ZGram - 4/5/2004 - Countdown to D-Day # 5

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Zgram - Where Truth is Destiny:  Now more than ever!

  April 5, 2004

  Good Morning from the Zundelsite:

  Well, we may have already won a moderate victory - hard to say if it 
is meaningful or not!  

  As many of my readers know, after Ernst's arrest we immediately and 
forcefully contested what clearly was a grossly illegal deportation, 
rubber-stamped by a judge of the District Court of Knoxville who had 
no facts or documents before him, who did not even listen for five 
seconds to oral argument and did not allow our attorney to give any 
input - a deportation that was also rubber-stamped in haste by the 
Sixth Circuit Court in Cincinnati and led to Canada and straight into 
the arms of Canada's mini-Mossad, as many people call CSIS.  The rest 
is history. 

I won't go into the details of the various stages of our legal 
battles that included a motion (if that is the term) for judicial 
misconduct on the part of the Sixth Circuit panel of judges who 
relied on information shared by INS behind our backs - at any case, 
once we had filed our brief, and asked for oral argument, there it 
sat! 

We waited and waited.  I kept checking and checking.  At one point, 
in late January, we had moved to the top on the court calendar - and 
then, bingo!  Back we were, in sixth place - where our case remained 
frozen for another ten weeks. 

It was clear to most people that one of the enemies' tactics was 
delay - which seems to be the tactic also in Canada.  Delay eats up 
time, huge gobs of money, and nerves - while Ernst is trapped and 
prevented through various chicaneries and inanities within the prison 
itself from aiding in his defense.  

This morning my lead attorney faxed me the news: We are allowed oral 
argument, but only 15 minutes.  My lead attorney tells me this is 
standard practice at the appeal court level - the judges have the 
brief in front of them and have, presumably, read it or at least 
skimmed it without relying on a clerk - who might well be, as many 
are, a member of the Tribe! - and fifteen minutes to make our case is 
all we are going to get!  

The thrust of our argument is simple:  Ernst was not granted habeas 
corpus, which was his right by law - that is, he was prevented from 
appearing before a judge to argue against deportation, and we are 
asking that the case be remanded back to the Knoxville Court - and, 
hopefully, before a jury.  Even though Ernst is not here, and even if 
we only get a perfunctory symbolic ruling, it will be extremely 
important.  If that ruling goes against us, it will be one of the 
most tragic and far-reaching rulings not just for us, but for 
America.  It will mean that habeas corpus is dead - a very important 
provision of the Constitution.  Some call it the Heart of Democracy. 

  So there we are.  The date is June 11, and if you live in the area, 
or feel like traveling to watch if justice still struggles for 
breath, or is a corpse already, the date is June 11, 2004.  The place 
is Cincinnati.

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  On to my hunger strike: 

I have two weeks to D-Day.  A lot will still have to be done to make 
sure we have media to the max, as the kids used to say in the 
Sixties.  People are faxing to Congressman Jenkins, pleading with him 
to see me and talk to me in person.  The number, once more, is 
423-247-1834.  If you haven't yet done so, now is the time.  Please 
be polite.  Show class.  Leave threats to our enemies.   Nasty 
letters would only backfire on me.

  I was pleased to get a copy of this letter from a Canadian 
organization that has been very active in defending Ernst: 

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  Canadian Association for Free Expression Inc.,

  P.O. Box 332,Rexdale, ON., M9W 5L3, Canada

  PH: 905-897-7221; FAX: 905-277-3914

  email: cafe at canadafirst.net

  Director, Paul Fromm, B.A., B.Ed, M.A.

   April 4, 2004

   Congressman Bill Jenkins

  Washington, D.C. 20515

  Phone No. (202) 225-6356

  Fax. (202) 225-5714

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  Kingsport, Tennessee 37662

  Phone No. (423) 247-8161

  Fax. (423) 247-1834

   Re: Dr. Ingrid Rimland Zundel's Request for Assistance

  Dear Congressman Jenkins:

  I am writing to urge you to avoid a public embarrassment and to 
promote the cause of justice.

  For many months, Ingrid Rimland Zundel, a distinguished author and 
wife of artist and publisher Ernst Zundel, resident in Pigeon Forge 
in your congressional district,  has sought an appointment with you 
as her congressman. Apparently, she has been  rebuffed.

  She is urgently seeking your intervention and assistance. Her 
husband, Ernst, was in the U.S. on a visa. He was going through all 
the proper procedures to secure permanent status -  proper 
application, retaining of an immigration attorney, F.B.I. interview, 
fingerprinting, etc. On February 5, he was seized my I.N.S. agents 
and within two weeks deported to Canada and banned for 20 years from 
returning to his wife.

  Our organization has been deeply involved in assisting Mr. Zundel 
with his subsequent legal problems in Canada.

  Mrs. Zundel notes that your country is overrun with illegals. On the 
other hand, her husband was entirely above board and trying to follow 
proper legal channels. His summary arrest and the apparent ignoring 
of your Supreme Court requirement for a proper habeas corpus hearing 
lead to the conclusion that Mr. Zundel was the victim of a judicial 
kidnapping.

  She needs your assistance to get to the bottom of what happened and 
to seek appropriate redress, including his return to the United 
States and to his loving wife.

  I do hope you'll fulfill your obligation to Mrs. Zundel, as her 
elected representative, and, at least, give her a hearing. She is 
promising to start a hunger strike at your office on April 19. This 
has the potential of becoming an international incident.

  Please assist her, not to avoid embarrassment, but because it's your 
sworn duty and it's the right thing to do.

  Sincerely yours,

   Paul Fromm,  Director

  Canadian Association for Free Expression Inc.  =====   [END]