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Umesh Heendeniya vs. The Federal Bureau of Investigation

NOTICE: I have archived all of my several web sites on the following 2 Archive Sites:
(1).  https://web.archive.org/save/
(2).  https://archive.ph/

Thus, my below noted 15 websites will be available for viewing in the future on the above 2 Internet Archives, should any of my websites be down or brought offline:
https://www.umeshheendeniyavsfederalbureauofinvestigation.org
https://www.federalbureauofinvestigation.net
https://www.umeshheendeniyaversusjointterrorismtaskforce.org
https://www.jointterrorismtaskforce.org
https://www.jttf.info
https://www.umeshheendeniyavscentralintelligenceagency.org
https://www.umeshheendeniyavsnationalsecurityagency.org
https://www.umeshheendeniyavsbureauofalcoholtobaccofirearmsandexplosives.org

https://www.umeshheendeniyavshernandocountysheriffsofficeflorida.org
https://www.heendeniyaversusjosephshospitalsyracuseny.org
https://www.gunsandmentalillness.org
https://www.firearmsandmentalillness.org
https://www.gunsandpsychiatricillness.org
https://www.firearmsandpsychiatricillness.org
https://www.thesecondamendmentandmentalillness.org
https://www.thesecondamendmentandpsychiatricillness.org
https://heendeniyaversusjosephshospitalsyracuseny.wordpress.com
https://heendeniyavsjosephshospitalsyracuseny.blogspot.com
https://umeshheendeniyaversusthefbi.blogspot.com


I have written an update today (Thursday, June 30, 2022) to this webpage, and it’s given at this link here.

I have written an update today (Wednesday, January 19, 2022) to this webpage, and it’s given at this link here.

I have written an update today (Monday, October 24, 2022) to this webpage, and it’s given at this link here.


I have written an update today (Wednesday, November 16, 2022) to this webpage, and it’s given below:

3 IMPORTANT AND RELEVANT NEWS STORIES AND THEIR WEB-LINKS:

(1). “F.B.I. Agents Became C.I.A. Operatives in Secret Overseas Prisons” by Carol Rosenberg in The N. Y. Times on Nov. 19, 2021.
Alternative-WebLink: F.B.I. Agents Became C.I.A. Operatives in Secret Overseas Prisons.

(2). The Biggest Little CIA Shop You’ve Never Heard Of; by Jeff Stein.

(3). CIA Is Expanding Domestic Operations; by Dana Priest.

I Created The Following 5 Websites:
https://www.federalbureauofinvestigation.net
https://www.jointterrorismtaskforce.org
https://www.umeshheendeniyavscentralintelligenceagency.org
https://www.umeshheendeniyavsnationalsecurityagency.org

https://www.jttf.info


I have written an update today (Tuesday, August 29, 2023) to this webpage, and it’s given below:

https://ij.org/issues/project-on-immunity-and-accountability/why-its-almost-impossible-to-sue-federal-agents/
WHY IT’S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO SUE FEDERAL AGENTS;
by the Institute for Justice.

A Basic 3-part Primer on Surveillance is given on the Blog Named “Black Swan Outdoors“:

“Security and Counter Surveillance: Information Against the Police State (Part 1)” by “Black Swan Outdoors”:
Security and Counter Surveillance: Information Against the Police State (Part 1)

Security and Counter Surveillance: Information Against the Police State (Part 2) by “Black Swan Outdoors”:
Security and Counter Surveillance: Information Against the Police State (Part 2)

Security and Counter Surveillance: Information Against the Police State (Part 3) by “Black Swan Outdoors”:
Security and Counter Surveillance: Information Against the Police State (Part 3)

NEW POLICE RADARS CAN ‘SEE’ INSIDE HOMES.
The Tool is called “Range-R”. At least 50 U.S. law enforcement agencies quietly deployed radars that let them effectively see inside homes, with little notice to the courts or the public; by Brad Heath; in USA Today; on Jan. 19, 2015.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/01/19/police-radar-see-through-walls/22007615/
Alternative Link:  https://archive.is/mlFs6

NEW TOOLS LET POLICE SEE INSIDE PEOPLES’ HOMES.
The Tool is called “Range-R”. At least 50 U.S. law enforcement agencies quietly deployed radars that let them effectively see inside homes, with little notice to the courts or the public; by Laura Sullivan; in NPR; on January 21, 2015.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/01/21/378851217/new-tools-let-police-see-inside-peoples-homes

https://www.engadget.com/2017/01/12/obama-expands-the-nsas-ability-to-share-data-with-other-agencie/
OBAMA EXPANDS THE NSA’S ABILITY TO SHARE DATA WITH OTHER AGENCIES.

The NSA can more easily disseminate “raw signals intelligence information” among the CIA, FBI and others; by Jessica Conditt [@JessConditt], in EnGadget, on Jan. 12, 2017.

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/11/21/fbi-director-admits-agency-rarely-has-probable-cause-when-it-performs-backdoor-searches-of-nsa-collections/
FBI DIRECTOR ADMITS AGENCY RARELY HAS PROBABLE CAUSE WHEN IT PERFORMS BACKDOOR SEARCHES OF NSA COLLECTIONS.

; by Tim Cushing, on TechDirt, on Tue, Nov. 21, 2023.

https://www.techdirt.com/2022/10/07/doj-inspector-general-finds-fbi-is-playing-by-its-own-fisa-rules/
DOJ INSPECTOR GENERAL FINDS FBI IS PLAYING BY ITS OWN FISA RULES.
; by Tim Cushing, on TechDirt, on Oct 7th 2022.

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140630/12101627734/fbi-cia-also-make-use-backdoor-searches-nsa-data-to-access-us-communications-without-warrant.shtml
FBI, CIA USE BACKDOOR SEARCHES TO WARRENTLESSLY SPY ON AMERICANS’ COMMUNICATIONS.

; by Mike Masnick, on TechDirt, on June 30th, 2014.

https://citizenlab.ca/2020/12/the-great-ipwn-journalists-hacked-with-suspected-nso-group-imessage-zero-click-exploit/
THE GREAT iPwn.
Journalists Hacked with Suspected NSO Group iMessage ‘Zero-Click’ Exploit; by Bill Marczak, John Scott-Railton, Noura Al-Jizawi, Siena Anstis, and Ron Deibert, on December 20, 2020.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mYSg2KvTHI
TIPS FOR ARREST_PROOFING YOURSELF – A SHORT GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING YOUR RIGHTS
; by Journalist Taya Graham (Pt. 1), by Police Accountability Report.

https://documentedny.com/2020/12/22/how-the-fbi-coerced-this-muslim-immigrant-into-working-as-an-informant/
HOW THE FBI COERCED THIS MUSLIM IMMIGRANT INTO WORKING AS AN INFORMANT.

Immigrants fearing deportation are coerced to become FBI informants with the promise of having their visas approved; by Mazin Sidahmed, on Dec. 22, 2020.
“Ms. Fatma” is being represented in her legal proceedings by The Creating Law Enforcement Accountability & Responsibility (CLEAR) Clinic at the City University of New York law school – Founded by Professor Ramzi Kassem.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/talalansari/welcome-to-america-now-spy-on-your-friends
WELCOME TO AMERICA — NOW SPY ON YOUR FRIENDS.
When Muslim immigrants apply to become citizens, they often find the process delayed for years without explanation. Then, when they are at wit’s end, they get a visit from the FBI, with an offer they don’t dare refuse; by Talal Ansari and Siraj Datoo, on January 28, 2016.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/04/ms-13-ice-teen-informant.html
THE BETRAYAL OF TRISTE.
Henry thought that talking to the cops would help him escape MS-13. Instead, it put his life in even more danger; by Hannah Dreier, in N.Y Magazine.

https://theintercept.com/2021/11/30/fbi-informant-watchlist-reputation-damage/
THE PARIAH.
He Declined the FBI’s Offer to Become an Informant. Then His Life Was Ruined; by Murtaza Hussain, on The Intercept, on November 30 2021.

https://theintercept.com/2022/07/27/intercepted-fbi-aswad-khan/
THE COST OF SAYING NO TO THE FBI.
The FBI wanted him to become an informant. After he said no, his life was ruined; by The Intercepted, on July 27 2022.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kenbensinger/michigan-kidnapping-gretchen-whitmer-fbi-informant
WATCHING THE WATCHMEN.
The Michigan kidnapping case is a major test for the Biden administration’s commitment to fighting domestic terrorism — and a crucible for the fierce ideological divisions pulling the country apart; by Ken Bensinger and Jessica Garrison, in BuzzFeed News, on July 20, 2021.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jessicagarrison/fbi-informants-in-michigan-kidnap-plot
THE FBI ALLEGEDLY USED AT LEAST 12 INFORMANTS IN THE MICHIGAN KIDNAPPING CASE.

Defense attorneys said they will argue that the FBI “induced or persuaded” the defendants to go along with the violent scheme; by Ken Bensinger and by Jessica Garrison, in BuzzFeed News, on July 12, 2021.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/11/09/how-a-cia-coverup-targeted-a-whistle-blower
HOW A C.I.A. COVERUP TARGETED A WHISTLE-BLOWER.
When a Justice Department lawyer exposed the agency’s secret role in drug cases, leadership in the intelligence community retaliated; by Ronan Farrow, in The New Yorker, on October 30, 2020.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/07/fbi-terrorist-informants/
THE INFORMANTS.
The FBI has built a massive network of spies to prevent another domestic attack. But are they busting terrorist plots—or leading them?
; by Trevor Aaronson, in September/October 2011 Issue.

https://magazine.atavist.com/the-snitch-fbi-scott-kimball-informant-killer-colorado/
THE SNITCH.
In Scott Kimball, The FBI Thought It Had Found a High-Value Informant Who Could Help Solve Big Cases. What It Got Instead Was Lies, Betrayal, and Murder; by Jordan Michael Smith, in The Atavist Magazine, No. 115.

https://www.timesunion.com/schohariecrash/article/hussains-contacted-fbi-aftermath-schoharie-limo-17925407.php
HUSSAINS CONTACTED FBI IN AFTERMATH OF SCHOHARIE LIMO CRASH.
Bureau’s investigation showed that both Nauman and Shahed Hussain reached out after disaster, but no help was offered or provided; by Larry Rulison, on April 28, 2023.
Alternative Link:   https://archive.is/4hplx

https://www.timesunion.com/churchill/article/churchill-former-fbi-agent-won-t-talk-shahed-17924896.php
CHURCHILL: FORMER FBI AGENT, NOW RUNNING FOR OFFICE, WON’T TALK ABOUT SHAHED HUSSAIN.
If Tim Coll wants to be public safety commissioner in Saratoga Springs, he should say more about his work with the informant linked to the Schoharie limo crash; by Chris Churchill, on April 29, 2023.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/07/fbi-terrorist-sting-targets/
THE BEST TERRORISTS MONEY CAN BUY.
Broke-ass losers. Big talkers. Ninja wannabes. How dangerous are the FBI’s sting targets?
; by Trevor Aaronson, in September/October 2011 Issue.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/05/sudan-fbi-informant-naji-mansour-terrorism/
THIS AMERICAN REFUSED TO BECOME AN FBI INFORMANT. THEN THE GOVERNMENT MADE HIS FAMILY’S LIFE HELL.
Plus, secret recordings reveal FBI threats; by Nick Baumann, in May/June 2014 Issue.

https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/03/08/secret-cointelpro-plot-to-infiltrate-and-destroy-the-american-indian-movement-we-wanted-them-to-kill-each-other-fbi-agent-admits-after-5-decades-of-silence/
SECRET COINTELPRO PLOT TO INFILTRATE AND DESTROY THE AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT: “WE WANTED THEM TO KILL EACH OTHER”—FBI AGENT ADMITS AFTER 5 DECADES OF SILENCE; by Jeremy Kuzmarov, in Covert Action Magazine, on March 8, 2023.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/durham-report-where-the-fbi-officials-are-now
DURHAM REPORT: WHERE THE FBI OFFICIALS CITED FOR MISCONDUCT ARE NOW; by Sarah Bedford, in the Washington Examiner, on May 20, 2023.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/surveillance-court-demands-answers-from-fbi-for-errors-omissions-in-trump-campaign-investigation/2019/12/17/84c72754-210d-11ea-a153-dce4b94e4249_story.html
SURVEILLANCE COURT DEMANDS ANSWERS FROM FBI FOR ERRORS, OMISSIONS IN TRUMP CAMPAIGN INVESTIGATION;
by Devlin Barrett, in the Washington Post, on Dec. 17, 2019.
Alternative Web-Link:  https://archive.is/Nt6Yr

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/after-exposing-surveillance-errors-in-trump-probe-inspector-general-looks-for-a-pattern/2019/12/14/8c888f30-1df9-11ea-8d58-5ac3600967a1_story.html
AFTER EXPOSING SURVEILLANCE ERRORS IN TRUMP PROBE, INSPECTOR GENERAL LOOKS FOR A PATTERN
; by Ellen Nakashima, in the Washington Post, on Dec. 14, 2019.
Alternative Web-Link:  https://archive.is/cmo6R

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/reauthorization-fisa-big-reforms-fbi-abuse-durham-report
GOP WON’T REAUTHORIZE FISA WITHOUT FBI REFORMS FOLLOWING DURHAM REPORT: ‘STOP THE ABUSES’
; by Jerry Dunleavy, in the Washington Examiner, on June 02, 2023.


A brief summary about me and how I came to be in the cross-hairs of Cops (i.e., FBI Special Agents, FBI Investigative Specialists, ATF Agents, Special Deputy U.S. Marshals, Deputy Sheriffs, State Troopers, Police Officers, Probation & Parole Officers, Prison Guards, etc.) from approx. September, 2010:

My name is Umesh Heendeniya, I live in Hernando County, Florida, and have lived here since mid-2014. Prior to that I lived in Massachusetts. I have Never been Convicted of a Felony, and for many years I have been a Peaceful Advocate for The First Amendment Rights and The Second Amendment Rights Contained in The Bill of Rights. I have done my Lawful, Peaceful Advocacy of The First Amendment Rights and The Second Amendment Rights by, in part, having created some years back several Online Websites pertaining these rights, and having created many years ago several Online Web Repositories (Google Drive, Microsoft SkyDrive, Dropbox, ScribD, Box, Slideshare, etc.) that contain many Adobe PDF Documents and Videos.

Approx. June, 2010, I posted a book review on Mr. Mumia Abu Jamal’s book– “Jailhouse Lawyers: Prisoners Defending Prisoners v. the USA.” About 3 months later, I began an online romantic relationship with a lady “who supposedly lived in Iran,” and a few weeks later began following the Muslim faith (from Fall, 2010 to April, 2013 when I reverted back to Christianity). Shortly after I began communicating with this Iranian lady, members of the Massachusetts Joint Terrorism Task Force (Massachusetts JTTF) began– somewhat covertly– surveilling me, and this lasted until I moved to Florida in mid-2014.

From approx. late-January, 2015 to the Present, “FBI Special Agents” and “FBI Investigative Specialists” of the Tampa-Orlando FBI field office, “Special Deputy U.S. Marshals” assigned to the Tampa-Orlando Joint Terrorism Task Force (Tampa-Orlando JTTF) and/or members of the Tampa-Orlando ATF have been Intensely, Aggressively, and Overtly Surveilling me, Stalking me, and Harassing me. On Jan. 15, 2016, 3 members of the Tampa-Orlando JTTF forcefully Interrogated me against my will through Coercion, even though I had promptly invoked my “Right to Remain Silent” and my “Right to Counsel,” right at the beginning of the interaction with them at my doorstep. Later, through (click next linkFlorida’s version of FOIA (Florida Statute Section 119.07), I found out that 2 of them were FBI Agents with the Tampa-Orlando FBI office while the 3rd was “a Special Deputy U.S. Marshal and a Sheriff’s Detective” with the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO in Florida).

I have continued to be Aggressively, In-Your-Face Overtly, and Excessively Surveilled, Harassed, Stalked and Intimidated by “Special Agents” and “Investigative Specialists” of the FBI field office, “Special Deputy U.S. Marshals” assigned to the Tampa-Orlando JTTF, Deputies with the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office, and on information and belief members of the Tampa-Orlando ATF (On information and belief, members of the Tampa-Orlando ATF are using several of my Online Websites that I’ve created over the years as Pretextual Justification to Surveil, Harass, and Intimidate Me). Because of controlling U.S. Supreme Court case law (such as: Laird v. Tatum, 408 U.S. 1 (1972)) and its progeny in the U.S. Courts of Appeal, there’s not much I can do through litigation, other than silently suffer.

The fact is, Cops (i.e., FBI Special Agents, FBI Investigative Specialists, ATF Agents, Deputy Sheriffs, Special Deputy U.S. Marshals, State Troopers, Police Officers, Probation & Parole Officers, Prison Guards, etc.) HAVE WEAPONIZED THEIR SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITIES, in order to PUNISH AND DETER PEACEFUL CIVIL RIGHTS & CIVIL LIBERTIES ACTIVISTS (i.e., The Target/Mark of these Rogue Cops) from Advocating for the Protections and Safeguards embodied in The U.S. Constitution and The Bill of Rights (i.e., my Online Websites on the Internet, where I’ve Advocated for The First Amendment Rights and The Second Amendment Rights Contained in The Bill of Rights AND my Online Web Repositories).

Thus, Cops USING THE PRETEXT OF CONDUCTING COUNTERTERRORISM OR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS have engaged– for the past approx. 11 years– in Blatantly Overt, In-Your-Face, Aggressive, and Excessive Surveillance of Me (Their Target) for the Purpose of Harassing, Stalking, and Intimidating a Peaceful Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Activist.

I believe part of the reason behind the brazen conduct of these Cops is the Moral Hazard (i.e., lack of incentive to guard against risk where one is protected from its consequences) that Society has, over many decades, allowed Cops to enshrine themselves with. See below for example 4 news articles that exemplify this:
(1).
The news story about the lawsuit settlement arising out of the beating of Mr. Floyd Dent by Inkster, Michigan Police Officer William Melendez:
$1.38M Cop Beating Settlement Will Cost Inkster Taxpayers; by Elisha Anderson, in the Detroit Free Press:
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2015/06/01/floyd-dent-inkster-beating-tax-settlement/28328993/
(2).
Editorial: Who Pays the Bill For Sheriff Misconduct? You Do.
; by The Times Editorial Board, in the L. A. Times, on Aug. 31, 2022.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-08-31/sheriff-misconduct-costs-billions
Alternative Web-link: https://archive.ph/ErWAY
(3).
Kansas City Police Will Settle Lawsuits Rather Than Reform The Department
Guess how many settlements they reached already in 2022?
by Kalyn Womack, in The Root, on Nov. 08, 2022.
https://www.theroot.com/kansas-city-police-will-settle-lawsuits-rather-than-ref-1849756874
(4).
Kansas City’s Police Budget Can be a Mystery — Even to the Mayor
How does police funding work, and who is in charge of the budget? And why does KCPD have nearly $7 million in an account reserved for legal settlements?
by Josh Merchant, in The Beacon, on September 22, 2022.
https://thebeacon.media/stories/2022/09/22/kcpd-budget-police-kansas-city-funding/


In the paragraph below, there are 9 stories of people who were Targeted by Federal Agents and/or State Law Enforcement Officers and/or County Law Enforcement Officers and/or City Law Enforcement Officers, OR who were involved in unjustly surveilling Civilians.

(1). Ms. April Goggans.
BLACK LIVES MATTER ACTIVIST LOSES LAWSUIT SEEKING DOCUMENTS TO PROVE SHE’S BEEN SURVEILLED BY POLICE
; by Natalie Delgadillo; on March 18, 2019.
https://dcist.com/story/19/03/18/black-lives-matter-activist-loses-lawsuit-seeking-documents-to-prove-shes-been-surveilled-by-police/

Ms. Goggans’ lawsuit was filed in the D.C. Superior Court, and subsequently she appealed to the D.C. Court of Appeals:
– April Goggans v. MPD, 2017-CA-07926B (D.C. Superior Ct Nov. 27, 2017).
– April Goggans v. District of Columbia, 19-CV-0321 (District of Columbia Court of Appeals May, 2019).

(2). Mr. Rakem Balogun (His legal name is Christopher Daniels).
BLACK ACTIVIST JAILED FOR HIS FACEBOOK POSTS SPEAKS OUT ABOUT SECRET FBI SURVEILLANCE; by Sam Levin (@SamTLevin), in The Guardian, on May 11, 2018.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/11/rakem-balogun-interview-black-identity-extremists-fbi-surveillance

(3). Mr. Affraz Mohammed.
OPERATION VIGILANT EAGLE.
A VETERAN FROM N.J. SAYS THE FBI IS TARGETING HIM. IS HE ONE OF MANY?
By Erin Banco, on NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, on Apr. 29, 2018.
https://www.nj.com/news/2018/04/this_nj_vet_says_the_government_is_tracking_him_he.html

(4). Mr. Harlem Suarez.
THE MASSIVE FBI STING TO BRING DOWN AN ISIS-SUPPORTING WEIGHTLIFTER IN KEY WEST
; by Lisa Rose, on CNN, on January 24, 2018.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/24/politics/harlem-suarez-isis/index.html

Note: Obviously, according to the above CNN article regarding Mr. Suarez, he’s clearly a bad person and a dangerous criminal who needed to be caught and punished. I only reference the story regarding Mr. Suarez in order to show the level of surveillance that was placed on him. According to paragraph 9 of the above CNN article, “the FBI had a surveillance team following Suarez around the clock. At least 20 agents surveilled Suarez each day and sometimes 10 to 20 extra FBI employees were brought in to help keep tabs on him.”

(5). Mr. Terry Albury (a former FBI Special Agent who was assigned to a Joint Terrorism Task Force– JTTF).
‘I HELPED DESTROY PEOPLE’; by Janet Reitman, in the New York Times, on Sept. 1, 2021.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/magazine/fbi-terrorism-terry-albury.html

(6). Ms. Assia Bendaoui.
OPERATION VULGAR BETRAYAL.
Ms. Bendaoui directed the 2018 Movie titled “The Feeling of Being Watched” documenting how her quiet, predominantly Arab-American neighborhood was/is monitored by FBI Counterterrorism agents/deputies/officers/troopers, and thus exposes a surveillance program on a scale no one could have imagined.
https://scienceonscreen.org/films/the-feeling-of-being-watched

(7). Mr. Mark Klein.
Mr. Klein is a former AT&T technician and whistleblower who revealed details of AT&T’s cooperation with the United States National Security Agency (the NSA) in installing network hardware at a AT&T site in San Francisco known as Room 641A, in order to
 unlawfully monitor, capture and process Americans’ telecommunications in the United States, including AT&T customers, businesses and third parties.

(8). Mr. Edward Snowden.

(9). Mr. Yassir Fazaga.
OPERATION FLEX.
THE EX-FBI INFORMANT WITH A CHANGE OF HEART: ‘THERE IS NO REAL HUNT. IT’S FIXED’; by Paul Harris, in The Guardian; on March 20, 2012.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/mar/20/fbi-informant

Yassir Fazaga v. Federal Bureau of Investigation, 12-56867, 965 F.3d 1015 (9th Cir. July 20, 2020), The U.S. Court of Appeals for The 9th Circuit Ruled That:
On appeal regarding defendants’ motion to dismiss Muslim plaintiffs’ claims regarding illegal electronic surveillance by an FBI managed informant, court rules: plaintiffs had no reasonable expectation of privacy in conversations with government agent that were recorded; plaintiffs had reasonable expectation of privacy in conversations in mosque prayer hall when informant was not present, but defendants were entitled to qualified immunity for taping conversations because as of 2006 and 2007 no federal or state court had held that individuals generally have a reasonable expectation of privacy from surveillance in a house of worship; plaintiffs had reasonable expectation of privacy from covert recordings of conversations in their homes, cars, offices, and on their phones and properly pleaded a claim under FISA for recording such conversations; with respect to plaintiffs’ claims under First Amendment Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the Equal Protection Clause of the Fifth Amendment, the Privacy Act, and the Tort Claims Act, the Appeals Court held that the District Court erred in dismissing the claims based on the state secrets privilege, but should have relied on FISA’s alternative procedures for handling sensitive national security information; plaintiffs were entitled to seek expungement of records to remedy constitutional violations; the Privacy Act and RFRA function as an alternative remedial scheme for some, but not all, of the interests plaintiffs sought to vindicate via First and Fifth Amendment Bivens claims; on remand district court must decide under Abbasi whether a Bivens remedy is available for claims not reached by the Privacy Act and RFRA; agent defendants were entitled to qualified immunity on conspiracy claims because intracorporate liability was not clearly established at the time of events in this case; it was not clearly established in 2006 or 2007 that covert surveillance conducted on the basis of religion would meet RFRA standards for constituting a substantial religious burden on individual congregants, therefore claims against individual agents must be dismissed, but claims against government defendants may go forward; plaintiffs request for injunctive relief ordering destruction or return of unlawfully obtained information is not a remedy permitted by the Privacy Act; Appeals Court is unable to determine whether discretionary function exemption precludes FTCA claims at this stage of the litigation; on remand, the District Court should use FISA’s § 1806(f) provisions to determine whether the electronic surveillance was lawfully authorized and conducted and to resolve state secrets issues and if that does not resolve all issues, the government may interpose a specifically tailored, properly raised state secrets privilege defense.


This website will contain the pleadings, motions, legal memoranda, and briefs from the lawsuit that I will be filing against The Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”). I’m filing the lawsuit, in part, to challenge the constitutionality of 18 USC § 922(g)(4). Some of the claims I will bring up in the legal action include:

  1. The allegation that the 18 USC Section 922(g)(4) statute violates the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution (via the Fifth Amendment),
  2. The allegation that the 18 USC § 922(g)(4) statute violates the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,
  3. The allegation that the 18 USC Section 922(g)(4) statute violates the Due Process Clause of the U.S. Constitution (via the Fifth Amendment),
  4. The allegation that agents from a “Hernando County Special Task  Force” (FBI agents Thomas F. Miller and Sonya Yongue from the Tampa-Orlando Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) and “Special Deputy U.S. Marshal and Hernando County Sheriff’s Detective” David Kortman) harmed me (i.e., Federal Tort Claims Act, Bivens Claim, and either a Monell Claim or an Individual Capacity 42 USC § 1983 Claim),
  5. The allegation that agents from a “Hernando County Special Task  Force” (FBI agents Thomas F. Miller and Sonya Yongue from the Tampa-Orlando Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) and “Special Deputy U.S. Marshal and Hernando County Sheriff’s Detective” David Kortman) violated my Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination,
  6. The allegation that agents from a “Hernando County Special Task  Force” (FBI agents Thomas F. Miller and Sonya Yongue from the Tampa-Orlando Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) and “Special Deputy U.S. Marshal and Hernando County Sheriff’s Detective” David Kortman) violated my Fifth  Amendment Pre-Arrest right to speak to an attorney, via the Miranda v. Arizona decision, the Due Process clause of the Fifth Amendment, Edwards v. Arizona, 451 U.S 477 (1981), Rhode Island v. Innis, 446 U.S. 291 (1980), and Davis v. United States, 512 U.S. 452 (1994) U.S. Supreme Court decisions,
  7. Trespass tort claim against the FBI and the Hernando County Sheriff’s office,
  8. Failure to Intervene claim against the FBI and the Hernando County Sheriff’s office,
  9. Invasion of privacy claim against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE or ATF), the FBI, and the U.S. Postal Service,
  10. Violation of the FOIA/PA Act against the BATFE, the FBI, and the U.S. Postal Service.

I intend my lawsuit to also shed light on government (Federal and County) waste, fraud, abuse, and illegality. I will file the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida – Tampa Division


Quotes:

Justice may not be done in a corner.
~ The admonition added to the open court proviso of the New Jersey Provincial Charter in 1674.

Truth never hides.
~ Anonymous.

The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.
~ Patrick Henry.

Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.
~ U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis (1856 – 1941).


The typical Modus Operandi (M/O) for Cops (i.e., FBI Agents, Special Deputy U.S. Marshals, Deputy Sheriffs, State Troopers, Municipal Police Officers, Probation & Parole Officers, Prison Guards, etc.) is to Break the Law With Near Impunity and Engage in Brutal and/or Corrupt Conduct. But, in the Rare Instances When The Cops Get Caught Having Engaged in Police Brutality and/or Police Corruption, Essentially THE NEGATIVE FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES DUE TO THEIR BRUTAL OR CORRUPT CONDUCT IS BORNE BY “WE THE PEOPLE” (i.e., THE TAX PAYERS). This is an example of A STRUCTURAL, BUILT-IN ADVANTAGE INTENTIONALLY CREATED by Powerful & Influential Law Enforcement Officers’ or Corrections Officers’ Labor Unions Over Several Decades Following the Advice in the Idiom “Heads They Win, Tails You Lose.” (In the Preceding Idiom, “They” Refers to Cops– Both as a Social Group and as an Institution– While “You” Refers to Us Civilians)

One of the Main Reason Why Cops are Able to Break The Law and Get Away With It is Because of Favorable-to-the-Cops Contractual Provisions That are Contained in Their Law Enforcement Officers’ or Corrections Officers’ Labor Union Contracts (i.e., Collective Bargaining Agreements) That Protect Them and Provide Them Unfair Advantages in the Public/Social Domain, the Media/Information Domain, the Political Domain, and the Legal Domain, in Comparison to Us Civilians. In Other Words, METHODICALLY, OVER MANY YEARS, Cops and Their Powerful Labor Unions Have “Stacked the Deck” in Their Favor to the Maximum Extent That They Can Get Away With, Thereby Intentionally Creating Several SYSTEMIC FACTORS That Make It Very Difficult to Hold Brutal and/or Corrupt Cops Accountable, and Thereby Guaranteeing to Perpetuate Police Brutality & Corruption and Also Incentivize Cops to Violate Us Civilians’ Civil Rights & Civil Liberties. Additionally, These Powerful Law Enforcement Officers’ or Corrections Officers’ Labor Unions With Deep Pockets are Regularly ABLE TO HIRE INFLUENTIAL LOBBYISTS WHO ADVANCE COPS’ INTERESTS IN THE HALLS OF POWER, and Also These Labor Unions With Deep Pockets are Able to Make Campaign Contributions to Federal, State, County, and Municipal Politicians Who Return the Favor by Crafting Legislation (i.e., Statutes, Ordinances, and Regulations) That are Favorable to Cops and Give Cops Numerous Structural, Built-In Advantages.

Cops (i.e., FBI Agents, Special Deputy U.S. Marshals, Deputy Sheriffs, State Troopers, Municipal Police Officers, Probation & Parole Officers, Prison Guards, etc.) and Their Powerful Labor Unions Know How to “Game the System” by Manipulation, Lying and Cheating, and Getting Away With Illegal or Unethical Conduct. Another Powerful Factor is That, Structurally, LE/CO Organizations are Set Up So That an Officer/Agent/Deputy/Trooper Who Reports Another Cop Will Face Significant Challenges in Holding the Bad Cop Accountable, but the Good Cop Will Probably Face Career Problems Going Forward Due to Hostility From His Colleagues and His Superior Officers/Agents/Deputies/Troopers. Conversely, the Officer/Agent/Deputy/Trooper Who is Accused of Brutality/Corruption Has Numerous, Structurally Built-in Protections and Advantages that We Civilians Do Not Have Such As:
(1). Law Enforcement Officer’s Bill of Rights (LEOBR or LEOBOR);
(2). Nepotism in Hiring, Garrity Warnings/Rights, Kalkines Warnings/Rights;
(3). FREE, Very Good Attorneys (These Attorneys Are Not Over-Worked and Underpaid Like the Public Defenders, Who Most of Us Civilians Have to Rely On) With Plenty of Resources to Represent Them in Labor Dispute Matters, Criminal Matters, Lawsuits, etc., and These Attorneys are Paid-for by Either the Labor Union(s) or The Cops’ Agency/Department;
(4). The Rampant “Blue wall of Silence” Culture;
(5). Due to Campaign Contributions That Have Been Made by Powerful and Influential Law Enforcement Officers’ and/or Corrections Officers’ Labor Unions “With Deep Pockets” to Federal, State, County, and Municipal Politicians, These Politicians Return the Favor by Crafting Legislation (i.e., Statutes, Ordinances, and Regulations) That are Favorable to Cops and Give Cops Numerous Structural, Built-In Advantages and Protections.
(6). If the Cop is Found to be Responsible for Injuring or Murdering a Civilian, the Cop Doesn’t have to pay a Dollar Out of His Pocket; Instead Through “Indemnification Clauses” (Special Labor Union Contracts Provisions/Clauses) Written Into the Labor Union Contracts, It’s Ultimately the Tax Payers Who Live in the Jurisdiction Who Have to Pay the Injured Civilian or the Family of the Murdered Civilian. This is all due to the Enormous Power of Law Enforcement and Corrections Officers’ Labor Unions and the Very Favorable Contracts (Collective Bargaining Agreements) that the Cops’ Labor Unions Force/Pressure upon the Politicians and upon the Entities (towns/Cities, Counties, States, etc.) that hired the Cops to Serve and Protect Its Tax Payers and Residents.

One Part of the Solution to Reduce Police Brutality & Police Corruption Is:
More than 85% of Employed Americans Work Under “AT-WILL” Employment Contractual Terms, Which Dictate That AN EMPLOYEE CAN BE FIRED BY THE EMPLOYER FOR “ANY REASON OR NO REASON.” Because Collective Bargaining Agreements (i.e., LEO/CO Union Contracts) Aggressively Negotiated by Powerful Law Enforcement and Corrections Officers’ Labor Unions have Resulted in Weak Accountability of Cops Across the Country, Cops Should Only be Hired On an “AT-WILL” EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTUAL TERMS, Instead of Under ‘Powerful Labor Union’ Protected “TERMINATION-FOR-JUST-CAUSE-ONLY” COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT Terms.


Documents pertaining to my lawsuit against the ‘Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ (the ATF) are on the following website:
Umesh Heendeniya vs. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives

Documents pertaining to my lawsuit against the ‘Hernando County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO), Florida’ are on the following website:
Umesh Heendeniya vs. Hernando County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO), Florida

“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.”
~ Sun Tzu (544BC – 496BC, “The Art of War”).

Cops (i.e., FBI Agents, Special Deputy U.S. Marshals, ATF Agents, Deputy Sheriffs, State Troopers, Municipal Police Officers, Probation & Parole Officers, Prison Guards, etc.) and Their Powerful and Influential “Law Enforcement and Corrections Officers’ Labor Unions” That Represent Cops truly understand the meaning of Sun Tzu‘s above advice.

The Fact is, Over Many Decades Cops and Their Powerful Labor Unions have Gamed “The System” so that Most of the Time, They Invariably Win, while Us Civilians invariably Lose Most of the Time– “Heads They Win, Tails You Lose.” That is because, Methodically, over many years, Cops and Their Powerful Labor Unions have “Stacked the Deck” in Their Favor to the Maximum Extent that they can get away with.

There are Several Systemic Reasons why it is Very Difficult to Hold Brutal and/or Corrupt Cops Accountable. The fact is: Cops have enormous powers that protect their brutality, corruption, and/or unconstitutional acts/behavior. One of the reasons behind this is because Cops are NOT subject to any meaningful systemic, built-in restrictions & deterrence that will prevent/deter the Cops from breaking the law and violating Civilians’ Civil Rights & Civil Liberties. Some of the powerful, “Built-In Protections” and “Structural Safeguards” that Cops enjoy are:

(1).
 QUALIFIED IMMUNITY. This judicial doctrine makes it extremely hard to hold Cops accountable and personally/individually financially responsible for violating the law, and hurting or killing Civilians.
(Read Article #1)
Frequently Asked Questions About Qualified Immunity:
https://www.unlawfulshield.com/frequently-asked-questions-about-qualified-immunity/

(Read Article #2)

Clarence Thomas Chides Supreme Court for Ignoring Qualified Immunity: ‘I Continue to Have Strong Doubts…’; by Colin Kalmbacher, on June 15th, 2020.
https://lawandcrime.com/supreme-court/clarence-thomas-chides-supreme-court-for-ignoring-qualified-immunity-i-continue-to-have-strong-doubts/

(Read Article #3)

What is Qualified Immunity, and What Does It Have to Do With Police Reform?
; by Nathaniel Sobel, in Lawfareblog, on June 6, 2020.
https://www.lawfareblog.com/what-qualified-immunity-and-what-does-it-have-do-police-reform

(Read Article #4)

Unqualified Impunity: When Government Officials Break the Law, They Often Get Away With It; by Attorney Katherine Hawkins, on October 22, 2020.
https://www.pogo.org/analysis/2020/10/unqualified-impunity-when-government-officials-break-the-law-they-often-get-away-with-it/

2).
 POWERFUL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CORRECTIONS OFFICERS’ LABOR UNIONS PRESSURE AND/OR BULLY OUR LOCAL/STATE/FEDERAL POLITICIANS TO SIGN “COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS/CONTRACTS” THAT ARE EXTREMELY FAVORABLE TO COPS. These “Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA)” (i.e., Cops’ Labor Union Contracts) include very favorable contractual provisions such as:


If a Cop is found to have flagrantly violated the law or departmental policies and thus is found to owe an injured Civilian (or the family of a Civilian that they had unlawfully killed) Money, nevertheless, the Cop will not have to pay a dime out of his pocket. Instead, due to INDEMNIFICATION CLAUSES Written in the CBA, “We The People” (the Tax Payers) will be the ones On the Hook for paying the full amount to the injured Civilian (or the Family of the Deceased Civilian).

(Read Article #5)

Across the U.S., Police Union Contracts Shield Officers From Scrutiny and Discipline; by Reade Levinson, on (Jan. 13, 2017).
Reuters examined police union contracts across the country and found a pattern of protections afforded officers: Many contracts erase disciplinary records or allow police to forfeit sick leave for suspensions. Meantime, residents face hurdles in pursuing complaints.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-police-unions/

(Read Article #6)

Editorial: Here’s how to hold police accountable: Don’t let their unions give money to prosecutors; by The Times Editorial Board (Los Angeles Times Opinion), on June 1, 2020.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/editorial-heres-hold-police-accountable-100017068.html

(Read Article #7)

How Police Unions and Arbitrators Keep Abusive Cops on the Street – Officers fired for misconduct often appeal the decision and get reinstated by obscure judges in secretive proceedings; by Conor Friedersdorf, on December 2, 2014.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/12/how-police-unions-keep-abusive-cops-on-the-street/383258/

(Read Article #8)

When Police Unions Impede Justice; by The New York Times Editorial Board, on Sept. 3, 2016.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/04/opinion/sunday/when-police-unions-impede-justice.html
Alternative Web-Link: When Police Unions Impede Justice

(Read Article #9)

Why Police Unions Protect the Worst Cops; by German Lopez (@germanrlopez)(german.lopez@vox.com), on Dec 18, 2014, 9:40am EST.
https://www.vox.com/2014/12/18/7415135/police-unions

(Read Article #10)

Meet the Men Who Scared de Blasio Away From Police Reform – NYPD officer unions taught the NYC mayor a lesson in 2014. He hasn’t forgotten it; by Ben Adler (Ben Adler is City & State’s senior editor), on June 2, 2020.
https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/politics/new-york-city/meet-men-who-scared-de-blasio-away-police-reform.html

(Read Article #11)

How Police Unions Got Their Power: The Rise of the PBA and Lack of Accountability in the NYPD; by Matthew Vaz, in the New York Daily News, on June 13, 2020.
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-how-police-unions-got-their-power-20200613-jgqaeq7l4bhyvgixsxx3psx434-story.html

(Read Article #12)

How Cities Lost Control of Police Discipline – In the chaos of 1960s Detroit, a fledgling police union laid the groundwork for a system that, to this day, constrains discipline for officers accused of misconduct; by Kim Barker, Michael H. Keller and Steve Eder, in the N. Y. Times, on Dec. 22, 2020.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/22/us/police-misconduct-discipline.html
Alternative Web-Link: https://archive.is/PifIi

(3).
 PEACE OFFICER’S BILL OF RIGHTS (Law Enforcement and Corrections Officers’ Bill of Rights, aka LEOBR, aka LEOBoR). These are special State Statues that Labor Unions that Represent Cops have gotten State Legislators to write into State Law, that provide special and very “favorable laws” and “special rights” to cops (that are not available to us regular folks). As just one example: if a Civilian shoots someone in self-defense, they are immediately interrogated by Cops to the full extent allowed under the law, and the Cops Will Lie (Similar to “Testilying”), if necessary to, to Trick and Deceive the Civilian. But, if a Cop Brutalizes or Kills Someone, due to provisions in that State’s Peace Officer’s Bill of Rights, the Cop can’t be questioned for, usually 3-10 days, depending on the particular provision in State Law. This creates a huge built-in advantage for Cops who’re thus able to get their stories straight so that their version of what took place is told in a manner that is calculated and favorable to them, and “paints them in a good light.”

(Read Article #13)

Why Firing a Bad Cop Is Damn Near Impossible – A brief history of the “Law Enforcement Bill of Rights”; by Mike Riggs, in Reason.
https://www.reason.com/2012/10/19/how-special-rights-for-law-enforcement-m/

(Read Article #14)

The Police Officers’ Bill of Rights Creates a Double Standard, by Attorney Paul Butler who is a Afro-American former prosecutor:
https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/04/29/baltimore-and-bolstering-a-police-officers-right-to-remain-silent/the-police-officers-bill-of-rights-creates-a-double-standard

(4).
 ANOTHER TRICK-OF-THE-TRADE THAT COPS RESORT TO WHEN THEY GET CAUGHT HAVING DONE MISCONDUCT OR HAVING FLAGRANTLY VIOLATED THEIR DEPARTMENTAL POLICY IS, THEY EITHER RESIGN so they don’t risk losing their “State Law Enforcement Certification” issued by the State and thereby they can get newly hired by another law enforcement agency, AND/OR THEY RETIRE knowing that they will receive Very Generous Pension Payments, Very Good Health Benefits, and other Retirement Benefits.

[eg., The Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act, LEOSA (18 USC §926C) that provides them Universal Handgun Concealed Carry Reciprocity Across All of the 50 States].

(Read Article #15)

A 50-State Look at Officer Decertification for Sex Incidents; by Tribune Wire Reports, on Nov. 01, 2015, 5:00AM.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-50-state-police-officer-sexual-misconduct-20151031-story.html

(Read Article #16)

AP: Broken System Lets Problem Officers Jump From Job to Job; by Nomaan Merchant, on November 3, 2015.
https://www.apnews.com/4e3d597c0b7849a1a59fb4ad90b1cb75

(Read Article #17)

Once, Twice, Three Times Deputy Resigns Before He Can be Fired by Law Enforcement Agency; by Randy Travis, on FOX 5 Atlanta (Gwinnett County), on July 24, 2020.
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/once-twice-three-times-deputy-resigns-before-he-can-be-fired-by-law-enforcement-agency

(Read Article #18)

Florida Police Officer Fired for the 7th Time Says He’ll Get His Job Back Again; by Brian Niemietz, in the New York Daily News, on May 29, 2021.
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ny-florida-cop-police-officer-fired-again-20210529-q7iiah7nkjestfrfrvc5dcxzs4-story.html

(5).
 ONE WAY THE POWER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CORRECTIONS OFFICERS’ UNIONS IS SHOWN IS IN HOW THEY’RE ABLE TO BULLY AND NEGOTIATE AND PRESSURE FAVORABLE-TO-COPS PROVISIONS/CLAUSES INTO THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS (CBAs) that are signed between the City/County/State/Federal and the Law Enforcement and Corrections Agencies.

Cops’ Leadership and their Powerful Labor Unions also employ a tactic called “TRIANGULATION.”

Thereby, Cops are able to get loyalty and favorable treatment from BOTH the Republican politicians AND the Democrat politicians. This is in part because, labor unions (including Cops’ Labor Unions) have traditionally been Democrat/Progressive institutions and have traditionally been supported by Democrats. However, Cops have traditionally been a heavily voting Republican/Conservative block because most Cops are Republican/Conservative. Hence, Cops (in their individual selves) AND their Powerful Law Enforcement and Corrections Labor Unions (in their organizational selves) have been in the unique position of being able to enjoy the Support, and being able to get Favorable-to-Cops Legislation and Contractual Provisions passed and signed into law by both Republican and Democrat politicians at the federal, State, county, and municipal levels.

(6).
 WHEN NEGOTIATING AND CRAFTING LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CORRECTIONS OFFICERS’ LABOR CONTRACTS (i.e., the COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS), LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CORRECTIONS OFFICERS’ LABOR UNIONS INFLUENCE AND/OR PRESSURE FEDERAL\STATE\COUNTY\MUNICIPAL POLITICIANS TO INCLUDE ARBITRATION PROVISIONS, FOR THE BENEFIT OF COPS WHO ARE SUBJECT TO DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS.

(Read Article #19)

To Hold Police Accountable, Ax the Arbitrators – Communities Should Have the Power to Fire Abusive Officers. But That Power Often Rests With an Obscure Group of Unelected Labor Arbitrators; by The New York Times Editorial Board, on Oct. 3, 2020.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/03/opinion/sunday/police-arbitration-reform-unions.html

(Read Article #20)

Half of Fired Minnesota Police Officers Get Their Jobs Back Through Arbitration; by Jon Collins, in MPR News, on July 9, 2020.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/07/09/half-of-fired-minnesota-police-officers-get-their-jobs-back-through-arbitration

(Read Article #21)

Police in Misconduct Cases Stay On Force Through Arbitration; by The Associated Press (Seattle) and MPR News, on June 24, 2020.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/06/24/police-in-misconduct-cases-stay-on-force-through-arbitration

(7).
 SHERIFFS, STATE POLICE COLONELS/COMMISSIONERS, AND POLICE CHIEFS READILY SIGN AGREEMENTS (MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING– “MOU”s) WITH FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND/OR CORRECTIONS AGENCIES TO “LEND” THEIR ‘DEPUTY SHERIFF’/’STATE TROOPER’/’CITY POLICE OFFICER’ TO ONE OF MANY FEDERAL TASK FORCES SCATTERED ACROSS EVERY STATE. THIS ENDOWS THE SHERIFFS, STATE POLICE COLONELS/COMMISSIONERS, AND POLICE CHIEFS WITH SEVERAL BENEFITS (INCLUDING FINANCIAL) FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ), DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS), AND/OR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD).

(Note: “Special Deputy U.S. Marshals” are Deputy Sheriffs, State Troopers, and Municipal/City Police Officers who wear their regular uniforms while on duty, but who have been given Limited Federal Arrest Powers, and are thus Federal Agents. These limited federal arrest powers and other benefits (i.e., Wages, Health Insurance, Retirement Pension benefits, etc.) that the Special Deputy U.S. Marshals enjoy are delineated in a Contract that is signed between The Federal Government and the original agency that employed the Deputy Sheriff, State Trooper, or Municipal/City Police Officer, and the contract is called a “Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)“).

(Read Article #22)

‘Blow His Head Off’: Supreme Court Must Strip Federal Agents of Absolute Immunity
Our view: The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act is stalled in Congress, so it’s now up to the justices. There should be no Constitution-free zone in the USA; by The Editorial Board, in USA Today, on Sept. 23, 2021.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/todaysdebate/2021/09/23/supreme-court-immunity-federal-agents/5788487001/

(Read Article #23)

If the Police Lie, Should They be Held Liable? Often the Answer is No; by Shaila Dewan, in The New York Times, on September 12, 2021.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/police-lie-held-liable-often-164758812.html

(Read Article #24)

St. Paul Officer Center of Supreme Court Petition Seeking to Remove Immunity Protections From Federal and Deputized Officers; by Deanna Weniger, in Pioneer Press, on August 22, 2021.
https://www.twincities.com/2021/08/22/st-paul-officer-center-of-supreme-court-petition-seeking-to-remove-immunity-protections-from-federal-or-deputized-officers/

(Read Article #25)

How to Hold Federal Law-Enforcement Officers Accountable; by Anya Bidwell and Patrick Jaicomo, on June 26, 2021.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/06/how-to-hold-federal-law-enforcement-officers-accountable/

(Read Article #26)

Opinion: State-Federal Task Forces are Out of Control – Specialized police forces are often self-funded, report to no one, and can duck lawsuits by playing games with state-federal jurisdiction; Opinion by Radley Balko, in the Washington Post, on February 14, 2020.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/02/14/state-federal-task-forces-are-out-control/

(Read Article #27)

Supreme Court Must Decide: Will Federal Police Remain Above the Law? Cases Appealed to Supreme Court Seek to Hold Federal Officers Accountable for Constitutional Violations; by John Kramer (Vice President for Communications), on August 9, 2021.
https://ij.org/press-release/supreme-court-must-decide-will-federal-police-remain-above-the-law/

And let’s remember: per Castle Rock v. Gonzales, 545 U.S. 748 (2005) and Warren v. District of Columbia, 444 A.2d. 1 (D.C. Ct. of Ap. 1981), COPS HAVE NO LEGAL DUTY TO COME AND SAVE A PERSON FROM IMMINENT DANGER, due to the “Public Duty Doctrine. This means, as far as the law is concerned, if someone attacks you or your loved ones, there is no law that requires the Cops to come and save you and your loved ones from imminent danger.

(Read Article #28)

Floyd Case Sheds Light on the Power of Police Unions to Thwart Justice; by Caitlin Dickson (Yahoo News Reporter), on June 4, 2020.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/floyd-case-sheds-light-on-the-power-of-police-unions-to-thwart-justice-090024731.html

(Read Article #29)

Cops Can’t be Allowed to Police Themselves If We Want Real Criminal Justice Reform. Police reform is overwhelmingly popular, but basic reforms are undercut by police at every turn. This is because police unions and departments create policy loopholes that essentially allows them to police themselves. This is how bad cops avoid accountability; by Anthony L. Fisher, on April 18, 2021.
https://www.businessinsider.com/cops-cant-police-themselves-unions-criminal-justice-reform-2021-4

(Read Article #30)

How a Deadly Police Force Ruled a City – After Years of Impunity, the Police in Vallejo, California, Took Over the City’s Politics and Threatened Its People; by Shane Bauer, in the New Yorker, on November 16, 2020.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/11/23/how-a-deadly-police-force-ruled-a-city

(Read Article #31)

Big Money From the Cops is Becoming Politically Toxic. A Way to Remove Obstacles to Reform — Plus a Move in SF to Start to “Defund” The SFPD; by Tim Redmond, on June 5, 2020.
https://48hills.org/2020/06/big-money-from-the-cops-is-becoming-politically-toxic/

(Read Article #32)

Editorial: Here’s How to Hold Police Accountable: Don’t Let Their Labor Unions Give Money to Prosecutors; by The Times Editorial Board, in the Los Angeles Times, on June 1, 2020.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/editorial-heres-hold-police-accountable-100017068.html

(Read Article #33)

Opinion: Financial Incentives Have Given Us Ever More Aggressive Policing — If We Want Real Change, We Must Change Those Incentives. Follow the Money; by Jason Brennan, in Market Watch, on June 10, 2020.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/financial-incentives-have-given-us-ever-more-aggressive-policing-if-we-want-real-change-we-must-change-those-incentives-2020-06-10


(Read Article #34)

Insurers Force Change On Police Departments Long Resistant to It.
The high cost of settlements over police misconduct has led insurers to demand police departments overhaul tactics or forgo coverage; by Kimberly Kindy, in the Washington Post, on Sept. 14, 2022.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2022/police-misconduct-insurance-settlements-reform/

(Read Article #35)
Police Settlements: How the Cost of Misconduct Impacts Cities and Taxpayers; by Cheryl Corley, in NPR, on September 19, 2020.
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/19/914170214/police-settlements-how-the-cost-of-misconduct-impacts-cities-and-taxpayers

(Read Article #36)
San Francisco Made History When Prosecutors Filed Homicide Charges Against A City Cop. Almost Two Years Later, The Case Still Hasn’t Gone To Trial.
The former police officer accused of killing Keita O’Neil hasn’t even faced a preliminary hearing nearly two years after being charged with manslaughter; by Stephanie K. Baer, in  BuzzFeed News, on Sep. 26, 2022.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/skbaer/keita-oneil-officer-manslaughter

(Read Article #37)
U.S. Diplomat’s Wife Who Killed 19-Year-Old Motorcyclist in U.K. Collision to Appear Virtually in British Court; by Theresa Braine, in the N. Y. Daily News, on Sep. 26, 2022.
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/ny-anne-sacoolas-diplomat-wife-killed-harry-dunn-age-19-court-uk-virtual-20220927-o5gc76yot5bktb73lwp3i4vkeu-story.html

(Read Article #38)
Family Reaches ‘Resolution’ With U.S. Diplomat’s Wife Who Killed Son in UK Car Crash
; by David Matthews, in the New York Daily News, on Sep 21, 2021.
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/ny-harry-dunn-family-resolution-anne-sacoolas-killed-car-crash-uk-diplomat-20210921-d6p747jo4ve5bghtodcechiftq-story.html

(Read Article #39)
Judge Cuts $7 Billion Charter Spectrum Verdict for Family of a Murdered Customer to $1 Billion; by Richard Lawler, in The Verge, on Sep. 20, 2022.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/20/23363571/charter-spectrum-betty-thomas-murder-forgery-damages

(Read Article #40)
Vanessa Bryant’s Co-Plaintiff Reaches $20M Settlement with L.A. County Over Leaked Crash Photos; by Charmaine Patterson, in People, on Sep. 20, 2022.
https://people.com/sports/vanessa-bryants-co-plaintiff-reaches-20-million-settlement-with-l-a-county-over-leaked-crash-site-photos/

(Read Article #41)
Cleveland’s Black Voters Want Tough Oversight of Cops. Will Police Allow It?
; by Emmanuel Felton, in the Washington Post, on September 26, 2022.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/09/26/cleveland-police-reform/

(Read Article #42)
36 Fired DC Police Officers Reinstated, Receive $14 Million in Back Pay; by Brian Farrell, in DC News Now, on Oct. 06, 2022.
https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/washington-dc/36-fired-dc-police-officers-reinstated-receive-14-million-in-back-pay/

(Read Article #43)
Minnesota City Settles Suit With Woman Who Filmed Cops Drawing Guns on Black Motorists; by The Grio Staff, on October 5, 2022.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/minnesota-city-settles-suit-woman-180700487.html

(Read Article #44)
San Antonio Cop Shoots Teen Eating In His Car, Allegedly Mistakes His Vehicle For Car That Evaded Arrest; by Tomas Kassahun, in Blavity, on October 7, 2022.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/san-antonio-cop-shoots-teen-170635280.html

(Read Article #45)
Teacher Unions are the Real ‘Dark Money’ Players in School Board Races; by Jarrett Skorup, inThe Hill, on Oct. 08, 2022.
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/3677414-teacher-unions-are-the-real-dark-money-players-in-school-board-races/

(Read Article #46)
The Public Employee Union Problem; by Jarrett Skorup, on August 16, 2010.
https://www.mackinac.org/13369

(Read Article #47)
The New Tammany Hall; by Fred Siegel and Daniel Disalvo, on October 12, 2009.
https://www.weeklystandard.com/fred-siegel-and-daniel-disalvo/the-new-tammany-hall
Alternative Web-Link: https://web.archive.org/web/20181216021031/https://www.weeklystandard.com/fred-siegel-and-daniel-disalvo/the-new-tammany-hall

(Read Article #48)
There’s a New, Massive Database of NYPD Misconduct With 450,000 Records.
The Legal Aid Society collected records from Freedom of Information requests, criminal cases, and more, and made them easy to search; by Edward Ongweso Jr, in VICE, on October 5, 2022.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxn4e9/theres-a-new-massive-database-of-nypd-misconduct-with-450000-records-you-can-search

(Read Article #49)
In Lawsuit Over Police Transparency, Groups Ask for … More Transparency.
A union for Montgomery County police officers asked a judge to seal legal briefs in a lawsuit blocking the release of an officer’s disciplinary files
; by Steve Thompson | WaPo, on Oct. 05, 2022.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/10/05/groups-fight-union-lawsuit-blocking-records-release/
Alternative Web-Link: https://archive.ph/zozKX

(Read Article #50)
St. Louis Judge Orders Civilian Oversight of City Jails to Continue, But Not of Police Work
; by Rebecca Rivas, in the Missouri Independent, on October 12, 2022.
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/2022-10-12/st-louis-judge-orders-civilian-oversight-of-city-jails-to-continue-but-not-of-police-work

(Read Article #51)
Editorial: Who Pays the Bill For Sheriff Misconduct? You Do
; by The Times Editorial Board, in The L. A. Times, on Aug. 31, 2022.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-08-31/sheriff-misconduct-costs-billions
Alternative Web-Link: Editorial: Who Pays the Bill For Sheriff Misconduct? You Do

(Read Article #52)
L.A. County to Pay $47.6 Million Over Alleged Misconduct by Sheriff’s Deputies
; by Alene Tchekmedyian staff Writer, in The L.A. Times, on Nov. 1, 2022.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-11-01/sheriff-department-legal-payouts

(Read Article #53)
Editorial: You Owe Another $5 for Excessive Force by L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputies. Pay Up
; Opinion by The Times Editorial Board, on Nov. 02, 2022.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-11-02/l-a-county-sheriff-payouts-cost-you

(Read Article #54)
Police Rethink Policies as Cities Pay Millions to Settle Misconduct Claims
Municipalities with 20 largest police departments paid over $2 billion since 2015 for alleged wrongdoings and civil rights violations
; by Scott Calvert and Dan Frosch, in The Wall Street Journal, on Oct. 22, 2020.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/police-rethink-policies-as-cities-pay-millions-to-settle-misconduct-claims-11603368002
Alternative Web-Link: Police Rethink Policies as Cities Pay Millions to Settle Misconduct Claims

(Read Article #55)
Woman at Center of $365 Million Racial Bias Lawsuit Against FedEx Speaks Out
; by Sydney Gray, on Nov. 2, 2022.
https://www.actionnews5.com/2022/11/03/woman-center-365-million-racial-bias-lawsuit-against-fedex-speaks-out/

(Read Article #56)
Texas Jury Awards $366 Million to Fort Worth Woman in Racial Discrimination Case
; by Bloomberg Wire and Dallas News, on Nov. 01, 2022.
https://www.dallasnews.com/business/2022/11/01/texas-jury-awards-366-million-to-fort-worth-woman-in-racial-discrimination-case/

(Read Article #57)
Kansas City Police Will Settle Lawsuits Rather Than Reform The Department
Guess how many settlements they reached already in 2022?
; by Kalyn Womack, in The Root, on Nov. 08, 2022.
https://www.theroot.com/kansas-city-police-will-settle-lawsuits-rather-than-ref-1849756874

(Read Article #58)
Kansas City’s Police Budget Can be a Mystery — Even to the Mayor
How does police funding work, and who is in charge of the budget? And why does KCPD have nearly $7 million in an account reserved for legal settlements?
; by Josh Merchant, in The Beacon, on September 22, 2022.
https://thebeacon.media/stories/2022/09/22/kcpd-budget-police-kansas-city-funding/

(Read Article #59)
Reforms Falter in Police Department Under Scrutiny for Killings
More than two years ago, the California DOJ endorsed 45 reforms for the Vallejo police. The department has implemented 2 of those
; by Laurence Du Sault, in the Vallejo Free Press and Pro Publica, on Nov. 8, 2022.
https://www.propublica.org/article/vallejo-police-killings-investigation-reforms-california

(Read Article #60)
Dublin Prison Guard Says She Was Forced Out for Reporting Abuse
by Lisa Fernandez, on August 11, 2022.
https://www.ktvu.com/news/dublin-prison-guard-says-she-was-forced-out-for-reporting-abuse

(Read Article #61)
California Accused Dozens of CHP Officers of Overtime Fraud. Their defense: Everyone Does It
by Wes Venteicher, in the Sacramento Bee, on December 3, 2022.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/california-accused-dozens-chp-officers-133000487.html

(Read Article #62)
Florida Police Chief Resigns After Video Emerged of Her Trying to Evade Golf Cart Traffic Stop: ‘Let Us Go’
; by Josh Marcus, on December 5, 2022.
https://news.yahoo.com/florida-police-chief-resigns-video-160959261.html

(Read Article #63)
As Fatal Police Shootings Increase, More Go Unreported
Flawed FBI data has left thousands of deaths uncounted and complicates efforts to hold troubled police departments accountable
; by Andrew Ba Tran, Marisa Iati and Claire Healy, in The Washington Post, on Dec. 6, 2022.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2022/fatal-police-shootings-unreported/
Alternative Web-Link: As Fatal Police Shootings Increase, More Go Unreported

(Read Article #64)
Major U.S. Police Departments Plagued by Officer-on-Officer Sexual Abuse and Retaliation
An NBC News review of more than 60 lawsuits costing taxpayers more than $40 million found disturbing accounts of sexual misconduct against female cops in big-city departments.
; by Emily R. Siegel and Simone Weichselbaum, on Dec. 9, 2022.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/major-us-police-departments-plagued-officer-officer-sexual-abuse-retal-rcna53020

(Read Article #65)
San Jose: Mayor Pushes Expansion of Police Auditor’s Investigative Powers
Proposal to hand over misconduct probes to city watchdog is met with fierce resistance from the police union, which challenges the legality of outgoing executive’s plan
; by Robert Salonga, in The Mercury News, on December 13, 2022.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/12/13/san-jose-mayor-pushes-expansion-of-police-auditors-investigative-powers/

(Read Article #66)
IN PURSUIT – News21 Investigates Police Reform in America.
https://inpursuit.news21.com

(Read Article #67)
How the Push and Pull of Unions is Hindering Police Reform Around the Country
by Damali Ramirez, Taylor Bayly and Kierstin Foote; in News 21 and USA Today, on Dec. 18, 2022.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/12/18/police-reform-unions-role/10849108002/

(Read Article #68)
BEHIND THE BLUE WALL – ‘We Have to Change the Whole System’: Experts Sound Off on How to End Police Code of Silence
by Daphne Duret, Jarrad Henderson, Gina Barton and Brett Murphy; in USA Today; on Dec. 28, 2021.
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2021/12/27/police-reform-code-of-silence-solutions/8845611002/
Alternative Web-Link: BEHIND THE BLUE WALL – ‘We Have to Change the Whole System’

(Read Article #69)
BEHIND THE BLUE WALL – Cops Who Report Excessive Force and Other Misconduct Risk
Dead rats, death threats, destroyed careers. How law enforcement punishes its whistleblowers
; by Gina Barton, Brett Murphy and Daphne Duret; in USA Today; on Nov. 9, 2021.
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/story-series/2021/11/09/cops-report-excessive-force-risk-jobs/8514211002/
Alternative Web-Link: BEHIND THE BLUE WALL – Dead Rats, Death Threats, Destroyed Careers. How Law Enforcement Punishes Its Whistleblowers

(Read Article #70)
Bad Cops Deserve to be Exposed. Police Must Stop Dodging Information Requests.
Our View: The Citizens Police Data Project is an example that all states should follow. It provides details that can shed light on problem officers.
; by The Editorial Board; in USA Today; on July 20, 2022.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/todaysdebate/2022/07/20/report-police-misconduct-publish-disciplinary-records/7689296001/

(Read Article #71)
Devastating Consequences — Professional and Personal — for Cops Who ‘Rat’ About Misconduct

; by Gina Barton, Brett Murphy, and Daphne Duret, in USA Today, on Nov. 15, 2021.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/story-series/2021/11/15/cops-risk-their-jobs-when-they-report-colleagues-misconduct/6355677001/

(Read Article #72)
Make Police Officers Pay for Keeping Quiet About Colleagues’ Misconduct | Opinion
A system of deferred compensation — which officers get back if they don’t cover up abuse — could encourage speaking up and cover settlement costs.
; by Hamid Mehran; in The Inquirer; on July 30, 2021.
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/police-misconduct-deferred-compensation-philadelphia-20210730.html


Umesh Heendeniya’s October, 2018 FOIPA request to the FBI’s FOIA/PA division is given below:

Umesh Heendeniya's FOIPA Request to the FBI in October, 2018.

Click on the web-link below to read the Free, 338 Page PDF Report:
PRESERVING THE BILL OF RIGHTS (2013)(338 Pages); by Bill of Rights Institute

To view the below FREE, Adobe PDF Manual, click on the web-link below:
FEDERAL PRACTICE MANUAL FOR LEGAL AID ATTORNEYS (259 Pages), by Jeffrey S. Gutman, Esq

A JAILHOUSE LAWYER’S MANUAL (JLM), 12th Edition (A FREE Legal Manual That is Over 1200 Pages in Length, That Shows Step-By-Step How to Bring a Lawsuit Against Cops for Violating Your Civil Liberties).
To View the 12th Edition of the JLM, Chapter-by-Chapter for Free, click on the web-link below, and in the Webpage That Opens in your browser, click on the Chapter Titles of the Table of Contents:
A JAILHOUSE LAWYER’S MANUAL (JLM), 12th Edition

A JAILHOUSE LAWYER’S HANDBOOK, 5th Edition (by The Center for Constitutional Rights AND The National Lawyer’s Guild). A FREE Legal Manual That is 158 Pages in Length, That Shows Step-By-Step, HOW TO BRING A LAWSUIT AGAINST COPS (i.e., FBI Agents, Special Deputy U.S. Marshals, Deputy Sheriffs, State Troopers, Police Officers, Probation & Parole Officers, Prison Guards, etc.) for Violating Your Civil Liberties or for Brutalizing You:
To Download and View the Free, Adobe PDF (5th Edition), please Click on the Link Below:
A JAILHOUSE LAWYER’S HANDBOOK, 5th Edition

“Copaganda typically encompasses things like fictionalized, positive TV depictions of police officers, heartfelt social media posts made by police departments, and videos of cops kneeling with anti-police brutality protestors; it is all the media made in an effort to show police as being uncomplicatedly friendly, heroic, and good. But these one-dimensional displays actually do harm by presenting cops as being solely friends and allies to the public at-large, rather than offering a truthful depiction of the deeply violent and racist nature of police work in America.”
~ Dr. Erin S. Corbett.


Cops (i.e., FBI Agents, Special Deputy U.S. Marshals, Deputy Sheriffs, State Troopers, Municipal Police Officers, Probation & Parole Officers, Prison Guards, etc.) are EXPERTS at LYING and Engaging in DECEPTION. Thus, WHENEVER ANYONE SPEAKS TO A COP, it would be Very Prudent of him/her to USE HIS/HER SMARTPHONE TO VIDEO-RECORD OR AUDIO-RECORD ALL INTERACTIONS With ANY COP.
10 RULES FOR DEALING WITH POLICE (April 30, 2012); by Flex Your Rights
:


WARNING: Do Not Talk To Federal Agents (i.e., FBI AGENTS, ATF AGENTS, SPECIAL DEPUTY U.S. MARSHALS, etc.) or You May Find Yourself In Jail.
Watch the Below Video Titled “PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FBI MANIPULATION (With Massachusetts Based Attorney and Author Harvey Silverglate); by ACLU of Massachusetts.
18 U.S.C. Section 1001 – “Lying to Federal Agents”: Learn how the FBI can manipulate what you say and use it against you, and how to prevent them from doing so! With Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Attorney Harvey Silverglate (author of the book “THREE FELONIES A DAY: HOW THE FEDS TARGET THE INNOCENT).
  • Cops (i.e., FBI Agents, Special Deputy U.S. Marshals, Deputy Sheriffs, State Troopers, Municipal Police Officers, Probation & Parole Officers, Prison Guardsetc.) are EXPERTS at LYING and Engaging in DECEPTION. Thus, WHENEVER ANYONE SPEAKS TO A COP, it would be Very Prudent of him/her to use her SMARTPHONE to VIDEO-RECORD OR AUDIO-RECORD ALL INTERACTIONS With ANY COP.
  • IMPORTANT NOTE: The FBI DOES NOT allow their interviews to be recorded? Why is that? Because they think they are above questioning and anything they say is truth. If they allow recordings then a citizen could prove they did not lie or the incident did NOT occur as the FBI wrote in their report. If that is not a clue then I can’t help you.
  • Talking and Cooperating with the Government Never Turns Out Well and Can ALWAYS Backfire and the Government Can USE IT AGAINST YOU.
  • Know Your Rights, Ask for an Attorney and NEVER Give a Statement Before You Request an Attorney.


DON’T TALK TO THE POLICE; by Law Professor James Duane of Regent University School of Law.
Regent Law Professor James Duane gives you startling reasons why you should ALWAYS EXERCISE YOUR 5TH AMENDMENT RIGHTS when questioned by Cops (i.e., FBI Agents, Special Deputy U.S. Marshals, Deputy Sheriffs, State Troopers, Municipal Police Officers, Probation & Parole Officers, Prison Guards, etc.):

Download Law Professor James Duane’s FREE article on the topic at the following web-link:
THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT: A NEW ANSWER TO AN OLD QUESTION

Amazon web-link to Law Professor James Duane’s book:
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN INNOCENT

The FREE, 13-page PDF Document, “MANUAL FOR VICTIMS OF POLICE MISCONDUCT” by the National Police Accountability Project (NPAP), is given on the following website. Click on the web-link below:
MANUAL FOR VICTIMS OF POLICE MISCONDUCT

INVENTING TERRORISTS – THE LAWFARE OF PREEMPTIVE PROSECUTION (199 Pages)(April, 2019); by Attorney Stephen Downs, Esq and Attorney Kathy Manley (NCPCF). Click on the web-link below:

INVENTING TERRORISTS – THE LAWFARE OF PREEMPTIVE PROSECUTION

MANUFACTURING TERRORISTS – THE FBI’S ENTRAP & DEMONIZE STRATEGY (26 Pages); by Chris Tei (Autumn Rain) and Defending Rights & Dissent. Click on the web-link below:
MANUFACTURING TERRORISTS – THE FBI’S ENTRAP & DEMONIZE STRATEGY

Defending Rights & Dissent Releases a Groundbreaking Report Titled “Still Spying on Dissent: The Enduring Problem of FBI First Amendment,” Exposing a Pattern of FBI First Amendment Abuse. It was authored by Chip Gibbons and Defending Rights & Dissent. The report details FBI monitoring of political expression and social movements during the last decade. The reports exposes FBI political surveillance as systemic and part of a wider pattern of abuse. The Free, PDF Report documents how the FBI frequently cites its Counterterrorism authorities when Spying on Protest Groups.
STILL SPYING ON DISSENT: THE ENDURING PROBLEM OF FBI FIRST AMENDMENT (October 22, 2019)(48 Pages); by Chip Gibbons and Defending Rights & Dissent. Click on the web-link below:
STILL SPYING ON DISSENT: THE ENDURING PROBLEM OF FBI FIRST AMENDMENT

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S GUIDELINES ON FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS (23 Pages); From FasDotOrg. Click on the web-link below:

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S GUIDELINES ON FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS

SPYING ON THE MARGINS – THE HISTORY, LAW, AND PRACTICE OF U.S. SURVEILLANCE AGAINST MUSLIM, BLACK, AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND CONTEMPORARY STRATEGIES OF RESISTANCE (81 Pages); by Attorney Amith Gupta, Esq., on Behalf of ‘The Project South’. Edited by Attorney Azadeh Shahshahani and Manzoor Cheema. Click on the Web-Link Below:
SPYING ON THE MARGINS – THE HISTORY, LAW, AND PRACTICE OF U.S. SURVEILLANCE AGAINST MUSLIM, BLACK, AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND CONTEMPORARY STRATEGIES OF RESISTANCE

WITH LIBERTY TO MONITOR ALL – HOW LARGE-SCALE U.S. SURVEILLANCE IS HARMING JOURNALISM, LAW AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY (126 Pages)(2014); by Human Rights Watch (HRW) and ACLU. Click on the Web-Link Below:
WITH LIBERTY TO MONITOR ALL – HOW LARGE-SCALE U.S. SURVEILLANCE IS HARMING JOURNALISM, LAW AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

EVALUATING YOUR POTENTIAL POLICE MISCONDUCT CIVIL RIGHTS CASE (19 Pages)(2010); by Attorney Ben Rosenfeld, Esq.
Click on the web-link below to read:
EVALUATING YOUR POTENTIAL POLICE MISCONDUCT CIVIL RIGHTS CASE

BIVENS BASICS – AN INTRODUCTORY GUIDE FOR IMMIGRATION ATTORNEYS (14 Pages)(August 21, 2018); by American Immigration Council.
Click on the web-link below to read:
BIVENS BASICS – AN INTRODUCTORY GUIDE FOR IMMIGRATION ATTORNEYS

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ) GUIDE TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA):
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ) GUIDE TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA)

OVERVIEW OF THE PRIVACY ACT OF 1974 (2020 EDITION):
OVERVIEW OF THE PRIVACY ACT OF 1974 (2020 EDITION)

THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT TRIAL (62 Pages)(2011), by Law Professor Margaret B. Kwoka, Esq.
Click on the link below to read:
THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT TRIAL


A LITIGATOR’S VIEW OF DISCOVERY AND PROOF IN POLICE MISCONDUCT POLICY AND PRACTICE CASES (27 Pages)(1999); by Attorney G. Flint Taylor, Esq.
Click on the web-link below to read:
A LITIGATOR’S VIEW OF DISCOVERY AND PROOF IN POLICE MISCONDUCT POLICY AND PRACTICE CASES

Below is the Lawsuit Complaint that I filed against the FBI, the Massachusetts Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), and the Tampa-Orlando Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in early 2020:

Heendeniya vs. FBI - Complaint for Jury Demand

Below is My Notice, to the FBI Headquarters and Its Employees & Contractors, Requesting Evidence Preservation:

Notice to FBI HQ Regarding ‘Related Case Order’ and ‘Certificate of Interested Persons Order,’ and Evidence Preservation Demand Letter

Below is My Notice, to the Massachusetts FBI and the Massachusetts Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) and Its Employees & Contractors, Requesting Evidence Preservation:

Heendeniya vs. JTTF - Evidence Preservation Demand Letter to JTTF-Massachusetts


Below is My Notice, to the Tampa-Orlando FBI and the Tampa-Orlando Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) and Its Employees & Contractors, Requesting Evidence Preservation:


Below is My Declaration Notifying The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida Regarding the ‘Related Case Order,’ the ‘Certificate of Interested Persons Order,’ and the Evidence Preservation Demands That I Had Mailed to the FBI and the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF):

Heendeniya vs. FBI - Plaintiff Heendeniya's Declaration Notifying The Court Regarding the ‘Related Case Order’ and the Evidence Preservation Demand








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