Sunday, January 25, 2009

mark crispin miller Renner Alexandrovna Larisa James


From Mark Crispin Miller's Blog


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A new piece on Mike Connell–with a caveat
Here’s an article about Mike Connell’s death,
from the Cleveland Free Times,
an alternative weekly.
It’s well worth reading, but you should take it
with a giant grain of salt.


“What Heather Connell Told Me”
(an interview with Larisa Alexandrovna)
Yesterday I sent out “Point of Impact,”
the article,
in Cleveland Scene, about
Mike
Connell’s death (www.freetimes.com).
As I noted, there is much new information in
James Renner’s piece, which anyone
who cares about all this should read ASAP.
But it’s also a misleading piece–
especially on the subject of Mike’s widow,
Heather Connell,


Renner replies
Here is James Renner’s response to my interview
with Larisa Alexandrovna. I send it out with some
reluctance, as I don’t see any point to it, other than
to score some nasty points. (I told Renner as much,
and he replied, “I’m okay with that.”)
If all that he can say, or intimate, is that Larisa’s lying,

Monday, January 19, 2009

Michael Connell Mike Cliff Arnebeck Rove cybergate ohio election



Cliff Arnebeck On Mike Connell

Cliff Arnebeck On Mike Connell.mov, 3.6 MB

Interview with Ohio attorney Cliff Arnebeck, initiator of lawsuit over 2004 Election irregularities, conducted by Scott Harris

Mike Connell, a top Republican party Internet strategist who was under investigation on allegations that he was involved in possible tampering with the counting of Ohio ballots in the 2004 presidential election, died in a plane crash on Dec. 19. Connell, who was piloting his own small plane when it crashed near the Akron-Canton Airport, was the chief information technology consultant to former presidential adviser Karl Rove and had created the official state website for posting Ohio's presidential election returns in 2004. The election results in Ohio that year determined the winner of the presidential contest between Republican George Bush and Democrat John Kerry.

As part of a lawsuit initiated by election integrity activists, Connell had given a deposition one day before the 2008 election to Ohio attorneys Cliff Arnebeck and Bob Fitrakis. In the deposition, Connell was asked to describe his work on behalf of the GOP, related to the counting of votes in Ohio after the 2004 election, and his knowledge of former presidential adviser Karl Rove's missing email files sought by Congress.

Connell's death occurred after several sources reported that the Republican strategist's life could be under threat from Karl Rove and others concerned about his testimony in the 2004 election investigation. Arnebeck, having heard about the threats, alerted both U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey and Ohio Attorney General Nancy Rogers, seeking protection for Connell, but no request for security offered. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Arnebeck, who discusses the circumstances surrounding Mike Connell's untimely death and how his investigation will now proceed.

CLIFF ARNEBACK: We had a news conference July 17th of this year, in which we indicated that we were intending to file a racketeering claim against Karl Rove as the principal perpetrator of a racketeering conspiracy, and we identified Mike Connell as a key witness in that case. And within a few days of that news conference, we got a tip from someone identifying himself as within the McCain campaign, and he reported that Rove had threatened Mike Connell, that if he didn't take the fall and did not implicate Rove in any of the problems in 2004 Ohio, that his wife would be prosecuted. So we're working with a Republican consultant or expert who made some inquiries within his circles, and who came back and said, he believed that the threat was credible. On that basis, we advised the attorney general of the United States, the Ohio attorney general and the federal court chambers that a witness that we'd identified, we had reason to believe was being threatened and so we put the alarm bell out there. The tips continued and the last one indicated that Connell was in danger from Rove. And it was at that point, we were successful in getting a federal court to order Mr. Connell to appear in federal court and then also to submit to a deposition. And all that took place about a month before this crash.

BETWEEN THE LINES: So what happens now to your investigation? And maybe you could specify exactly the kind of evidence that you've accumulated so far to press your claim that Karl Rove, and by extension, Mike Connell, who's now deceased, were involved in tampering with the vote totals in Ohio during the 2004 presidential election?

CLIFF ARNEBACK: We rely upon our expert in terms of Mr. Connell's role, and he's indicating that to the best of his knowledge that Connell was a technical guy, and IT (information technology) guy. He may have been present or he may have been witness to some criminal activities, but that he was not a perpetrator of criminal activities himself. So that his role in our case was as a witness, because of his involvement in so many, practically every aspect of Karl Rove's activities, many of which were criminal. That was his importance as a witness. We believe, based on the evidence that we've got, that Karl Rove is the perpetrator, is the guy who has gone overboard in pursuing election success and trading off as a way of getting that success, trading off fundamental values in our country in terms of pledging, that if they were elected, they would undermine the rule of law and let business have their way and pretty much run wild and crazy, which of, course, they did.

BETWEEN THE LINES: This is potentially one of the largest scandals in American political history if you can get the facts lined up and get this to court. What are your next steps here?

CLIFF ARNEBACK: Well, we're of course trying to get the full involvement of law enforcement -- we believe that the criminal activity that we've identified and we have plenty of evidence to support it. You know, it starts not with the Republican Party, it starts with Karl Rove. The first target of this conspiracy is John McCain's campaign in South Carolina in the 2000 primary. So it's really a criminal enterprise, rather than a Republican enterprise. It becomes a Republican enterprise when Rove gets control of the presidency in 2000. And then, as inside the White House, functioning in a policy role, multiple policy roles engaging in corrupt practices, and basically turning foreign policy and domestic policy into an adjunct of his corrupt sense of partisan political activity, which is really not anything that's part of any American tradition that any of us are familiar with. It's basically using criminal methods to try to establish single-party control.

And also, do this in cooperation with corrupt business enterprises to give them the opportunity to make monopoly profits, to exploit the American public without regulation, without accountability in tort law or regulatory agencies.

For more information about the 2004 election case involving Mike Connell and Karl Rove visit the websites www.rovecybergate.com and www.freepress.org

Related links:
In-depth interview with Cliff Arneback, conducted by Scott Harris, Counterpoint, Dec. 29, 2008
"GOP Threat of Another Stolen Election Prompts Lawsuit in Ohio," Interview with author and professor of media and culture Mark Crispin Miller, conducted by Scott Harris
"Was the 2004 Election Stolen?" by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Rolling Stone, June 1, 2006
Witness's Video from the Michael Connell Plane Crash, YouTube, Dec. 23, 2008
• The Velvet Revolution at www.velvetrevolution.us
• Brad Blog at www.bradblog.com

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Scott Harris is executive producer of Between The Lines which can be heard on more than 45 radio stations and in RealAudio and MP3 on our website at http://www.btlonline.org. This interview excerpt was featured on the award-winning, syndicated weekly radio newsmagazine, Between The Lines for the week ending Jan. 16, 2009. This Between The Lines Q&A was compiled by Anna Manzo and Scott Harris.

This interview excerpt was featured on the award-winning, syndicated weekly radio newsmagazine, Between The Lines for the week ending Jan. 16, 2009, and was excerpted from Scott Harris' 2-hour live show, "Counterpoint" every Monday night from 8-10 p.m. ET, on WPKN 89.5 FM, in Bridgeport, CT. Listen to the webcast on our home page at http://www.btlonline.org

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Sunday, December 28, 2008

UNSORTED / INCOMPLETE LINKS LIST

Demand that the OH Atty Gen and the US Justice Dept conduct a complete investigation into the activities of Mr. Connell and determine whether there was any foul play in his death.

The 'Connell Anomaly' : Karl Rove and Ohio Election Fraud

So Who Is Mike Connell? A Clip from 'Free For All' Gives You an Idea...

EXCLUSIVE: OH Election Fraud Attorney Reacts to the Death of Mike Connell, Key Witness in Election Fraud Case, Following Threats by Karl Rove

mp3 - Cliff Arnebeck, lead attorney who warned of threats to Connell by Karl Rove

Before Connell's Timely Death. White House was Freaking Out over Vote Rigging Case in OH

Where's the MSM Coverage of the Death of Mike Connell, a Top Bush/Rove/GOP Operative?

HuffPo Editor Asked To Retract Connell "Conspiracy Theorist" Comments

NYTimes posts, then drops, then posts VR’s press release on Michael Connell

Media blackout on Connell’s death

Main stream news now covering the Michael Connell story. Better late than never

First on the scene- LIVE VIDEO FOOTAGE - Michael Connell Plane Crash a Key Witness in Ohio Vote Fraud case dies in plane crash -

Mike Connell: A Trail of Questions At the End of the Road

Democracy Now! on death of White House Rove's computer guru, Mike Connell

VIDEO: Raw Eye-Witness Footage of Burning Wreckage at Connell Crash - Weather appears clear; 'Ear-witnesses' heard on tape describing sounds leading to crash...

Michael Connell's Death + Threats from Rove over Ohio Election Fraud . Missing Email's Case Goes International

CBS News Now Backing Off "Conspiracy Theory" that Michael Connell was told NOT TO FLY and plane may be SABOTAGED

Lawyer Notified The US Attorney General , Ohio Law Enforcement And The Federal Court About These Threats And Insisted That Connell Should Be Placed In Protective Custody - But They Failed to Act

Democracy Now Covers Michael Connel's Plane Crash w/ Mark Crispin Miller ... ROVE - BUSH - CHENEY CONNECTIONS

"We have been confidentially informed by a source we believe to be credible that Karl Rove has threatened Michael Connell

Wayne Madsen: Mike Connell was warned not to fly before plane crash

WOIO-TV: Michael Connell Canceled Two Flights on Suspicion his Plane may be SABOTAGED !!! ... BUSH - CHENEY CONNECTIONS

Letter in Which Ohio Attorneys Sought Protection for Mike Connell and his Family against Alleged Threats from Karl Rove.

"He Was Frightened" -- Details in Rove's IT Guru Connell's Death Emerge

11/1/08: Judge Orders Connell To Submit To Deposition 24 Hours Before Election -Democracy Now - Irregularities, Voting Fraud, & Mike Connell (PART ONE)

Karl Rove & Mike Connell gwb43.com, 2008 2004 Elections, Missing Emails

Who was Mike Connell?

Connell Crash 'Oddities'

Local News Coverage : Michael Connell DEAD! Key Witness (against Karl Rove) in Ohio Vote Fraud Case DIES

Raw TV Footage of the Michael Connell Plane Crash Site

After Threats from Karl Rove, Key Witness DEAD in '04 Ohio Vote Rigging Case !

Saturday, December 27, 2008