Fw: NOTMILK - USDA INVESTIGATES NOTMILKMAN FOR BIO-ERRORISM

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> > > " David Rietz " <dorietz

> > >notmilk-owner

> > >notmilk

> > >NOTMILK - USDA INVESTIGATES NOTMILKMAN FOR BIO-ERRORISM

> > >Sun, 22 Jul 2001 13:05:19 -0000

> > >

> > >

> > >GUESS WHO CAME TO BREAKFAST?

> > >

> > >This week, the United States Department

> > >of agriculture continued its ongoing

> > >investigation of yours truly by sending

> > >two special agents from the Inspector

> > >General?s office to my New Jersey home.

> > >

> > >How would you like to be investigated for

> > >terrorism by a powerful government agency?

> > >Two of my daughters were very upset and

> > >had trouble sleeping the night before.

> > >

> > >I felt that witnesses were essential, so I

> > >invited Karen Mahaboir, a reporter with the

> > >Bergen Record, Northern New Jersey?s largest

> > >newspaper, to sit in on the meeting. I also

> > >invited my dad.

> > >

> > >During the interrogation, my daughter Lizzy

> > >snapped a photograph of special agent William

> > >Squires. Lizzy captured a tiny piece of my

> > >profile in the far left of the photo. The

> > >reporter is sitting on the couch.

> > >

> > >Unfortunately, Lizzy did not get a full photo

> > >of Agent Irena Tutco. Agent Tutco was by far

> > >the prettier of the two investigators.

> > >

> > >http://www.notmilk.com/graphcs/usdaagent.jpg

> > >

> > >Agent Squires was not happy that his likeness

> > >was captured on film. He was also not happy

> > >that a member of the press was present, and

> > >commented that this had never happened to him

> > >before. I replied that this was a new

> > >experience for me too--the first time that

> > >I was being investigated for terrorism.

> > >The reporter was allowed to remain, and she

> > >took very good notes.

> > >

> > >I was informed that a complaint had been

> > >filed against me. I asked for a copy of

> > >that complaint, but my request was turned

> > >down. The Sixth Amendment of the Bill

> > >of Rights in America?s Constitution

> > >guarantees that a citizen has the

> > >unalienable right to know his accuser,

> > >but that right seems not to be applicable

> > >during " payback time. "

> > >

> > >I told agents Squires and Tutco that my

> > >first book " MILK-The Deadly Poison "

> > >incriminated Monsanto, the company that

> > >now sells the genetically engineered

> > >bovine growth hormone. I gave them each

> > >a copy of a recent column that I wrote

> > >about George Bush?s " Monsanto " cabinet.

> > >Their boss, USDA Secretary Ann Veneman,

> > >once worked closely with Monsanto. So,

> > >too, did Attorney General John Ashcroft

> > >and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

> > >Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

> > >once served as Monsanto?s attorney. Will

> > >I survive such a power play?

> > >

> > >http://www.notmilk.com/pelican.html

> > >

> > >After writing the above column, many of

> > >you warned me that I would soon be deeply

> > >mired in stinky bovine excrement. Such

> > >warnings seem to have come to pass.

> > >

> > >I asked Special Agent Squire if it was

> > >against the law for one to say that he

> > >or she would bring Mad Cow Disease or

> > >Foot and Mouth Disease from England

> > >to America.

> > >

> > >I was informed that an individual could

> > >be charged with a crime if his or her

> > >action satisfied four criteria:

> > >

> > >1) made the threat

> > >2) intended to carry out the threat

> > >3) be aware that such a threat was a

> > > violation of the law (I asked Agent

> > > Squire what law prevented someone from

> > > making such a threat, but he was unable

> > > to cite a statute)

> > >4) acted upon that threat

> > >

> > >I told the two investigators that I was

> > >going to visit Scotland in July of 2002,

> > >and that I would tiptoe through the

> > >tulips and bring Hoof and Mouth back to

> > >America and spread it around. I then

> > >asked them to immediately arrest me,

> > >hoping that the publicity would help to

> > >sell my new book. They declined to do so.

> > >

> > >Well, friends, I'm still a free man, and

> > >I am certain that USDA continues to probe

> > >for ghosts in my closet and yours. I feel

> > >safe knowing that USDA?s $40 million

> > >dollar bio-terrorism budget is being

> > >wisely spent to protect your family

> > >and mine.

> > >

> > >JUST FOR THE RECORD:

> > >

> > >What will it take for USDA to investigate

> > >FDA? What will it take to review the key

> > >study leading to approval of Monsanto?s

> > >genetically engineered bovine growth

> > >hormone? FDA refuses to release that

> > >study, despite the fact that Inspector

> > >General Richard Kusserow promised in

> > >1992 that the study would be released

> > >in its entirety.

> > >

> > >The study was authored by Richard,

> > >Odaglia, and Deslex. Most people who know

> > >the issues recognize that study as one

> > >lasting for 90 days on 360 laboratory rats.

> > >

> > >In fact, the study lasted for 180 days.

> > >FDA approved the hormone for America?s

> > >food supply because they found no

> > >biological effects on lab animals.

> > >

> > >After day 90, every animal treated

> > >with Monsanto's hormone got cancer.

> > >

> > >If you eat pizza or ice cream, you

> > >ingest that same hormone.

> > >

> > >Investigate that, agents Squires

> > >and Tutco!

> > >

> > >Robert Cohen

> > >http://www.notmilk.com

> > >

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