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<h1 class="reader-title">FBI leaders led conspiracy to frame
Black Panthers in Omaha for policeman’s murder</h1>
Michael Richardson - November 12, 2018</div>
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<p>Within hours of the August 17, 1970 bombing murder of
Omaha policeman <a
href="https://richardsonreports.wordpress.com/2018/08/17/bombing-murder-of-omaha-policeman-in-1970-was-used-by-fbi-against-black-panther-leaders/">Larry
Minard</a>, leaders of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation conspired to withhold a FBI Laboratory
report on the identity of the anonymous 911 caller
that lured Minard to his death.</p>
<p>Assistant Director Charles Brennan was alerted by an
early morning call from the Omaha FBI office of
Minard’s death. Brennan, in charge of the Domestic
Intelligence Division, was pushing an escalation of
counterintelligence actions under the clandestine <a
href="https://richardsonreports.wordpress.com/2018/09/13/fbi-sought-electric-chair-execution-of-black-panther-leaders-in-omaha/">COINTELPRO</a>
counterintelligence operation against so-called Black
Nationalists. The FBI decided to help the Omaha police
solve the crime.</p>
<p>Special Agent in Charge Paul Young in Omaha quickly
conferred with Deputy Chief of Police Glen Gates and
obtained a recording of the 911 call for the FBI
Laboratory. Young stipulated the FBI could not be
quoted nor would the Bureau issue a laboratory report.
Young wrote to Director J. Edgar Hoover while
detectives were searching crime scene rubble.</p>
<p>“Deputy Chief Gates inquired into the possibility of
voice analysis of the individual making the call by
the FBI Laboratory. He was advised the matter would be
considered and that if such analysis were made and if
subsequent voice patterns were transmitted for
comparison, such analysis would have to be strictly
informal, as the FBI could not provide any testimony
in the matter; also, only an oral report of the
results of such examination would be made to the
Police Department. Gates stated he understood these
terms and stated the Police Department would be
extremely appreciative of any assistance in this
matter by the FBI and would not embarrass the FBI at a
later date, but would use such information for lead
purposes only.”</p>
<p>William Sullivan, third in command of the FBI as
Assistant to the Director, was appraised of the
developing counterintelligence action in Omaha and
gave his written approval. Sullivan was the principal
architect of COINTELPRO and kept close watch on
clandestine operations.</p>
<p>Paul Young alerted Hoover with a second memorandum
that quoted informant OM T-7 about the Minard bombing.
Young’s informant stated that Omaha’s Black Panther
affiliate chapter did not seem to be involved. Lack of
involvement did not stop Young from pushing his plan
to please Hoover.</p>
<p>“On August 18, 1970, OM T-7 advised that the members
of the National Committee to Combat Fascism were
pleased over the death of the “pig” but that their
actions did not indicate that they had any knowledge
of who set off the blast, and at this time seemed
unaware of who could have committed the crime.”</p>
<p>Assistant Director John Mohr, head of the
Administrative Division, assigned supervisor William
Bradley to write a memorandum to Assistant Director
Ivan Willard Conrad at the FBI Laboratory.</p>
<p>“<span>The SAC, Omaha strongly recommends that the
examination requested by the Omaha Police Department
be conducted.”</span></p>
<p>“<span>If approved, the results of any examinations
will be orally furnished the Police on an informal
basis through the SAC, Omaha.” </span></p>
<p><span>Hoover was on vacation when Conrad called
Hoover by phone for instructions. Hoover conducted
limited FBI business while on vacation and was only
called on important matters, however Conrad
understood the significance of letting a policeman’s
killer get away with murder necessitated making the
call.</span></p>
<p><span>A handwritten, initialed notation by Conrad
stated, “Dir advised telephonically & said OK to
do.”</span></p>
<p><span>Hoover returned to Washington from his vacation
trip to California and promptly gave both Sullivan
and Mohr an unexpected $250 cash bonus for handling
matters while he was gone. Although Hoover did not
directly link the money to the case in Omaha in his
correspondence citing “additional responsibilities”
the timing of the unusual reward is suggestive of
blood money offered to settle any troubled
consciences for letting a policeman’s killer get
away with murder.</span></p>
<p><span>While Sullivan and Mohr were getting their
checks, a second memorandum was sent to Conrad at
the FBI Laboratory about the Minard case. “In
referenced memorandum, 8/19/70, the Director
approved a request to assist the Omaha Police
Department in captioned case through the use of
voice comparison examinations by the Laboratory.”</span></p>
<p>“<span>By telephonic communication 8/21/70, the SAC,
Omaha has requested that a Laboratory Supervisor
travel to Omaha for the purpose of furnishing
technical guidance to the Omaha Police.”</span></p>
<p>“<span>The SAC, Omaha, noted that he had been
instructed by the Bureau to suggest steps of
possible assistance to the Omaha Police in solving
the bombings. He advised technical guidance of the
type requested would provide maximum immediate
assistance, particularly since the existing
recording of the false “bait” complaint to the
police is the most important present tangible
evidence in the possession of the police, and he
recommended the Bureau send a Laboratory
representative.”</span></p>
<p><span>The unidentified caller was an obstacle to
placing the blame for the bombing on two leaders of
the NCCF chapter, <a
href="https://richardsonreports.wordpress.com/2018/11/01/nebraskas-most-controversial-prisoner-ed-poindexter-marks-forty-eight-birthdays-behind-bars/">Edward
Poindexter</a> and David Rice (later <a
href="https://richardsonreports.wordpress.com/2018/08/11/omaha-police-claimed-bomb-was-made-in-kitchen-of-black-panther-home/">Wopashitwe
Mondo Eyen we Langa</a>). J. Edgar Hoover put his
own pen to paper and wrote “OK” followed with his
distinctive “H” initial. The anonymous 911 caller
that lured a policeman to his death would not be
sought.</span></p>
<p><span>Young sent Hoover another memorandum two months
later reminding the boss that the 911 recording was
not to be used. Duane Peak, the confessed bomber,
would say he made the fatal phone call solving the
problem of the unknown caller. Peak got a deal for
his cooperation and never spent a day in prison
despite planting the bomb. “Assistant COP GLENN
GATES, Omaha PD, advised that he feels that any use
of tapes of this call might be prejudicial to the
police murder trial against two accomplices of PEAK
and, therefore, has advised that he wishes no use of
this tape until after the murder trials of PEAK and
the two accomplices has been completed.”</span></p>
<p><span>The jury that convicted Poindexter and Rice in
April 1971 never heard the 911 recording. The tape
was never introduced as evidence and a killer’s
voice went unheard. The two Black Panthers received
life without parole sentences at hard labor. Rice
died in March 2016 at the maximum-security Nebraska
State Penitentiary where Poindexter remains
imprisoned and continues to proclaim his innocence.</span></p>
<p><i>The story of the flawed investigation,
prosecution, and trial is now available in my new
book, </i><a
href="https://www.opednews.com/articles/Why-I-believe-that-Edward-by-Michael-Richardson-Black-Panthers_COINTELPRO_Crime_Evidence-180719-612.html">FRAMED:
J. Edgar Hoover, COINTELPRO & the Omaha Two
story</a>,<i> in print edition at <a
href="https://www.amazon.com/FRAMED-Edgar-Hoover-COINTELPRO-Omaha/dp/1985021994/ref=sr_1_43?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1530637788&sr=1-43&keywords=framed">Amazon</a>
and in <a
href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=node%3D154606011&field-keywords=FRAMED%3A+J.+Edgar+Hoover%2C+COINTELPRO+%26+the+Omaha+Two+story">ebook</a>
format at Kindle. Portions of the book may also be
read free online at </i><a
href="https://northomahahistory.com/2017/07/07/framed-series-summary-by-michael-richardson/">NorthOmahaHistory.com</a>.
<i>The book is also available to patrons of the Omaha
Public Library.</i></p>
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