[free-sklyarov] Robert Mueller

[Kevin]

I was doing some research last night to see if there might be a good angle
to pressure Mueller due to his upcoming confirmation hearings.  What I
discovered was not encouraging.  The legislative record lists three senators
who spoke in favor of the DMCA when it was passed.  John Ashcroft (now
Attorney General), Patrick Leahy (now chairman of the Senate Judiciary
Committee) and Orin Hatch (now the ranking Republican on the Judiciary
Committee.)

I'll give you three guesses as to which committee will hold the confirmation
hearings for the new FBI director.

Free Dmitry you dumb son-of-a-bitch.
- Joe Pesci, Lethal Weapon 2

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Martinez" <dfm at area.com>
> To: <free-sklyarov at zork.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 11:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [free-sklyarov] Robert Mueller
>
>
> > Bob La Quey wrote:
> >
> > > Mark, normally I would be in complete agreement with you. Mueller
> > > seems an obvious next point of attack. I brought the same thing up
> > > on the us.slash.net#sklyarov IRC back when the list was dead. Then I
> > > started to do a little background research.
> > >
> > > There is a sudden complication. Mueller has just been diagnosed with
> > > prostrate cancer. This makes him a very sympathetic character for
> > > old men (like senators and congressmen). I know, I am 60, and have a
> > > brother 77 dieing from prostrate cancer. I assume you are much
> > > younger so such a calculation would not be part of your routines,
> > > but believe me it could well be part of a 50-70 year old senators.
> > > Mueller is prognosticated to survive the cancer treatment, so this
> > > makes him a hero. Plus he may get a delay in having his confirmation
> > > hearings, which could throw off the timing.
> >
> > Your point is well taken, and my condolences on your brother's
> > illness. However, I think it will be possible to bring effective
> > pressure to bear upon Mueller without making him a martyr. He's being
> > spun, after all, as "the guy who will clean up the FBI". We can play
> > to that, and make it politically expedient for Mueller to do the right
> > thing.
> >
> > If the public were to percieve Sklyarov's arrest as yet another
> > instance of cowboy law enforcement by the "bad old FBI" -- a
> > perception the FBI's own handling of the case to date does nothing to
> > counter -- then Mueller would have the perfect opportunity to play
> > White Knight, riding in to correct the excesses of his predecessors.
> >
> > Convenient for him and convenient for us. Especially since Sklyarov
> > differs from the usual victims of excess FBI zeal by virtue of not
> > being a white supremacist, child pornographer, or conspiracy theorist,
> > making it politically palatable to let him go as a gesture of
> > contrition by the New & Improved FBI.
> >
> > I think the goal would be to get an elected representative to ask
> > probing questions about the Sklyarov case at Mueller's confirmation
> > hearing. I'm not sure if there's a better way to do this than mail to
> > one's own representatives.
> >
> > With luck, however, it won't come to that:
> >
> > > The other place for us to look is the DOJ, which really holds the
> > > Dmitry cards now.
> >
> > Agreed. In an ideal world, this will all be resolved long before
> > Congress has a chance to consider Mueller's appointment. So: how,
> > when, and where do we bring pressure to bear on the DOJ?
> >
> > Dan
> >
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