Update & Happy Thanksgiving!
A few years ago this was all just a hobby for me. I didn’t do much independent research, I was content to follow other sleuths and news coverage of Russiagate.
It just kept getting worse and worse. I became frustrated at the complete lack of reporting on Russiagate as the narrative crumbled and given Mueller’s disastrous testimony. There was obviously more to the story, but nobody in broadcast media seemed to be pursuing it anymore.
That has continued.
As I started doing research it was always easy to just post on Twitter and let things take their course. But I remember about a year ago having a couple good stories that I wanted to give directly to news outlets. Nobody would take my calls or respond to my emails. No matter what documents I had, or how clearly I laid it out, nobody would respond. After 18-19 attempts, I sent my research to Paul Sperry and he gave a brief response expressing his interest.
Three months later my research on Grandfather clock scams from the 1980’s and Vostrom Holdings-Joffe-PlasmaNet formed the basis of his article re-printed in the New York Post.
In December of 2021, Margot Cleveland wrote a story based on an Open Records request she’d made to Georgia Tech. I had never done anything with FOIA or Open Records at that point but I was interested in learning.
I didn’t really know where to start. Margot was gracious enough to share what her request entailed and the documents she had obtained, and I got more assistance from a brilliant lawyer who tweets under FOIAFan. I don’t remember much coming back for my first request and I figured that Margot had snagged all the important stuff.
Then lightning struck, I began finding new emails that provided some good information and after sending them to Margot we continued to submit dozens of Open Records requests, each of us getting new pieces seemingly with every request and building off of each other.
Now, we’ve been breaking new ground for months and by putting it out there, there is less of a chance that it can be redacted in Durham’s report. You can’t keep information classified if it’s already public. I’m proud of that.
Eventually, the dummies in broadcast media will spend numerous segments discussing the information that we’ve already had for months. I’m excited for that day. We have the right questions, we just need more people to be asking them.
Merely submitting FOIA’s wasn’t enough. At the federal level, FOIA is a disaster. Production is slow, exemptions are incorrectly applied, and as it turns out, documents are wrongly omitted from production in violation of the statute with no penalty.
I dipped my toe into litigation by suing the DOD Pro Se and successfully obtained documents showing a relationship with Rodney Joffe, and showing that his security clearance is held by the NSA. We then sued the DOD and FBI for a number of FOIA’s, and hearings on those are taking place over the next couple weeks.
I identified the strength of Georgia’s Open Records law and hired the best attorney in the state of Georgia in a case that is ongoing against Dr. Antonakakis. We know documents have been withheld, and we are going to get those documents from his personal accounts to get the context on his communications with Joffe, Dagon, other researchers, as well as Mueller people and DARPA.
Today, I was blessed to hired more of the best attorneys in Georgia to supplement the case and we are going to see this thing through, no matter how long it takes.
That brings me back to familiar territory. Unfortunately, with the media ignoring the story, the public interest has similarly waned.
Reaching out to organizations like Judicial Watch and others to gauge their interest in assisting my efforts, I have gotten the same lukewarm response that I did a year ago trying to push stories out there. They either don’t have the context for why these documents are important, or they think I’m a nobody unworthy of a single conversation.
I’ve put up about $25,000 for litigation, and I set up a designated bank account and GiveSendGo a few months ago for those who were moved to assist in our efforts. I made a promise to provide monthly updates on those funds. See last months here.
Currently, that GiveSendGo has raised $4154 - which has been a big help.
As you can see, there were two payouts from the fund to the bank account during October, and I then made two payments to Poole Huffman, the law firm that is representing me.
We have a challenging and expensive road ahead. I will continue to look for avenues to expand our efforts and I will keep the GiveSendGo open. I’ve created a 15% off coupon (below) for paid subscriptions on this site. I am going to do a better job of creating content exclusive to paid subscribers and unfortunately, that will mean more paywalled content overall.
Somehow, we are bootstrapping one of the most important Open Records lawsuits in American history. I am incredibly proud of that, and I am thankful for each of you for helping me to make it possible.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thank you so very much for the update! Though your cheering team may be small, we're faithful & appreciate the battles you have fought and are fighting. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!