From: Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Date: Tue May 29 2001 - 00:41:25 MDT
-------- Original Message --------
From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Subject: FC: Scientology critic seeks asylum in Canada, reportedly arrested
To: politech@politechbot.com
Some quick searches turned up no news articles about Henson's reported
arrest. Background:
http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=henson
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/05/23/henson/index.html
-Declan
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From: xenu@blazenet.net
Date: 28 May 2001 21:56:06 -0000
Subject: Henson arrested by heavily-armed swarm of police in Toronto
This might be good to forward to media only, especially Keith's lawyer's
contact info which should NOT be posted to ars at the moment lest it cause
a firestorm of calls.
(I presume the jail at Oakland, or wherever they send immigration prisoners,
is where Keith is now. His lawyer could help on that, but only to media, not
to alt.religion.scientology or wide fora.)
Here's the flash, minimal as it is. I won't email anyone updates
unless they explicitly express further interest.
[Snip] One of Keiths lawyers has just spoken to Keith and Immigration.
This is the situation:
An Immigration warrant waas issued for Keiths Arrest
For failure to declare to Immigration, when Keith entered Canada on May 12
--- Apparently, Henson was arrested by heavily-armed police at a shopping mall. His spiritual adviser Gregg Hagglund (or whatever you want to call him ;-) is taking him a red cross care package and may be visiting him for a while. I think he's incommunicado for a bit. There is a bail hearing tomorrow on this and then we'll find out exactly what's up. The SNAFU here (and the basic clusterfuck) is that his lawyer Guidy Mamann was poised to file the necessary papers tomorrow. Who knows what will happen? Deportation is almost the best case, with additional charges entirely possible, depending on whether or not the arrest was based on entirely bogus information. (Henson did not enter Canada as a "fugitive," though a bench warrant was issued on May 18, six days after he entered Canada.) Here's Keith's counsel information from a press release by Gregg Hagglund. Mr. Guidy Mamann gman@migrationlaw.com of Mamann & Associates. www.migrationlaw.com 74 Victoria Street, Suite 303 Toronto, Canada M5C 2A5 [phone number deleted per request. --DBM] And Keith's own contact information Keith Henson c/o Temple of At'L'An Refugee Committee 2237 Munns Ave. Oakville Ontario Canada L6H 3M9 email atlan@home.com Telephone: 905-844-6216 Henson's reluctant American counsel: James J. Harr of James O. Cripps Suite 4 PO Box 3540 133 N Buena Vista Hemet, California 92343 Phone: (909) 925-5024 Fax: (909) 652-2250 Henson's former counsel Graham Berry email: GrahamEB@aol.com Riverside Press-Enterprise Reporter Erin Randolph Email: erandolph@pe.com (909) 487-5229 Websites featuring information on the case http://freehenson.da.ru (a redirector which will always point at the current home of the site) http://www.operatingthetan.com Current home of the Free Keith Henson site NOTE that all references to http://freehenson.tripod.com are permanently broken as I have no intention of ever using Tripod for anything of any kind ever again Point instead to http://freehenson.da.ru or http://www.operatingthetan.com http://cryptome.org This one might be responsible for the Slashdot one and I'm greatly pleased with it. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/17/0238223&mode=threadSlashdot thread on Henson situation http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=henson A nicely selected and bandwidth-friendly distillation of some of the most critical material which has been posted to Declan McCullagh's well-regarded politech list ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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