I'm not claiming my sample letter below is any "great shakes." However, I am sending it out to demonstrate that it is possible to sanely request a new Congressional investigation into COINTELPRO-like activity WITHOUT claiming "government agents are after us."
This can be accomplished without making any unsupported claims. My letter suggests but does not claim that government agents may be involved in COINTELPRO-like activity.
I support Bob S's wish for Congressional investigation, and I hope Derrick's group might consider petitioning for that as well. (The thing I don't support is stating we are, as fact, being targeted by government agents without evidence.)
I'd be delighted to see a letter like the one below sent en masse to U.S. federal legislators:
Eleanor White
Sample letterHon. :
This is to request that you support a re-opening of the COINTEPRO hearings, which ended three decades ago without any protections for U.S. citizens against government, or government-directed harassment.
In that intervening time period, at least hundreds of American citizens have been reporting harassment activities against them which (a) are strikingly similar to COINTELPRO operations and (b) involve the co-operation of agencies and regulated corporations which would require the authority and cover of a major government law enforcement agency to carry out with impunity.
Examples are the frequent disruptions of postal mail and telecommunications, as well as entry to targets' homes while the target is out. Just as during the COINTELPRO operations. This activity long preceded the USA PATRIOT Act and cannot be written off as "anti terrorist" operations under that law.
There are some whistleblowers and activists among the targets, just as with COINTELPRO.
Law enforcement agencies at all levels repeatedly tell those reporting these harassment operations that they must "have evidence" in order for law enforcement to act. This is an impossibility in the case of COINTELPRO-like operations, as citizens do not have access to classified or law-enforcement-sensitive information. Only legislative bodies can produce the needed evidence.
Congress is the only government body with a mandate to represent the citizens, and, which has the authority
sufficient to force disclosure of COINTELPRO-like activities. Therefore, we petition you to work towards opening a new investigation into the allegations of those being targeted.
You will remember that Cynthia McKinney submitted House Resolution 1026 of 2006 to bring this about.
This is a very much needed action on the part of Congress and is desired by individuals in many different walks of life.
There are professionals in a diversity of fields within the targeted community who can provide detailed and articulate testimony. Please consider scheduling a meeting with the targets of current-day COINTELPRO-like harassment activity to assist with your decision to offer support for hearings, or provide the contact information for a staff member who will collect and summarize other letters received on this subject and liase with targets.
It is time to provide citizens with a legal remedy for covert, COINTELPRO-like harassment, something left undone for over three decades now.
Sincerely,
Victim's name
Some instruction by Bob
https://peacepink.ning.com/profiles/blogs/2351430:BlogPost:1797
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