Trial transcript: Testimony of FBI Special Agent Michael Fain

November 20, 1996 (excerpt: Pages 1-2, 39-40, 92-94)

* FBI Fain claims fugitive abduction operations are a crime.

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Transcript: KPHO (CBS) Channel 5 News report - February 9, 1997

by Rich Robertson

Interviews with FBI Bruce J. Gebhardt, Tim Ring, and Bob Burton

* FBI Gebhardt claims fugitive abductions are a criminal act.

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DOJ/FBI Counterterrorism Threat Assessment and Warning Unit –

National Security Division public report:

"Terrorism In The United States 1997" (excerpt: Pages 14-15)

* Fugitive abduction operations, "irregular renditions," cited as a

preferred method of the United States.

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USA Today - Wednesday, February 5, 1997 Page 12A

"Washington: Anti-Terrorism Tactic"

* U.S. fugitive abduction operations accidentally declassified.

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MiamiHerald.com - November 9, 1989 by Matthew Purdy

"Congress Raps Ruling On FBI Kidnaps"

* DOJ grants FBI the authority to abduct fugitives from abroad.

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Presidential Executive Order 12880 - National Drug Control Program

November 16, 1993 by President William J. Clinton

* International criminal narcotics syndicates recognized as U.S.

national security threats requiring an extraordinary response.

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Trial transcript: Testimony of FBI ASAC Mark A. Tanner

December 4, 1996 (excerpt: Pages 1-2, 31, 35-36)

* FBI Tanner knows Ring's file to be approximately 2" thick, not

the small file disclosed by the FBI prior to trial.

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DOJ/FBI Freedom Of Information/Privacy Act response

January 29, 2010 FOIPA No. 1132872-000

* 211 pages of Ring's operational files withheld by DOJ/FBI prior

to trial and remain classified -- citing, in part, the Bank Secrecy Act,

information pertaining to U.S. national security intelligence

investigations, and efforts to apprehend criminals.

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Affidavit: Bob Burton - Fugitive Recovery Operations Trainer

May 14, 2009

* Personal knowledge of foreign fugitive recoveries done by private

agents for the United States.

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Affidavit: James P. Williams - Counterintelligence Special Agent

March 16, 2010

* Personal knowledge of Imprest Funds payment procedures used

in abduction operations that require U.S. Government deniability.

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Affidavit: William Herring - U.S. Customs Service Internal Affairs

March 2010 - Unsigned following contact by U.S. Attorney's Office

* Personal knowledge of operations executed to abduct fugitives

from Mexico who were wanted by the United States.

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Affidavit: Lew Ruggiero - April 2, 2010

* Lead private investigator for Ring's Rule 32 PCR petition.

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Transcript: Rule 32 Post-Conviction Relief Evidentiary Hearing

August 29, 2012 (excerpt: Pages 1-2, 18-29)

* State judge announces his intent to not hold State accountable

for the actions of its federal agents and trial witnesses -- violating

numerous U.S. Supreme Court decisions.

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Letter: To U.S. Representative Ruben Gallego - February 15, 2021

USPS Certified Mail 7020 2450 0002 1858 6363 (DC Office)

* Request for Congressional investigation into the DOJ/FBI

withholding of files regarding foreign intelligence operations

performed by Ring for the United States.

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Letter: To U.S. Representative Ruben Gallego - February 15, 2021

USPS Certified Mail 7020 2450 0002 1858 6370 (AZ Office)

* Copies of letter and documents that were sent to DC office.

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Letter: To U.S. Representative Ruben Gallego - May 16, 2021

USPS Certified Mail 7020 1810 0001 6919 2867 (DC Office)

* Follow-up to letter of February 15, 2021.

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Letter: To U.S. Representative Ruben Gallego - May 16, 2021

USPS Certified Mail 7020 1810 0001 6919 2874 (AZ Office)

* Copy of follow-up letter that was sent to DC office.

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Letter: To U.S. Representative Adam Schiff - September 6, 2020

Chairman - House Intelligence Committee

* Request for Committee investigation into the DOJ/FBI

withholding of files regarding foreign intelligence operations

performed by Ring for the United States.

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Letter: To U.S. Senator Marco Rubio - September 6, 2020

Chairman - Senate Intelligence Committee

* Request for Committee investigation into the DOJ/FBI

withholding of files regarding foreign intelligence operations

performed by Ring for the United States.

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E-mail: To United States Attorney General Merrick Garland

United States Department of Justice - March 7, 2022

* Request to file a formal criminal civil rights complaint against the Maricopa County Attorney's Office.

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