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To: Leonard Peltier Supporters <br><br>
From: Leonard Peltier Defense Committee<br><br>
Subject: Campaign to Secure the Release of Leonard Peltier's FBI Files
<br><br>
CAMPAIGN TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF LEONARD PELTIER'S FBI FILES<br><br>
Dear LPDC Supporter:<br>
As you know, Leonard has been unjustly incarcerated now for over 31
years<br>
(still in maximum security, no less). During this time, he has dedicated
his<br>
life to the betterment of others through his financial and personal
support<br>
of social welfare and peace organizations. Allowed to paint limited
hours<br>
per day, Leonard has become an accomplished artist; painting from memory
the<br>
moments of a life he once lived. By donating his art, he funds
educational<br>
supplies for students, job training, a scholarship for those seeking
law<br>
degrees and supports two children through Childreach.<br>
He suffered a stroke in prison. And also became an elder.<br>
Maintaining his innocence, and a vision that he will be free before he
dies,<br>
Leonard requests your assistance, with the release of over 150,000 pages
of<br>
documents still being withheld by the FBI.<br>
We are providing two sample letters that you may send to your<br>
representatives in the U. S. House of Representatives and U. S. Senate.
To<br>
locate the names of your representative in the House and Senate go
to:<br>
<<a href="http://www.house.gov/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.house.gov</a>>
<a href="http://www.house.gov/" eudora="autourl">www.house.gov</a>
and
<<a href="http://www.senate.gov/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.senate.gov</a>><br>
<a href="http://www.senate.gov/" eudora="autourl">www.senate.gov</a>. We
have also provided a list showing the number of pages<br>
each FBI Field Office possesses dealing with Leonard Peltier and its<br>
RESMURS* investigation. You will need to refer to it when drafting
your<br>
letters to your Congressmen, Congresswomen and Senators.<br><br>
Please send copies of any responses you receive to the Leonard
Peltier<br>
Defense Committee, to the following address: <br><br>
LPDC<br><br>
3800 North Mesa, #A2<br><br>
El Paso, TX 79902. <br><br>
We hope to post copies of the responses as they come in.<br><br>
Please note that by letter dated February 20, 2007 the Portland Field
Office<br>
of the FBI advised attorneys for Leonard that it located 15, 264 pages
of<br>
RESMURS* documents that had not been indexed under Leonard's name. The
FBI<br>
will release 3,866 pages of this material once they receive duplication
fees<br>
in the amount of $386.60. It should also be noted that the filing fee
for<br>
the appeal of Judge Frank's February 9, 2007 is $455.00<br><br>
Now, more than ever, Leonard needs your support. Your financial<br>
contributions -- and your voice -- will help Leonard attain justice,
and<br>
hopefully . freedom. No donation is too small. The staff and attorneys
are<br>
working on a volunteer basis. All funds raised cover hard costs such
as<br>
document duplication, filing fees, postage, etc. <br><br>
<br>
Please mail your donations to the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee to
the<br>
following address: <br><br>
LPDC <br><br>
3800 N. Mesa #A2 <br><br>
El Paso, Texas 79902 <br><br>
<br>
To receive the most current and up-to-the date information regarding<br>
Leonard, please check our website, @
<<a href="http://www.leonardpeltier.net/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.leonardpeltier.net</a>><br>
<a href="http://www.leonardpeltier.net/" eudora="autourl">
www.leonardpeltier.net<br><br>
<br>
</a>We, and Leonard, are deeply grateful for your help and continued
support.<br><br>
Leonard Peltier Defense Committee<br><br>
* RESMURS (Reservation Murders) <br><br>
Sample Letter for House of Representatives: <br><br>
Please click here to locate the names of your representative in the
House: <br><br>
<<a href="http://www.house.gov/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.house.gov</a>>
<a href="http://www.house.gov/" eudora="autourl">www.house.gov</a>.<br>
<br>
Date<br><br>
The Honorable_____________<br>
U. S, House Of Representatives<br>
Washington, DC 20515<br><br>
RE: LEONARD PELTIER FBI FILES<br><br>
Dear Congressman_______________:<br><br>
I am writing on behalf of Mr. Leonard Peltier. Mr. Peltier is
currently<br>
incarcerated at the United States Penitentiary in Lewisburg,
Pennsylvania,<br>
for the deaths of two FBI agents, which occurred at the Pine Ridge<br>
reservation in South Dakota on June 26, 1975. Although he was
imprisoned,<br>
his trial was unfair, and 31 years later Mr. Peltier still maintains
his<br>
innocence.<br><br>
Leonard Peltier is a Native American activist who is considered by
Amnesty<br>
International, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference,
National<br>
Congress of American Indians, the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center
for<br>
Human Rights, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former U. S. Attorney General
Ramsey<br>
Clark, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson, among many other leaders,
organizations,<br>
and private citizens to be a political prisoner who should be
immediately<br>
released from prison.<br><br>
In 2003, the United States Court of Appeal for the Tenth Circuit
stated<br>
that, "Much of the government's behavior at the Pine Ridge
Reservation and<br>
in its prosecution of Mr. Peltier is to be condemned. The government<br>
withheld evidence. It intimidated witnesses. These facts are not
disputed."<br>
Peltier v. Booker, 348 F. 3d 888, 896 (10th Cir. 2003).<br><br>
I have just learned that the (insert name of city of the FBI field
office<br>
you are writing about) Field Office of the FBI possesses (insert number
of<br>
pages) <br><br>
( Please scroll to list of Withheld Files and FBI office)<br><br>
of material pertaining to Mr. Peltier. The U. S. Justice Department had
an<br>
obligation under the law to turn over this information to Mr.
Peltier's<br>
attorneys in 1977 at the time of his trial, but it did not.
Prosecutors<br>
merely released 3,500 pages of material to Mr. Peltier's defense
attorneys<br>
in 1977. The FBI and Justice Department, however, have now indicated
that<br>
there are actually 157,843 pages of FBI documents relating to Mr.
Peltier.<br>
Much of this data has never been seen by Mr. Peltier or his
attorneys.<br><br>
All FBI files dealing with Mr. Peltier ought to be released without
any<br>
further delay. The public has a right to know what is contained in these
FBI<br>
files. What possible rationale explanation could possibly exist for<br>
withholding from Mr. Peltier and the public documents that are over
three<br>
decades old?<br><br>
Please use your influence to push for the full release of all FBI
files<br>
relating to Mr. Leonard Peltier. May I hear from you concerning this
matter<br>
at your earliest possible convenience. I anxiously await your
reply.<br><br>
Thank you.<br><br>
Yours truly,<br><br>
signature<br><br>
Your Name<br><br>
<br>
SAMPLE LETTER FOR U.S. SENATE <br><br>
Please click here to locate the name of your senator: <br><br>
<<a href="http://www.senate.gov/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.senate.gov</a>>
<a href="http://www.senate.gov/" eudora="autourl">www.senate.gov<br><br>
</a>Date<br><br>
The Honorable_____________<br>
United States Senate<br>
Washington, DC 20510<br><br>
RE: LEONARD PELTIER FBI FILES<br><br>
Dear Senator_______________:<br><br>
I am writing on behalf of Mr. Leonard Peltier. Mr. Peltier is
currently<br>
incarcerated at the United States Penitentiary in Lewisburg,
Pennsylvania,<br>
for the deaths of two FBI agents, which occurred at the Pine Ridge<br>
reservation in South Dakota on June 26, 1975. Although he was
imprisoned,<br>
his trial was unfair, and 31 years later Mr. Peltier still maintains
his<br>
innocence.<br><br>
Leonard Peltier is a Native American activist who is considered by
Amnesty<br>
International, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference,
National<br>
Congress of American Indians, the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center
for<br>
Human Rights, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former U. S. Attorney General
Ramsey<br>
Clark, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson, among many other leaders,
organizations,<br>
and private citizens to be a political prisoner who should be
immediately<br>
released from prison.<br><br>
In 2003, the United States Court of Appeal for the Tenth Circuit
stated<br>
that, "Much of the government's behavior at the Pine Ridge
Reservation and<br>
in its prosecution of Mr. Peltier is to be condemned. The government<br>
withheld evidence. It intimidated witnesses. These facts are not
disputed."<br>
Peltier v. Booker, 348 F. 3d 888, 896 (10th Cir. 2003).<br><br>
I have just learned that the (insert name of city of the FBI field
office<br>
you are writing about) Field Office of the FBI possesses (insert number
of<br>
pages) <br><br>
Please scroll to list of Withheld Files and FBI OFFICES<br><br>
of material pertaining to Mr. Peltier. The U. S. Justice Department had
an<br>
obligation under the law to turn over this information to Mr.
Peltier's<br>
attorneys in 1977 at the time of his trial, but it did not.
Prosecutors<br>
merely released 3,500 pages of material to Mr. Peltier's defense
attorneys<br>
in 1977. The FBI and Justice Department, however, have now indicated
that<br>
there are actually 157,843 pages of FBI documents relating to Mr.
Peltier.<br>
Much of this data has never been seen by Mr. Peltier or his
attorneys.<br><br>
All FBI files dealing with Mr. Peltier ought to be released without
any<br>
further delay. The public has a right to know what is contained in these
FBI<br>
files. What possible rationale explanation could possibly exist for<br>
withholding from Mr. Peltier and the public documents that are over
three<br>
decades old?<br><br>
Please use your influence to push for the full release of all FBI
files<br>
relating to Mr. Leonard Peltier. May I hear from you concerning this
matter<br>
at your earliest possible convenience. I anxiously await your
reply.<br><br>
Thank you.<br><br>
Yours truly,<br><br>
signature<br><br>
Your Name<br><br>
LIST OF FBI FIELD OFFICES MAINTAINING RECORDS RELATING TO LEONARD
PELTIER<br>
AND/OR RESMURS<br><br>
FBI Field Office Number of Pages<br><br>
Albany, NY - 64 pages<br>
Albuquerque, NM - 3,550 pages<br>
Anchorage, AK - 80 pages<br>
Atlanta, GA - 535 pages<br>
Baltimore, MD - 30 pages<br>
Birmingham, AL - 200 pages<br>
Boston, MA - 1,088 pages<br>
Charlotte, NC - 50 pages<br>
Chicago, IL - 2,525 pages<br>
Cincinnati, OH - 19 pages<br>
Cleveland, OH - 711 pages<br>
Columbia, SC - 200 pages<br>
Dallas, TX - 700 pages<br>
Denver, Co - 2,671 pages<br>
Detroit, MI - 40 pages<br>
El Paso, TX - 37 pages<br>
Honolulu, HI - 410 pages<br>
Houston, TX - 300 pages<br>
Indianapolis, IN - 275 pages<br>
Jackson, MS - 350 pages<br>
Kansas City, MO - 431 pages<br>
Knoxville, TN - 400 pages<br>
Las Vegas, NV - 954 pages<br>
Little Rock, AR - 200 pages<br>
Los Angeles, CA - 2,300 pages<br>
Louisville, KY - 20 pages<br>
Memphis, TN - 221 pages<br>
Milwaukee, WI - 9,654 pages<br>
Minneapolis, MN - 90,000 pages<br>
Miami, FL - 200 pages<br>
Mobile, AL - 400 pages<br>
New York, NY - file is missing<br>
Norfolk, VA - 400 pages<br>
Omaha, NE - 2,861 pages<br>
Oklahoma, OK - 2,075 pages<br>
Philadelphia, PA - 465 pages<br>
Pittsburgh, PA - 400 pages<br>
Phoenix, AZ - 1,268 pages<br>
Portland, OR - 15,264 pages<br>
Richmond, VA - 82 pages<br>
Sacramento, CA - 2,550 pages<br>
San Antonio, TX - 77 pages<br>
San Diego, CA - 723 pages<br>
San Francisco, CA - 3,700 pages<br>
San Juan, PR - 200 pages<br>
Saint Louis, MO - 2,020 pages<br>
Salt Lake City, UT - 1,500 pages<br>
Seattle, WA - 3,200 pages<br>
Springfield, IL - 374 pages<br>
Tampa, FL - 330 pages<br>
Washington, DC - 1,000 pages<br><br>
<br><br>
Thank you, <br><br>
Leonard Peltier Defense Committee <br><br>
3800 N. Mesa # A2<br><br>
El Paso Texas 79902 <br><br>
Website:
<<a href="http://www.leonardpeltier.net/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.leonardpeltier.net</a>>
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www.leonardpeltier.net<br><br>
</a>email:
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