Greenpeace

Last year, I was interested in starting a non-profit organization to assist infants who may have suffered from radiation poisoning caused by depleted uranium in military munitions. I was subsequently deluged by personal attacks, both by military supporters, and those claiming to be concerned about the same issue. The attacks were so severe I had a mental breakdown.

An official in the US military offered a hand of friendship, then asked me to tell him about anything bad I'd done that I regretted. His inquiries slowly turned into demands and threats, while at the same time he told me stories of how his own family had been hurt by nuclear bombs and continuing to offer friendship. He also demanded to know my bank account numbers and credit lines. He insisted I was hiding something and pestered me to tell me everything I'd ever done wrong. Then he started sending me emails from local hotels, saying he was going to find me and put me in jail.

I kept insisting I had done nothing wrong, but each insistence resulted in more demands for any information that could incriminate me, and threats if I did not reveal something bad about myself. He terrified me witless with threats approaching torture, alternating with proffered companionship. Eventually he wrote that he his investigations showed I had too little money to be a serious concern to him any more, and I hever heard from him again. By then however, I was too terrified even to speak to anyone about it for over six months.

I am sharing this because recently, with Obama entering office and at least stating he intends to close Guantanamo bay, there may be more public sympathy for such cases. Moreover, it is likely there are many other people who have been persecuted by Penatagon officials.

I saw news preports on Greenpeace about the administration's actions to destroy the hard earned legislation to protect ancient growth forests. The blogs suddenly end in 2004. What happened? Is the author ok?

I remember how the governemnt paid off Judi Bari's family millionsa of dollars rather than let her death by carbomb go to court. I am seriously concerned that others have been, like me, intimidated into silence by military cyberbullies. I just feel lucky I was not physically tortured before I learned to be quiet.