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San Francisco Grand Jury Update 1/29/06<br><br>
In the latest chapter of the government’s attempts to silence
dissent,<br>
four people appeared before a federal grand jury in San Francisco on<br>
Wednesday, January 25.<br><br>
Two of the subpoenaed activists, Nadia Winstead and Ariana Huemer,<br>
asserted their Fifth Amendment right to remain silent. Federal
prosecutors<br>
quickly stripped them of this right by forcing immunity upon
them—thereby<br>
compelling them to testify or face contempt charges. Each responded
by<br>
choosing to “respectfully decline” to answer further questions.<br><br>
Nonetheless, the U.S. attorney continued to fire a barrage of questions
at<br>
them. Throughout, Nadia and Ariana remained strong and refused to
answer<br>
any questions, until they were eventually excused for the day.<br><br>
Two others subpoenaed for that day, Rick Bogle and Stacie Nievaard,<br>
entered the Grand Jury room and answered most of the questions posed
by<br>
the U.S. Attorney. Although to our knowledge they did not directly<br>
implicate anyone in criminal activity, we can only hope their answers
will<br>
not result in more subpoenas and further government harassment of<br>
activists.<br><br>
All four of the activists are done for now, but they may be called
before<br>
the grand jury again or face further charges, including contempt of
court,<br>
at any time.<br><br>
Three remaining activists subpoenaed last June-- Joshua Trenter,
Andrea<br>
Lindsay and David Hayden-- are still awaiting their appearance
dates.<br>
Outside of the Federal Building, about 50 activists and local media<br>
attended a demonstration in support of those resisting the grand jury.
Of<br>
some note was the brief appearance of FBI agent “Jenny,” who attempted
to<br>
hand out “Wanted” posters in front of the Federal Building before
being<br>
booed away by activists. (See photos of Jenny and other attendees at<br>
<a href="http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/01/1798021.php" eudora="autourl">
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/01/1798021.php</a>)<br><br>
Stay tuned to FBIwichHunt.com for updates and announcements about
future<br>
appearance dates and protests.<br><br>
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