Time: Sat Dec 06 05:34:19 1997 To: From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: "The Unreported Story" (fwd0 Cc: Bcc: sls References: <snip> > > The "train deaths" > http://www.idmedia.com/ttd.htm > > NEW > Arkansas Democrat-Gazette > Obstruction of justice -- but whose? - 12/4/97 > ---------------------------------------------- > > Update: 12/5/97 > ------------------ > > The Unreported Story > > When Bill Clinton stood outside the Old State House in > Little Rock to announce his candidacy for President, > Linda Ives was there. She positioned herself where she > could easily be seen by all, and she held up a sign that > read, "Clinton for President, Malak for Surgeon > General." The media ignored her, but the Secret Service > watched her closely. > > Linda cried when Clinton was elected. She had been > battling the powers of state government for five years > searching for accountability for Kevin's murder, and now > one of her opponents was the President of the United > States. If this was supposed to be intimidating, it > wasn't - Linda Ives is the mother of a murdered child > and nothing is more fearless. > > The unexpected benefit of Clinton becoming president was > the international interest in Arkansas scandals that > surround him, including the "train deaths." Linda had > always been willing to talk with anyone who would > listen. She didn't care if they were from the right or > from the left or from Mars. Linda told the same story > which had previously been embraced by the liberal > Arkansas media, but that was before they had a > home-grown president to take care of. > > One of the reporters who contacted Linda was Ambrose > Evans-Pritchard. He was the Washington D.C. bureau chief > for the London Sunday Telegraph. He listened to Linda's > story and, as did many other reporters, he wrote about > it. But Ambrose was different. He wasn't interested in > reporting about a string of scandals. He wanted to know > connections and common factors. He wanted to understand > the big picture. So he worked, and studied, and > researched. His reporting was so well founded, he became > "the reporter most feared by the White House." > > Ambrose was not only interested in gathering > information, he was generous about sharing information. > When the FBI opened their own investigation of the > "train deaths" and persuaded me to get involved, Ambrose > and I communicated regularly. He is one of the few > outsiders who has a complete understanding of Saline > County corruption, and believe me, that is no simple > accomplishment. His knowledge became so thorough, he was > able to recognize useful information when he ran across > it. He would pass it on to me which I would, of course, > share with Linda and the FBI. > > I had the pleasure of having dinner with Ambrose in the > D.C. Press Club one evening in the summer of 1994. > Hobnobbing with the elite does not have much appeal to > me, but I was impressed with the esteem most everyone > who brushed by our table extended to Ambrose. Ambrose > was not one of the Clinton-apologists, but he was > obviously respected by them. > > Ambrose is back in Europe, but he left us with a book he > finished this summer. The name of it is "The Secret Life > of Bill Clinton: The Unreported Stories." It is divided > into three sections: The Oklahoma Bombing, Vince Foster, > and Come to Arkansas. Chapter 17, called Death Squad, is > the Saline County story, and it is poignant. I have no > personal knowledge of any other part of his book, but I > do know the Saline County story, and Linda Ives and I > vouch for the veracity of every word Ambrose wrote about > us. There is nothing more important to Linda and me than > truth and accuracy. They are our only weapons - they are > powerful and we guard them fiercely. > > I was, however, concerned about some of the information > Ambrose reported about Sharline Wilson. True, she was my > task force's best and most reliable informant. True, I > never caught her in a lie. True, everything she told me > panned out. Yet, as I read her confessions to Ambrose > about picking up drugs from the Mena Airport, I felt > uneasy. I knew nothing that could corroborate this, and > I found myself wishing Ambrose had not included it in > his book. Sharline had certainly been a drug-runner, but > unloading planes at Mena seemed far-fetched. > > Then, I began to think back to when I first got to know > Sharline. One of my task force officers developed her as > an informant against the dirty sheriff's department in > Hot Spring County. I remember she came up with some > pretty incredible accusations against the sheriff and > some of his deputies, but time proved her absolutely > correct. Then I remembered the first time she mentioned > Dan Harmon to me. > > We had not worked Sharline in Saline County, and it > never occurred to me to ask about Harmon. One day she > blurted out that she used to date "Danny" and he "always > had cocaine on him." As I sat and listened to her, I > remember thinking, "if this is true, why has she never > mentioned it before - she knows Harmon is the primary > target of my drug task force." For whatever reason > Sharline had for holding back, she later testified > before the 1990 federal grand jury about Harmon (as well > as Roger and Bill Clinton). Several other women have > since told similar stories about Harmon, but Sharline > was the first and she paid the price. Harmon was > protected from indictment and became the district's > prosecutor. He had his drug task force set Sharline up > on drug charges, and she is serving an incredible > 30-year prison sentence. > > Sharline hit me with another story a few years later > after I got involved with the FBI's probe. She told me > she drove Dan Harmon to the tracks (the sight of a drug > drop) the night Kevin and Don were murdered. She went on > to say she sat in the car waiting on Harmon to return > and saw some kids running out of the woods. Believe me, > I was not about to tell this story to a soul, and > further, I was through vouching for Sharline's veracity > - four year in prison had obviously sent her off the > deep end. But it happened again - her story proved to be > true. One of the kids she saw running out of the woods > came forward to Linda Ives and told her he had been in > the woods by the tracks with some friends when he saw > Dan Harmon and others on the tracks with Kevin and Don. > He said a shot rang out and they ran out of the woods. > This kid passed an FBI polygraph test and was put into > protective custody. He knew nothing about Sharline and > Sharline knew nothing about him, yet their stories > corroborated each other. > > There is another argument on behalf of Sharline - the > state police and the FBI have attempted to discredit > her. They claim she has failed two polygraph tests - not > true. One did not get past the preliminary-questions > stage. The other she took after spending the night in > isolation and says she was so traumatized she couldn't > even pass the "state your name" part. > > It took a lot of guts for Ambrose to follow his > instincts about Sharline and write the incredible things > she claims. He was bound to have known his critics would > have a field day, but Ambrose had an agenda - he wanted > to tell the story of the people who paid a price for > standing up to the political machine in Arkansas, and > that's exactly what he did. He is having to pay for > doing so, but he has recorded history, and if I know > Ambrose he will consider his bludgeoning by Clinton's > apologists a very small price. > > If you don't buy another book this year, you should buy > this one. Even though the New York Times would not > review it, it has made the United Press International > Best Seller List, and in spite of the New York Times' > refusal to review it, it made the NYT extended list at > #22 last week. > > "The Secret Life of Bill Clinton: The Unreported > Stories" has renewed my faith that the government does > not yet control the thoughts and minds of America. There > are still enough people who recognize the truth in spite > of what we are being fed by the mainstream media. > > Thanks, Ambrose. It is an honor to know you. I hope our > paths cross again. > > Jean Duffey > jean@idmedia.com > mailto:jean@idmedia.com > --------------------------------------------------------- > You may contact Linda Ives at: linda@idmedia.com > mailto:linda@idmedia.com > > mark > mark@idmedia.com > <snip>
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