talking a b o u t b u t I 'mgo ahe ad and r e a d this real q u i c k , and I 'm

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state do c umen t .a n o t h e r copy o f s omeone else's that s e n t it In f o rh e l p that actually g o t t h r o u g h th e ma i l c e n s o r i n g . Iho l d it up .

Does th e f e d e r a l gov e r nmen t have jurisdictionin New Hampsh i r e ? Th i s page is d e d i c a t e d to one o f


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th e Browns ' l e g a l a r g umen t s . I t l S c a l l e d RSA 123 1a rg um en t . A c co rd in g t o th e Con s t i t u t i o n o f t h e s eUn i t e d S t a t e s , t h e f e d e r a l gov e r nmen t mus t a skp e rm i s s i o n f rom t h e s t a t e s t o have th e s t a t ej u r i s d i c t i o n c e d e d t o d e f e n s e . A r t i c l e 1 , S e c t i o n 8 ,C l a u s e 17 o f th e Un i t e d S ta te s C o n s t i t u t i o n s a y s : "Toe x e r c i s e e x c l u s i v e l e g i s l a t i o n i n a l l c a s e swh a t s o e v e r , o v e r su ch d i s t r i c t ( no t e x c e ed i n g t e nmi l e s s q u a r e ) a s may, by c e s s i o n o f p ar ti cu la r s ta te s,and t h e a c c e p t a n c e o f Cong r e s s , become th e s e a t o f t h egov e r nmen t o f th e Un i t e d S t a t e s , and t o e x e r c i s e l i k ea u t h o r i t y o v e r a l lt h e l e g i s l a t u r e o f

p l a c e s p u r c h a s e d by th e c o n s e n t o ft h e s t a t e in which t h e same s h a l l

b e , fo r th e e r e c t i o n o f f o r t s , mag a z i n e s , a r s e n a l s ,d o c k - y a r d s and o t h e r n e e d f u l b u i l d i n g s ; " . Oth e ru s e f u l b u i l d i n g s i n c l u d e s c o u r t h o u s e s , s i r .

So i f t h e Co n s t i t u t i o n s a y s t h a t th e f e d smus t have t h e i r j u r i s d i c t i o n c e d e d , a s by th e wordc e s s i o n , th e n th e q u e s t i o n be comes : Did t h ey p r o p e r l ydo t h a t ?

To a n swe r t h a t q u e s t i o n you mus t know th ep r o c e s s f o r New Hampsh i r e t o c ede j u r i S d i c t i o n t o th ef e d s . You know t h a t you have t o go t o New Hampsh i r eRev i s e d S t a t u t e s , and s p e c i f i c a l l y t h e text o f thati s T i t l e 4 , Acq u i s i t i o n o f Land by t h e Un i t e d S t a t e s .


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F e d e r a l A, Chap t e r 13 , J u r i s d i c t i o n Ove r LandsAcqu i r e d , Tax Exemp t i o n , Se c t i o n 1 2 3 : 1 . 1 2 3 : 1 , Cededto th e u n i t e d S t a t e s . " J u r i s d i c t i o n 1 S c eded to t h eUn i t e d S t a t e s o f Am er ica ov e r a l l l a n d s w i th in t h i ss t a t e now o r h e r e a f t e r e x c l u s i v e l y owned by th e Un i t e dS t a t e s , and u s ed a s s i t e s f o r p o s t o f f i c e s ,c u s t om - h o u s e s , m i l i t a r y a i r b a s e s , m i l i t a r yi n s t a l l a t i o n s o r o th e r p u b l i c b u i l d i n g s ;a c c u r a t e d e s c r i p t i o n and p l a n o f th e "

THE COURT: Slow down . When you

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o rm i l i t a r y a i r b a s e s , m i l i t a r y

o th e r p u b l i c b u i l d i n g s ; p r o v i d e d t h a t

upon th eHampsh i r eewft a t eh eh a to n d i t i o nxp r e s s

an a c c u r a t e d e s c r i p t i o n and p l a n o f t h e l a n d s so ownedand o c c u p i e d , v e r i f i e d by t h e o a t h o f some o f f i c e r o fth e U n i te d S t a t e s h a v i n g knowledge o f th e f a c t s , s h a l lbe f i l e d wi th t h e s e c r e t a r y o f t h i s s t a t e ; andp r o v i d e d , f u r t h e r , t h a t t h i s c e s s i o n i s

s h a l l r e t a i n c o n c u r r e n t j u r i s d i c t i o n wi t h th e Un i t e dS t a t e s in and ov e r a l l such l a n d s so t h a t a l l c i v i land c r im i n a l p r o c e s s i s s u i n g u n d e r t h e a u t h o r i t y o ft h i s s t a t e " I ' ll s l ow down .


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tell meCOURT: Mr. Gon z a l e z , s t o p a s e c ond .

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MR. GONZALEZ: I 'm mak ing it.THE COURT: With r e g a r d to this a r g umen t .

I 'm no t g o in g t o let you c o n t i n u e J u s t r e a d i n g .me wha t y o u r p o i n t is.

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MR. GONZALEZ: I 'm mak ing t h e p o i n t o f w h a ~ Iwas d i s c u s s i n g Tue s d a y .

THE COURT: Make it f o r th e r e c o rd w i t h o u tI 'm no t g o i n g t o let you c o n t i n u e r e a d i n g that. Youcan p l a c e that in e v i d e n c e and it 's b e f o r e wha t e v e rc o u r t you w i s h . Your c o u n s e l is fully f r e e to p u tthat i n t o e v i d e n c e . I 'm n o t go i n g t o let yout h e court's t ime just t o r e a d a do cumen t that

u se upcan be

p u t into e v i d e n c e . If you wan t t o g iv e me you r p o i n t ,I 'm happy t o h e a r it.

MR. GONZALEZ I a s k e d if we cou l d p u t thisi n t o e v i d e n c e , and he s a i d no .

MR. BOWNES: No. He s a i d y e s .MR. GONZALEZ We c an ?MR. BOWNES: Yes . You can p u t a n y t h i n g that

you have g o t t h e r e i n t o e v i d e n c e .MR. GONZALEZ: We l l , I t h i n k you know whe re

I 'm go in g wi t h this so I 'm go i n g to go a h e a d and wrapit up .


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The s e c o p i e s a r e f rom t h e New Hamps h i r estate I 'm s o r r y f rom t h e New Hampsh i r eD ep a r tm en t o f State.

THE COURT: Aga i n , Mr. Gon z a l e z , I 'm n o tg o i n g t o let you r e a d f rom

MR. GONZALEZ: I 'm just letting you know wha tthis is.

THE COURT: You can p u t it i n e v i d e n c eMR. GONZALEZ: Okay . Essentially wha t I 'm

go i n g t o be putting i n e v i d e n c e stipulates that tocertify that t h e y c h e ck ed t h e r e c o r d s and t h e y don o t f i n d a copy o f wh a t ' s r e q u i r e d by RSA 1 2 3 : 1 ,s i g n e d by Depu t y M. Scally, Depu t y Secretary o f State.

THE COURT: J u s t indicate f o r th e r e c o r d wha tt h e e n d p o i n t o f all o f this is.

MR. GONZALEZ: The e n d p o i n t is that we had ag r i e v a n c e that we wer e trying t o redress. Th i s is mysignature on th e b o t tom o f this p a g e o f t h e g r i e v a n c e sthat we filed. Th i s is d a t e d J une 20 , 2007 . It 's g o tmy name on t h e b o t t om , n i c e and b i g , and essentiallyt h e g r i e v a n c e was we wer e a s k in g th e Gov e r n o r , JohnH. Lynch , t o e n f o r c e Article 41 and 51 , powe r s t o a skt h e federal g o v e r nme n t if t h e y have t h e authority t oo p e r a t e h e r e b e c a u s e ou r e v i d e n c e s hows

THE COURT: You r p o i n t is that th e f e d e r a l


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g o v e r n m e n t is n o t p e r m i t t e d t o o p e r a t e in th e S t a t e o fNew Hampsh i r e ? I s that y o u r p o i n t ?

MR. GONZALEZ: A c c o r d i n g to this e v i d e n c e ,y e s .

THE COURT: I 'm just a s k i n g if that's y o u rp o i n e .

MR. GONZALEZ Yes . A c c o r d i n g to thise v i d e n c e .

THE COURT: A ll right. Good . Move on t oy o u r n e x t a rg u m en t . I've s e en this b e f o r e . You canp u t i e i n t o e v i d e n c e .

MR. GONZALEZ Oh, y e s . You d id s e e this.THE COURT: Mr. Bownes , if you wan t to puc

any d o c u m e n t s into e v i d e n c e , t h e y will be marked asd e f e n d a n t ' s s e n t e n c i n g exhibits.

MR. BOWNES:THE COURT:

J u s t g i v e t hem w h a t you wan tWhat y o u ' r e s a y i n g is that a t th e

t ime t h e m a r sh a l s were a t t e m p t i n g to e x e c u t e t h earrest w a r r a n t , t h e y had no authority to e x e c u t e t h a t ?I s that y o u r p o s i t i o n ?

MR. GONZALEZ: T h a t ' s a v e r y good a n a l y s i s o fthat, y e s .

THE COURT: Okay . Does it go f rom t h a t thatyou b e l i e v e you had t h e right to resist thate n f o r c e m e n t o f th e arrest w a r r a n t b e c a u s e t h e y had no


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right to e n f o r c e it?MR. GONZALEZ No.THE COURT: Wha t ' s you r p o i n t t h e n ?

t h e r eMR. GONZALEZ: My

p e a c e f u l l y a s s emb l e dp o i n t was that p eop l e werewi t h g r i e v a n c e s , and a t t h e

t ime p e r i o d I was t h e r e we were p e a c e f u l .THE COURT:MR. GONZALEZ

o f t h e Un i t e d States.it.

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Go ah e ad .The n e x t is t h e Con s t i t u t i o n

I 'm o b v i o u s l y n o t go i n g t o r e a d

I a p p r e c i a t e that.MR. GONZALEZ: You ' r e we l c ome .THE COURT: A ll rightMR. GONZALEZ: Now, ev e r y on e k eep s I 'm

s o r r y e v e r y o n e . I f e e l like ev e r y on e is a g a i n s t me.THE COURT: You go right a h e a d . I 'm go i n g to

g i v e you a s much t ime a s you n e e d , Mr. Gonza l e zExc e p t if y o u ' r e just go i ng to r e a d a do cumen t , youcan p u t it i n e v id e n c e u n l e s s it 's s ome t h i n g t h a t isunknown .

MR. GONZALEZ: It 's known , b u t e v e r y on e see!T1Sto a c t like it 's n o t there.

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have t h e transcript rightwha t y o u r p o i n t is.My p o i n t is, s u ch a s t h e

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s e n t e n c i n g at this point.o r n o t . Th i s is t h e i s s u e

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like why a r eR i g h t , and my p o i n t lS it

you acting like I d id whyd id s ome t h i n g when e v e r yon e is

basically stipulating that it n e v e r h a p p e n e d ?We don't e v en h e a r a b o u t t hem b r i n g i n g that

up a nymo r e a b o u t my c o - c o n s p l r a c y s t a t em e n t .P r o b a b l y b e c a u s e th e y realized by now that that wasn o t me. Yet that goe s i n my e v i d e n c e f o r myc o n v i c t i o n was u s ed a s e v i d e n c e i n my c o n v i c t i o n .I mean e v en if t h e y wer e t o s a y , oh , y e a h , we mes s ed

a lmo s t be willingi n c omp e t e n t o r he

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c o n f e r s wi t h Mr. Gon z a l e z )If y o u ' r e g o i n g t o talk tot o p u t it on t h e r e c o r d .

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wan t t o talk t o me, tell me and I ' l l p u t it on t h er e c o r d .

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o f lettersn additional g ro u pG o n z a l e z . I've r e a d t h e m . I 'm

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MR. BOWNES: Thank you , y o u r Hono r .THEMR.

COURT: C o u n s e lGONZALEZ Some

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f r e e t o l o ok a t t h em .t h e s e a r e v e r y s h o r t

so d o n ' t let t h e s i z e o f th e p a p e r w o r k i n t i m i d a t e you .I 'll just r e a d th e b a s i c s and t h e name .

" In t h e s e t i m e s o f c o n f u s i o n you all mus tr emembe r that some f o l k s a r e a ske d t o p ay a terriblep r i c e f o r t h e cost. Your sacrifices and d e e d s s p e akl o u d l y a b o u t y o u r faith and c o u r a g e . No man mus t b e a r

b u r d e n a l o n e .

My father's

thiswi t hme n . "

you . Good menMy f a m i l y p r a y e r s and h o p e s a r ew i l l a l w a y s be t h e target o f evilletter to you .

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" I , Diana Lee G o n z a l e z , m a r r i e d i n t o th eGonza l e z f a m i l y on F e b r u a r y 1 4 , 1986 , b u t have knownC i r i n o G o n z a l e z s i n c e 1982 when he was just

THE COURT: J u s t d o n ' t r e a d to o fast.MR. GONZALEZ: Thank you f o r r e m i n d i n g me.

" when he was just a s m a l l c h i l d o f a b o u t f o u r o rf i v e y e a r s o l d . He was a l w a y s a w e l l - m a n n e r e d boy whogrew up i n t o a r e s p o n s i b l e young a d u l t who was r e a dyto start s e r v i n g h i s c o u n t r y a t a young age o fa p p r o x i m a t e l y 17 y e a r s o l d . He h a s p ro v e n to be a


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mys e l f . He has a lway swi t h any f am i l y crisisb een a d e v o t e d f a t h e rp r ov en h i s l o v e f o r

t h em . He is p a s s i o n a t e in h i s l o v e and in h i s beliefand all a s p e c t s o f h i s life."

"I've known C i r i n o s i n c e he was a b a by . Hewas a lway s a v e r y l o v a b l e boy . Always tried t o he lpo t h e r p eop l e He was q u i e t and p e a c e f u l and n e v e rtried t r o u b l e wi t h anybody .much ."

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"S i n c e h i s c h i l d h o o d I have known C i r i n o to

i n any way p o s s i b l e . He iso t h e r p e o p l e and c h i l d r e n .

be a v e r ytried toq u i e t and

l o v a b l e boy andh e l p o t h e r p eop l ep e a c e f u l t owa r d s

a young man . He a lway s

We all l o v e h im v e r y much . J ohn . ""My name is Dia n a , and I am 66 y e a r s o ld o f

a g e , and I l o v e h im v e r y much b e c a u s e he was n e v e r i ntrouble. He l i v e d wi t h me on and o f f and a lway s

He is a good p e r s o n . "e lp e d in any way he c o u l d .Con t a c t i n f o rm a t i o n .

"My name is Aida Rod r i g u e z . I am Cirino'sa u n t . I have known C i r i n o S l n c e birth. He i s a lway sk ind and c o u r t e o u s when I s e e h im . He is a d e vo t e df a t h e r and s o n . He is q u i e t and polite. I have n e v e r


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h e a r d a n y t h i n g bad o f C i r i n o , b u t o n l y k ind things."Con t a c t i n f o rm a t i o n .

"C i r i n o is a soft s pok en and g e n t l e man . Heh e l p s o t h e r s i n n eed and n e v e r a s k s f o r f a v o r s inreturn. He is h o n e s t , d e p e n d a b l e and c o n s c i e n t i o u sI have known C i r i n o f o r fifteen y e a r s . J e s u s . "Con t a c t i n f o rm a t i o n .

" I don't u n d e r s t a n d wha t trouble C i r i n oGonz a l e z is i n , b u t I do know he is a lway s t r y i n g toh e l p o t h e r p e o p l e . If this g o t h im i n t o trouble, Ihope p e o p l e u n d e r s t a n d that he has a b ig h e a r t andthat is a good t h i n g . He is much l o v e d i n ou r townand f am i l y , and we hope that he will be r e t u r n e d t o uss o o n . I have known C i r in o fo r 31 y e a r s . Estela."

"De a r sirs I have known C i r i n o all my life.He is my c o u s i n . He h as a lway s b een q u i e t and politeand a h a r d wo r k e r and a f am i l y man . He h as my u tmo s tl o v e and r e s p e c t b e c au s e he is a Un i t e d S t a t e sv e t e r a n . Hewou ld n e v e r

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a k i n d and l o v i n g p e r s o na n y o n e . R e s p e c t f u l l y ,

whom ISu s a n . "

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1'1 w i s h I had more t ime to p r e p a r e as t a t em e n t t o h e lp C i r i n o . He is a k i nd and g e n t l e manthat has n e v e r b r o u g h t harm t o any p e r s o n . C i r i n o isrespectful and c o u r t e o u s to ev e r y on e and h as a s u b t l es e n s e o f humor . C i r i n o work s sma r t when he can and


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He is good wi t h p e t s andc h i l d r e n and knows a lot a b o u t life and how to h e l po t h e r s . I have known C i r in o fo r 20 y e a r s . " Con t a c ti n f o rm a t i o n .

"My name is An i t a . I have known C ir in o h i sh a s a lway s beenho le

k i n d ,life. In all t h o s e y e a r s hec o n s i d e r a t e and l aw - a b i d i n g p e r s o n . Jason . "

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"My e x p e r i e n c e wi t h C i r i n o Gonz a l e z havea lway s b een friendly and helpful. He ha s a p l e a s a n tdisposition and is e a s y t o g e t a l o ng w i t h . J a v i e r . "

"C i r i n o Gonz a l e z has a lw a y s h e l p e d whencalled to do so . He work s tirelessly until th e Job is

little o r no p a ymen t .and commun i t y . We mi s s

done and o f t e n f o rd evo t e d to f am ilyhope he returns t o us s o on . Liticia "

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"My c o u s in , C ir in o Gon z a l e z , has a lw ay ss e r v e d as a positive r o l e mode l f o r me a s I grew up .He was in t h e Navy , which p r o v e s t o me that he hasl o v e f o r h i s c o u n t r y , and he b e l i e v e d in t h e f r e edomo f t h e p e o p le o f this n a t i o n . When he became a dad ,he a lway s s p e n t t ime t e a c h in g h i s k i d s all t h eimpo r t a n t l e s s o n s i n life. He wan t ed them t o grow upwi t h th e good l aw s , a s we l l a s he d i d . I e x p e r i e n c e dthis firsthand when we all wen t to my g r a ndma ' s hou s eon t h e weeke nd s . Gab r i e l . "


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" I have known C i r i n o Gonz a l e z s i n c e he was ayoung s t u d e n t that a t t e n d e d s c h o o l wi t h my s o n . Ihave a lway s b een n e i g h b o r s to one o f h i s a u n t s f o rmany y e a r s . In that t ime I have known this young manto be a sw e e t , friendly, h appy , g o - l u c k y p e r s o n . Hewas a lway s sm i l i n g , and he g r e e t e d me when I saw himwhen he came n e x t - d o o r to visit h is a u n t . I am awa r ethat he enlisted in th e Navy a tyoung men who p u t their life on

a young a g e . I adm i r et h e line in o r d e r to

protect us f rom h a rm ' s way . I b e l i e v e C i r i n o lS ah o n e s t , l o y a l and a c a r i n g individual who c o n t i n u e s t o

He s e ems ro havei g h t f o rwi t h good

h i s beliefs.mo r a l s and v a l u e s . L i n d a . "

been r a i s e d

"To all c o n c e r n e d : I have known C i r i n oGonz a l e z s i n c e he was d i s c h a r g e d f rom t h e U.S . Navy in2002 and r e t u r n e d to A l i c e , Texa s wi t h h i s wi f e andchildren. I have known h im t o be an h o n e s t , g e n t l e

h e l p h i s n e i g h b o rfather to h is

man,himand

q u i e t man whoas a p e r s o n whos e n i o r citizens

g e t s a lo n g w ithis w i l l i n g t o

He is a good

e v e r y o n e . I know

children.Maude . "

I have known him f o r a b o u t f i v e y e a r s .

"H e l l o . C i r i n o lS t h e b e s t f r i e n d o f twe l v ey e a r s to my oldest b r o t h e r , and I like to t h i n k o f h ima s mine , t o o . I wou ld like t h e Cou r t to know t h a t


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n e v e r u n d e r s t a n d why b e c a u s e heknow. C i r i n o is a good p e r s o n ,son and f r i e n d who w i l l s t o p a th im . He h a s t h e f u n n i e s t l a u gh

is s omeone you d o n ' tand a g re a t b ro th e r ,n o t h i n g when you needand a warm sm i l e . He

can a l s o make t h e g o o f i e s t f a c e s and tell th e b e s tj o k e s . H is s o u l is g e n t l e and one o f a k i n d . He i ssomeone who can light up th e d a r k e s t r oom . I mi s sp l a y i n g P i c t i o n a r y wi t h him so much and l a u g h b e c au seit 's h a r d to f i g u r e o u t wha t he's d r aw i n g .

C i r i n o is someone who can make an impa c t onyou r life and t h e p e r s o n you a r e , and no ma t t e r wha t ,I am grateful f o r b e i n g b l e s s e d t o know someone l i k eC i r i n o . Love and hope , Mon iqu e . "

" I have known C i r i n o Gonz a l e z s i n c e 2002 . In2003 he left. He and h i s f am i l y r e n t e d a mob i l e homef rom me He was an excellent renter, and I would n o thesitate to r e n t to him a g a i n . I c o n s i d e r C i r i n o tobe an a dm i r a b l e , h o n e s t and c a r i n g man . He is a lway sw i l l i n g t o h e l p o t h e r s in t im e o f n e e d , and f o r t h a tI 'm sincerely grateful. In t h e s i x y e a r s I have knownh im, he h a s a lway s been a s i n c e r e and q u i e t mao.S i n c e r e l y , J u d y . "

" I know C i r i n o Gonz a l e z . He 1 S a g en t l e manwho has n e v e r h u r t a n o th e r p e r s o n o r a n im a l s . H is


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personality is p l e a s a n t and quiet, and he lS ve ryknow l e dg e a b l e i n many a s p e c t s o f life. Be l i n d a . "

"My name is Ba rb a r a Cummings I am a p e a c eactivist and g r a n dmo t h e r o f f i v e beautiful boy s .

C i r i n o a t a med i a c o n f e r e n c eIn t h e a f t e r n o o n , and my

s t u d y i n g h i s s c h e d u l e . Wewhi ch lasted q u i t e a wh i l e .d emeano r , and we were

Inin Memph i s .f r i e n d and Isitting n e a rs t r u c k up aC i r i n o had a

2006 , I metIt was latewere t a k i n gus intently

c o n v e r s a t i o nc a lm , q u i e t

a little b r e a k . C i r i n o was

interested i n h i s e x p e r i e n c e s i n I r a q .We invited him toBush -Chen eyHe showedv e n i n g .

s u p p o r t r o l ewere a t t a c k e d

accompany us downtown wi t hmache p u p p e t s later t h a t

t ime and was happy to p l a y aprotest. At one p o i n t we

o f d r unk military t y p e s , and

p a p e rup onlittle

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byIn

o fe t

rather t h a n j o i n th e me l e e , C i r i n o actually tried tob r e a k it up . He n e v e r lost h i s c o o l t h e who l ee v e n i n g . C i r i n o was "

THE COURT: Slow down .MR. GONZALEZ: Thank you a g a i n . "C i r i n o was

interested i n ou r p e a c e activitiest o j o i n us fo r a huge march in DCWe were p a r t o f th e security t e am ,p e r s o n a g e s a s Cong re s swoman Max ine

so we invited himthat J a n u a ry 2 7 th .g u a r d i n g s u chWate r s and Rocky


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C o u n t e r protestors t a u n tc h a l l e n g e you . C i r i n ol o c k e d a rms p r o t e c t i n g

A n d e r s o n , t h e Mayor o f S a l tline p e o p l e . No e a s y t a s k .you , t h r ow t h i n g s a t you andand I were s i d e by s i d e wi t h

Lake C i t y . We were f r o n t

situations.ou r a s s i g n e d p e o p l e allp e r s o n in t h e s e t y p e o f

d a y . You really g e t to know a

C i r i n o t h e n j o i n e d us i n C r a w f o r d , Texa s a to f

We had t o

he o n l y knew a fewweek . The w e a t h e rone d a y .

f o r E a s t e r . A l t h o u g hf r i e n d s easily that

80 d e g r e e s to snow inrom

Caseyhe mades ,

wen t

Camp

b r e a k camp and move th e who l e o p e r a t i o n t o a l o c a t i o nC i r i n o worked v e ry h a rd and h e l p e dlX m i l e s a w a y .

whe r e n e e d e d .In all o f this t ime s p e n t w i t h C i r i n o , I

n e v e r saw h im exhibit a t e m p e r , l o s e h i s c o o l , be r u d eo r s h i r k a j o b . He was l i k e d and n e v e r had a s i n g l ep r ob l em a t any o f t h e s e e v e n t s .

I am s hoc ke d a t th e c h a r g e s a g a i n s t him andwou ld a sk t h e C o u r t to c o n s i d e r this s t a t e m e n t o fs u p p o r t f o r C i r i n o . Ba r b a r a . "

"To whom it may c o n c e r n "

GONZALEZ:THEMR.

COURT: How manyJ u s t

do you h av ea few m o re ,

t h e r e ,sir.

sir?

THE COURT: I s t h e r e a r e a s o n , Mr. Bownes ,t h e s e w e r e n ' t s u b m i t t e d t o t h e C o u r t in a d v a n c e ?


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They w e r e n ' t s e n t to me.Were you awa r e o f t h e s e

documen t s ?


Today .I s t h e r e a r e a s o n why t h ey

we r e n ' t p r o v i d e d to me so I c ou l d r eV l ew t hem?MR. BOWNES: Mr. Gonz a l e z wou ld r a t h e r r e ad

t h em .

g e tth er a t h e r

I u n d e r s t a n d that he would r a t h e rth e

THE COURT:r e a d them b u t if t h e pu r po s e is f o r me toi n f o rm a t i o n , I wou ld p ro b a b ly g a in more fromi n f o rma t i o n by s t u d y i n g them and r e a d i n g themt h a n listening to them a s they're r e a d .

MR. GONZALEZ: I can g i v e them to youa f t e rw a r d s and you may s t u dy t h em .

r e a d documen to n t i n u eTHEto

COURT: I 'm n o t g o in g t o letafter do c umen t .

you justI would

have e x p e c t e d that I r e c e i v e d t h e s e in adv an c e . AsMr. Bownes we l l knew, any letters i n s u p p o r t no rma l l ywou ld be p r o v i d e d t o th e C ou r t in a dv a n c e so th e Cou r tco u ld r e v iew t h em . The r e a r e many do c umen t s t h a t a rep r o v i d e d to me in advanc e so that t h ey d o n ' t have t obe r e a d in c o u r t w h i le e v e ry o n e is h e r e .

To th e e x t e n t you wan tI 'm happy to listen, bu t if you

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th e i n f o rm a t i o n f rom th em , I t h i n k it wou l d be betterif I r e a d t h em .a s you wi s h .

Now, y o u ' r e f r e e to q u o t e f rom them

MR. GONZALEZ:MR. BOWNES:

Thank you , J u d g e .I 'm g o i n g t o p r o v i d e th e Cou r t

wi t h one set o f exhibits, whi ch I t h i n k c o u l d bema rk ed together, whi ch h as t o do wi t h t h ejurisdictional issue, and t h e s e c ond set o f exhibits It h i n k we c an mark together, wh i c h a r e letters that Mr.Gon z a l e z b r o u g h t wi t h him t o d a y .

THE CLERK: A l l t h e s e t o g e t h e r ?MR. BOWNES: Yes . I t h i n k that's th e b e s t

way t o do it.THE CLERK: Okay .THE COORT: You may p r o c e e d , Mr. Gon z a l e z .

You may p r o c e e d , Mr. Gon z a l e z .

please.MR. GONZALEZ: Thank you , J u d g e . One momen t ,

THE COURT: Take you r t i m e .MR. GONZALEZ:

r e a d e x c e r p t s f rom this.Thank you . I 'm just go i n g to

THE COURT: Go a h e a d .MR. GONZALEZ: T h i s is the g o v e r nm e n t 's

upwa rd s c r ew h im t h e mos t we c an p a p e rwo r k .THE COURT: I 'm s o r r y ? I didn't h e a r you .


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MR. GONZALEZ: I 'm s o r r y .THE COURT: Go a h e a d .MR. GON ZALEZ: It 's t h e g o ve rn m en t 's upward

d e v i a t i o n . Essentially, t h e c o n t e n t i n this i s wrong .They make stipulations and t h e y q u o t e generalizationsin this c a s e when they're totally n o t even r e l e v a n t tome.

As an e x a m p l e , t h e a s s e m b l i n g o f nume rou sp i p e bombs and nume rou s o th e r e x p lo siv e d e v i c e s on t h eB r o wn s ' p r o p e r t y , all w i t h t h e intent to u se weapons

e n f o r c e m e n t officerso kill any and alla t te m p t in g to arrest

lawt h e B row ns . F o r h i s

myo r

t h e j u r y f ound th eI w a s n ' t even c h a r g e d

c h a r g e d w i t h o t h e rmak ing t h e allegation

effort,c o n s p i r i n g .

t h eo f

t oguilty

contributionsd e f e n d a n twi t h e x p l o s i v e s . I w a s n ' t ev ene x p l o s i v e d e v i c e s , y e t they'reh e r e that I was c o n v i c t e d f o r itcontributions t o it.

A l l o f their word i ng is m a n i p u l a t i v e and J u s twrong and stated a s a f a c t by s a y i n g that th e a sth e C o u r t is w e l l a w a r e , when it 's just blatant liesand he knows it, and i n h i s h e a r t o f h e a r t s I know heknows it. I know t h e y b o t h know it.

E x p l o s i v e d e v i c e s were d i s p l a y e d in at h r e a t e n i n g m a n n e r . Wol f f e s a i d h i m s e l f , their


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w i t n e s s one o f my c o - d e f e n d a n t s s a i d h im s e l f that IHe s a i d it h im s e l f that he b r o u g h t

and h e l p e d b u i l d t h e bombs . He gave t h eo f th e p e r im e t e r s that t h e y were s e t

we r e n ' t t h e r e later on , sh ow ing t h a rt a k e n t hem down t h ems e l v e s o r had

a r o u n d .o tmaterials

was

l o c a t i o n s o f allup at, b u t t h e yt h e Browns had

t h e

someone else t a k e them down . Here it is. I n v o l v e d .Au t oma t i c weapons Numerous e xp lo s iv e d ev ic es .Exp l o s i v e d e v i c e s d i s p l a y e d in a threatening manne r .

Yet it 's t ime and t imewa s n ' t e v e n a rou nd , sir.a g a i n i n h e r e .

The d e f e n d a n t ' s o u t b u r s t t o t h e J u r yc o n c e r n i n g j u r y nullification. It w a s n ' t much o f anoutburst. The p e o p l e that were h e r e were h e r e . Is t o od up . I said, " J u r y nullification i s you r r i g h tThe Judge and t h e p r o s e c u t i o n do n o t wan t you to knowwha t you r rights a r e . "

H is trial t e s t im o n y , whi ch wasp e r j u r e djust s a y s

The gov e r nmen t s u bm i t sh im s e l f a t trial. He

I d i d .

that t h e d e f e n d a n tdoesn't s a y how. It

perjurious, s h o u ld g lv e you more t i m e . It n e v e r s a i d

p e r j u r y , wha t a b o u tt h r e e different on e s

Wol f f e ?all

on t h e t o p i ch i s proffers

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inconsistencies i n h i s two prior testimonies, a s we l l ,and who can just n o t i g n o r e a t t h e end o f h i st e s t imon y when he starts a dd i n g p e o p l e one by one byon e , a s e a ch c ou n s e lo r q u e s t i o n e d h im , that wer e n e v e re v e r d i s c u s s e d i n any o f h i s proffers by any o f ch eprlor testimonies.

I can p o i n t and s a y this is wha t t h e y lieda b o u t and w ha t he lied a b o u t . I don't hav e to b e c a u s et h e y a l r e a d y stipulated wha t he lied a b o u t , b u t Ic ommi t t e d perjury b e c a u s e t h e y s a i d I commi t t e dp e r j u r y , and t h e y have no e v id en ce w h at s o ev er to showthat.

As an e x amp l e , "The d e f e n d a n t was a ma j o rcontributor t o t h e effort that c r e a t e d an e x t r eme l yd a n g e r o u s situation that, b u t f o r t h e p a t i e n c e ,p r o f e s s i o n a l i sm and c om pa s s io n o f t h e Un i t e d S t a t e sMar s h a l

down .

S e r v i c e , cou l d have easily resultedTHE COURT: Slow down. S low down .

inS 1 ow

"

MR. GONZALEZ: Thank you , a g a l n . I keepforgetting.d e f e n d a n t was

I ' ll r e a d it a g a i n s l ow l y .a ma j o r contributor to t h e

"Theeffort that

c r e a t e d an e x t r eme l y d a n g e r o u s situation that, b u t f o rth e patience, p r o f e s s i o n a l i sm and c ompa s s i o n o f th eUn i t e d States Ma r s h a l S e r v i c e , c o u l d hav e easily


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resulted i n th e d e a t h s o f many p e o p l e . "The way he

p r ov e them o r evenfactual. I , on t h e

s a y sb o t h e ro t h e r

t h i n g sg i v i n gh and ,

a b o u t me b u t c anno ean ex amp l e that's

c an p o i n t to h i s stuffand refute it. The v i d e o , two o f three, o f Danny ' sarrest, wh i c h was t ampe r e d w i t hresolution i n half o u t o f t h r e e

by cutting th ev id e o s th e on l y

v i d eo that s hows a nybody e v e r firing a n y t h i n g in thisc a s e was s h o t by U.S . ma r s h a l s a t an una rmed man

professionalisma l k i ng aWhere was

dog .t h e

W he r e 's t h ec ompa s s i o n i n that? Where was

in that?th e

p a t i e n c e i n that?Whi l e we, on t h e o t h e r hand I told p e o p l e ,

we ' r e fine. We don't know whe r e p e o p le a r e at. Itmay n o t be a good i d e a t o show up .

Now, a s we g o t i n t o this v i d e o , whi ch It h o u g h t was v e r y i m p o r t a n t c o n s i d e r i n g t h e f a c t thatit was t am p e r e d w ith t h r e e v i d e o s wh i c h wereperfectly clear, one and two I am s o r r y one andthree. Two was d e g r a d e d by half t h e resolution, andwhoeve r man i p u l a t e d it r emembe r , I 'm a c ompu t e r

t h e resolutione x p e r t . I even p o i n t e d o u t t o my

i n half b u t we r e n ' tl awy e re v e n

thatsm a r t

t h e y c u te nough

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my l awy e r d id n o t wan t t o t o u c h it to o much , f o rwha t e v e r r e a s o n he h a d . Mr. Wibe rg tried to e n t e r itas we were q u e s t i o n i n g t h e w i t n e s s e s f o r th e ma r s h a l sA l l , no t ev en d e ny i n g t h e f a c t that it was n o tt ampe r e d w i t h , just sm i l e s a y in g th e y d o n ' t know howit h a pp e n e d . You s t o p p e d us just like that J u s tlike that. "Enough o f this e v i d e n c e " is, I b e l i e v e ,wha t you said.s a i d to t a k e it

It was t a k e n o f f t h e s c r e e n and youo f f t h e s c r e e n , and it was . I would

t h i n k s omebody wou ld g e t arrested f o r that.t h i n k .

I would

THE COURT:ne ed , Mr. Gonz a l e z ?

How much additional t ime do you

Go a h e a d .

MR. GONZALEZ:wrap it up .

THE COURT:

I b e l i e v e I 'm getting r e a dy to

MR. GONZALEZ: Mr. Hu f t a l e n I b e l i e v e ish i s name I don't have it in f r o n t o f me I don ' tknow if I am p r o n o u n c i n g it right made allegationsfalsely that my r e a s o n fo r l e a v i n g t h e s e r v i c e wasb e c a u s eb e l i e v e

I

hewa s n ' t wan t edwas referring

b e c a u s et o . I

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c o o r d i n a t o r . I have aw ard s f o r e x c e l l e n c e , 100p e r c e n telse, we

in my files,all have o u r

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one little n o t i c e that my body fat wen t o v e rp e r c e n t a g e . Tha t d idstill excelling mos t

n o t s t ops t a n d a r d s .

meIf rom c ompe t i n gb e l i e v e it was

andall

s t a n d a r d s . J u s t body fat i s s u e . Weighed more . Dide v e r y t h i n g else t h e s ame .

Tha t can be easily r e f u t e d b e c a u s e I t o ok th eBUDS training i n th e desert. Why wou ld th e militarys p end their t ime s e n d i n g somebody f o r a s p e c i a lfitness test if t h e y a r e o v e rw e i g h t ?ridiculous

It's just

I have an R -I an RE-I f o r desirablere-enlistment. The Navy actually was d e ny i n g myd e p a r t u r e fo r s e v e r a l mon th s offering me, a g a i n , t h eCO p r og r am . Of f e r i n g me h ead o f security o f th eauxilIary f o r c e fo r P e a r l Ha r bo r Nava l Sh i p y a r d . I ama desirable asset b e c au s e o f my weapons training andmy security training, and a lotf o r g i v e me f o r l a u g h i n g when hel y i n g wi t h that. I wou ld l o v e

o f p e o p l e like me, andis just blatantly

just like I wouldf o r h im t o show whereike to s e e e v e r y t h i n g e l s e

he g e t s h i s stuff f r om .I have a letter o f commenda t i o n f rom an

a dm i r a l that I k e p t I g o t rid o fI've g o t so many awa rd s I d o n ' t event hem anymo r e , sir. Th a t ' s t h e God ' s

t h e o t h e r one .

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in Kosovo , and I wen t i n t o I r a q . I've done more ands e en more t h a n p ro b a b ly mos t p eop l e in h e r e comb i n ed .

I b e l i e v e in my integrity. I've s a i d itb e f o r e . Many p eop l e b e l i e v e i n my integrity. Th e r e ' son l y one p e r s o n one agency that I know o f that goesa g a i n s t it, and t h e y have n o t shown a ny t h i n g o t h e rt h a n allegations and t w i s t e d stipulations and justflat o u t lied, a s I've shown to sa y o t h e rw i s e .

S i n c e I've been l o c k e d up in Mer r imack , I'ver e c e i v e d o v e r 475 p i e c e s o f ma i l , and I s t o p p e dc o u n t i n g last week . Not one letter was n o t oneword o f a n y t h i n g bad t owa r d s me. I wou ld like f o r youto p o i n t o u t anyone you have e v e r met b e f o r e you inthis position that cou l d s a y th e s ame .

I wou ld like t o go home I told you that th efirst t ime I t a l k e d t o you s t a n d i n g up . You s a i d youwished you c o u ld h e lp me, an d I told you that youc o u l d . I didn't ev en lie back t h e n , d id I? Becau s eh e r e you a re a g a i n .

Sir, I wan t to go home . If you wan t me t os ay I l e a r n e d my lesson, I d i d . My l e s s o n lS, you


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d o n ' t f u ck wi t h t h e gov e r nmen t . The r e wereallegations o f why I g o t i n v o l v e d and why I t a k e thisso p e r s o n a l l y and why I 'm so c omm i t t e d . The b i g g e s tone that g o t me go i n g lS I b e l i e v e it 's In th er e p o r t f o r t h e PSI whe r e t h e contractors I waswo rk i n g f o r were s e n d i n g weapon s ba ck to o u r boys andgirls no t p r o p e r l y c h e c k e d , w i t h o u t t h e p ro p e r qualityc o n t r o l i n p l a c e . I r a n t e d and r a v e d . I o r g a n i z e d ,when I was i n I r a q , a g a i n s t it, and I was a sked tol e a v e u n d e r threat. In fact, I even testified t othat, a s we l l . I even told t h e PSI investigator itwould be really interesting t o s e e how t h e y r e s p ond t othis b e c a u s e t h e y know full we l l I have n o t s t o pp edb e c au s e I told them on my way o u t , ev en t h ough I 'mt a k i n g this s e p a r a t i o n p a c k a g e and they're o f f e r i n g mee x t r a g o o d i e s , t h o u s a n d s o f dollars mor e , that I wasno t go i ng t o s t o p , and interesting e nough , t h e companyd e n i e s I ev en worked f o r t h em . S e c u r i t y level,secret, r u n n i n g a r o und I r a q , wo r k i n g on weapon s , and Iwas n e v e r there, a c c o r d i n g to t h em .

Th i s is a multi-billion dollar company thatI 'm s c r ew i n g w i t h that d e a l s wi t h military weapon s . Iknow full we l l how d a n g e r o u s that isgo i ng to u se that much money f o r onef o r h i s b r o t h e r s in a rms s a y i n g , I 'm

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a l l ow you t o p u t them i n that way , and I 'm comingb e t w e e n their b u d g e t and their g r e e d . Not a goodp la c e to be at, and none o f this h a s b e en b r o u g h t upby t h e g o v e r n m e n t .

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g o v e r n m e n t . The Constitution and t h e Bill o f R i g h t smean n o t h i n g to you all (Mr . G o n z a l e z r i p s p a p e r sa t this t ime ) absolutely n o t h i n g to you all b e c a u s ee v e r y t h i n g h a s a r u l e t o g e t a r o u n d it, doesn't it,s i r ? It 's a j o k e .

I just w a n t to go home to my k i d s . I reallydo . I l o v e t h em , and I m i s s t h e m . T h i s is th el o n g e s t I've e v e r been away f rom t h e m , and I t h i n k Id id v e r y , v e ry w e l l c o n s i d e r i n g t h e f a c t that, ye s , Ido have training that c o u l d h u r t a lot o f p e o p l e , andy e s , I do have t h e b a c k g r o u n d t o p r o v e that that iss o , b u t e v e ry p e r s o n I've e v e r r a n into has t h a n k e d meand w e lcom ed me and tried t o assist me a s much a s t h e yc a n . I've n e v e r been a p r ob l em f o r anyone I've e v e rworked w i t h , i n c l u d i n g t h e U . S . m a r s h a l s who have beena r o u n d me. Knowing full w e l l that I know t h e y lied, Itreat them w i t h r e s p e c t and c o u r t e s y e v e ry t im e , and Iw i l l c o n t i n u e t o do so .

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know me.

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You g i v e me more t im e , and I w i l l b r i n g morec h a r g e s and more c h a r g e s and more c h a r g e s . They knowwha t ' s right. I b e l i e v e you do , t o o . If this is afair c o u r t , you w i l l let me go home . If there'ss ome t h i n g e l s e b eh i n d this, I o b v i o u s l y have noc h an c e .

I d o n ' t just s t a n d up f o r mys e l f and myb r o t h e r s a t a rms , I s t a n d up f o r my c h i l d r e n .c om fo r t I keep telling mys e l f that h e l p s me g e t

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t h r o ugh this is this mot t o this quo t e I h e a r d , "Myc h i l d r e n , when t h e y sp eak o f their father, t h e y w i l lsay he was a man who s t o o d up f o r wha t was right, aman who s a i d he mus t do s ome t h i n g now. What w i l l you rc h i l d r e n s ay a b o u t you?" I wan t to go home .

(C o n c l u s i o n o f R eq u e s te d Exc e r p t )

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I , Susan M. Ba teman , do h e r e by certifyt h a t th e f o r e g o i n g transcript lS a t r u e and a c c u r a t etranscription o f t h e w ith in p r o c e e d i n g s , to th e b e s to f my know l e dg e , skill, ability and belief.

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