UPDATE DEC 9, 2000
MEDIA
ADVISORY
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS TO HOLD HISTORIC SIGNING:
1st Government-to-Government Consultation Policy
to be signed
The Bureau of Indian Affairs will hold a historic signing
ceremony to formalizeconsultation procedures for the agency, as to agency
actions effecting the 558 federally recognized tribes...
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LEONARD PELTIER
2 FBI agents’ killer focus of vigil
Oklahoman
12/09/2000
By Robert Medley
Leonard Peltier, convicted in the 1975 shooting deaths
of two -FBI agents in South Dakota, will be the focus of a vigil, discussion
and film screening in Oklahoma City on Sunday.
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An International Human Rights Day event at 3 p.m.
Sunday highlighting the Peltier case will be at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church,
127 NW 7...
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Buried Secrets? Halls of Justice: {..}
ABCNEWS.COM
PELTIER CLEMENCY BID IGNITES FBI FEARS
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Leonard Peltier is the American Indian Movement leader
who’s been locked up ever since his conviction for the murders of two FBI
agents at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, in 1975.
During that time he has managed
to convince a huge constituency that he is innocent and was railroaded
by corrupt government agents.
Just a few of those who have supported
his bid for clemency: civil and human rights leaders Desmond Tutu, Nelson
Mandela, the Dalai Lama and Amnesty International, entertainers Robert
Redford, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson and Winona Ryder, Rep. John
Conyers (D-Mich.), Rep. Connie Morella (R-Md.), Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii),
Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.), and Energy Secretary Bill Richardson.
Recently President Clinton said
he would give Peltier’s clemency petition “an honest look-see.” This has
caused real pain but also some rather intense hysteria at the FBI. Never
exactly known as a PR genius, FBI Director Louis Freeh chose to make his
plea to the president not to grant clemency by writing letters to Clinton
and Attorney General Janet Reno that were immediately made public by Rep.
Henry Hyde (R-Ill.), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee....
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UPDATES DEC 8, 2000
From: "LPDC" <lpdc@idir.net>
Dear Friends,
Below is the promised sample letter to the editor
which you can use to respond to any news coverage of FBI director Louis
Freeh's statement.
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THE REST...
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Clinton Faces Intense Views on Clemency in F.B.I. Case
By DAVID JOHNSTON
ASHINGTON, Dec. 7 — President Clinton's willingness
to reconsider the life sentences given to Leonard Peltier for the killings
of two F.B.I. agents more than two decades ago has provoked an intense
lobbying campaign by Mr. Peltier's defenders and a powerful opponent, director
Louis J. Freeh of the F.B.I.
Law enforcement officials said Mr. Freeh expressed
bitterness after Mr. Clinton said last month in a radio interview that
he would review the Peltier case, along with all other clemency petitions.
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"President urged not to commute Peltier's sentence"
By: PETE YOST / AP Writer
WASHINGTON, D.C. - "In a pointed plea, FBI Director
Louis Freeh is urging President Clinton not to commute the life prison
term of an American Indian activist serving a life term for killing two
FBIs agents.
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Letter that
Louis Freeh wrote to
the President, Janet Reno, and Henry Hyde
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Reno Unhappy With Peltier Case
By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN,
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Janet Reno (news
- web sites) expressed misgivings Thursday over the public release of FBI
(news - web sites) Director Louis Freeh's recommendation against presidential
clemency for an American Indian activist imprisoned for killing two FBI
agents.
Asked at her weekly news conference whether it is appropriate
for Freeh to be make public comments on Leonard Peltier's case, Reno replied:
``I think these matters should be confined to a discussion with the president.''
FBI spokesman John Collingwood had no comment on Reno's
remarks.......
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A
rebuttal by Michael Eckhardt: response to FBI letter
Leonard
Peltier: Pain & Loss Enough from Koga Suyeta
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URGENT
PELTIER ACTION {excerpted}
~Keep an eye on your newspapers and TV news broadcasts,
and prepare to respond. We will release a sample letter to the editor tomorrow
so that supporters can respond to any news papers who print the article.
With your letter to the editor, send a copy of the "ethics
complaint" filed against the FBI with Janet Reno.
If your local news channel covers the story,
please let us know what the station
is, so that we can contact them.
AP Story:
[NativeNews]
Hyde Opposes Clemency for FBI Agent Killer Leonard Peltier
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