"First, Josh Gerstein has posted the excerpt from the transcript where Judge Richard Bennett laid into William Welch about the three year delay after raiding Drake's house. Also, Steven Aftergood reports that Drake's lawyers are trying to get one of the charged documents declassified so former ISOO head William Leonard (who would have been the Defense's expert witness had the case gone to trial), can complain about its improper classification in the first place."
"The company that holds a patent on the breast cancer genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 won an Appeals Court ruling, allowing it to sustain its patent. One our own smart rulers explained what this means to me some years back-I'm not at high risk for BRCA, but may be at risk for another genetic issue. But no scientist will study the other possible genetic condition unless I have first disqualified being a BRCA holder-at a cost of thousands."
"Pam Bondi, FL's AG who fired the two women doing some of the best investigation in foreclosure fraud, was getting donations from Lender Processing Services and Provest while investigating them. Update: Here's Judge Leonie Brinkema's order requiring James Risen to testify at the Jeffrey Sterling trial, but with strict limits. I'm betting William Welch either appeals-or starts getting cold fee."
Judge Richard Bennett criticized William Welch for a three-year delay after raiding Thomas Drake's house. Drake's lawyers seek declassification of a charged document so former ISOO head William Leonard can challenge its improper classification. The government pursued Drake for years over a document that was improperly overclassified. The company holding BRCA1 and BRCA2 patents won an Appeals Court ruling sustaining the patent, impeding research into other genetic conditions unless individuals pay to disqualify BRCA status. Florida AG Pam Bondi received donations from Lender Processing Services and Provest while firing two foreclosure-fraud investigators. Judge Leonie Brinkema ordered James Risen to testify at Jeffrey Sterling's trial under strict limits. Louise Mensch received a threat to expose past drug use after questioning the Murdochs, and MPs called on Gordon Taylor to testify in a related inquiry.
#thomas-drake-case #government-classification #brca-gene-patents #foreclosure-investigation-donations #murdoch-scandal
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