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Dimly seen, furtive figures splash liquid under the exterior doors of
the Air Force R.O.T.C. Building at the University of Washington. The cloud
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military vehicles.
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A thin, furtive and seedy young man slips into shadows of night and
hurls two bombs into the University of Washington construction site of the
school of architecture building. The second bomb – the large one – was
designed to kill and maim responding police and fire department personnel.
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Washington, begins to shoot up and slip into a hot bath as the first bomb
Jeffrey listens for a huge second blast and a chorus of following sirens.
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Jeff had placed a stick of dynamite beneath a patrol car parked with two
unsuspecting cops in it. The bomb didn't go off, it was just meant to scare
the cops. Jeff's involvement got back to the police. The Seattle cops
couldn't prove a case, but they arrested Jeff as he shot heroin and put him
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At about 10:00 p.m., a week later, the University Avenue Post Office
was bombed. Jeff and three others were caught in the act. Jeff built the
bomb. A postal worker was injured in the blast. Twelve Seattle cops had
been staked out at the Post Office, which had only been selected as a
target about an hour before it was bombed. By 2:30 a.m., Jeff was
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released without bail. The three other bombers were held in lieu of
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That next night, David R. Sannes sat in a restaurant 4 blocks from the
U.S. Post Office bombing and 6 blocks from the bombed construction site.
Sannes read the newspaper accounts, was disturbed by them, and decided
to investigate the two bombings. Sannes walked down the street and
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The next day, Tissot, Reed, and Van Veenendaal were arraigned on
state bombing charges for the post office bombing. Jeff was hanging out
with the cops. Judge Edmond J. Quigley, confused, ordered Jeff back into
custody. The next day, Jeff was released back into federal safe houses.
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At the Doghouse Restaurant, Sannes sat with his long time Seattle
Policeman friend, Pat Wright. The two men had worked together many
Sannes and Wright fenced around the subject of police and FBI
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had signed for the dynamite, fuse, blasting caps and fuse igniters from the
Harvey Powder Co. An FBI agent was vouching for the sale to her. (It was
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At a rock concert, Sannes saw the wanted poster for "Jeff Desmond –
Police and FBI Agent." From his Seattle policeman friend, Sannes knew
that the Seattle Chief of Police Tielsch knew where the FBI had stashed
Jeff.
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conviction that the Seattle bombings by the FBI were part of a national
determined to infiltrate the FBI to find out if it was carrying out a "dirty war"
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Sannes and Jill, one of his barmaids at the District, a huge nightclub
that he had designed and built, sit deep in discussion. Jill lived with some
of the leaders of the anti-war protest at, and partial trashing of, the U.S.
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Liberation Front members in connection with the February 17, 1970 attack
against the U.S. Court House in Seattle. A fascinated Sannes watches the
news accounts that two of the eight were still at large, Charles (Chip)
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Sannes and Jill at the District discuss the arrests and what Sannes
and the District night club could do to raise defense funds for the six
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Sannes sits in his car at a beach and records his thoughts about
designed to discredit the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War
protests movement – and what he intends to do to find out about it, and if it
were necessary, to put a stop to violent federal crimes by the FBI and any
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protesters march to a rally at the foot of the Space Needle. Chip Marshall
suddenly appears and speaks to the assembly. The FBI and local
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Hanging close to Jill, Sannes finds out that Chip Marshall would be at
the Century Tavern at 5:00 p.m. The Jill connection was working. Jill was
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Seattle office of the FBI, identifies himself, gives his home address, and
tells the agent that he had information that Chip Marshall would be at the
Century Tavern at 5:00 p.m. The FBI agent asked Sannes how he knew
that Marshall would be there – and Sannes told him that one of the
District night club. The FBI agent thanked Sannes for the tip and asked if
he would go to the Century and confirm if Marshall showed up, and then
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Sannes called the FBI. Just before an FBI assault team burst through the
Century's doors, Sannes sat down with a policeman friend. When the cop
asked Sannes what he was doing, Sannes said "working." Then just
before all hell broke loose, Sannes whispered to his policeman friend, Dave
Franklin, to put his hands on the table, sit quietly, and not look around no
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about the arrest, but he would care everything about the near disaster to
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Sannes' Vietnam record with the National Security Agency. One agent
said: “He wasn't just a war hero, they say he is an expert at explosives,
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The next morning, Sannes got a call from FBI Special Agent Louis M.
Harris, Jr. The Chip Marshall gambit had worked. The FBI had taken the
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was asked to penetrate terrorist groups and he agreed. Sannes was to
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demonstrations:
start onto the north and south entrances to the I-5 freeway.
halt.
have run into that crowd of swat team members, he leaped over
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barmaid Jill, to hold legal defense fund raisers for the Seattle 7, the Air
Force ROTC fire bombing 8, and the Longview Army Truck bombing 3
defendants. This activity got Sannes into close proximity to the defendants
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collective were willing to talk a little more. Finally, a few meetings take
place with Sannes and one man in the house agrees to help bomb the
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that some participating radicals died at the site. This was nothing short of
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felony murder being approved by the FBI in order to smear the anti-war
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contribute money to the Seattle 7, the Air Force R.O.T.C. Building Bombing
8, and the Longview Army Truck Bombing 3 cases. Sannes reported to the
obstructed justice on behalf of the FBI. It was time to come in from the
cold.
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salt the gold mine with evidence to confound the FBI laboratory. Sannes
wiping off all fingerprints, and the carefully collecting the empty bottles after
the youths finished with them. The teenagers wouldn't have fingerprints on
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file. Sannes underlined certain words in one of his books and put it back
on a shelf. He carefully slipped a public locker key into the spine of one of
his other books. Sannes also hid his tape recorder in the flour. Trace
evidence was gathered at the U.W. arboretum and preserved for FBI
spy.
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for the Seattle 7 and Air Force Fire Bombing 8, a man by the name of
cases.
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obtaining Seattle P.I. Managing Editor Jack Doughty's trust and help while
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worked, too. Jack Doughty eagerly sought out Sannes' comments on
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poor sap named Larry Ward was murdered while setting a bomb at the
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surveyed the deliberately prepared mess, put his two carefully prepared
waste baskets of garbage into one bag, and took it to the apartment
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network's investigation by the FBI would buy him time before the FBI would
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when Sannes told him that at all pertinent times in their acquaintance, he
political cases. Sannes told Steinborn that he was there to swear out an
case. A nearly panicked law firm got a signed affidavit and Steinborn
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back in his law firm's offices, reporting to his law partners and Sannes.
Steinborn said that a stunned Pitkin had called J. Earl Milnes, the FBI
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least twenty FBI agents. As Sannes walked toward a city bus, about 7 FBI
agents walked ahead of and behind him. The nearest FBI agents mouthed
Sannes just appeared scared and boarded a city bus going towards his
hovel. Cars of FBI agents went ahead and behind the bus, and several FBI
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As the bus neared Sannes' place, he got off and continued to walk
towards home. FBI agents on foot again were ahead and behind Sannes
and FBI cars kept slowing and then speeding up to take side streets. As
Climbing over a fence, he sprinted across Highway 99. No FBI agent ran
after him in this wild escape. FBI agent cars were racing to find ways
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into bushes and added layers of clothes to disguise himself, and walked
two more blocks and hid himself in an apartment house basement – where
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Hours later, after FBI cars had moved on, Sannes walked the short
Newspaper.
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was winding up a meeting to lay out the newspaper's front page, etc. for
the next morning's edition. Sannes waited and then sat an astonished
Doughty down to show him the affidavit and to tell him about working for
the FBI to obstruct justice in the University of Washington Air Force ROTC
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Walter Wright and Sannes had supper and Sannes told him that he
had to have other media exclusives, so he would only talk about the ROTC
contacts with FBI agents. Sannes told Wright that the proof of the pudding
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would be when and if the U.S. Justice Department filed a motion to dismiss
the 15 federal fire bombing and conspiracy charges against the eight
defendants.
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Sannes returns very late at night and carefully checks his trap. The
piece of cookie hidden under the edge of his room's carpet had been
crushed by an FBI black bag team member. The cookie had crumbled –
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Now Sannes had to mostly hole up in his stinking hovel and wait for
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Sannes takes the Greyhound to visit his mother in case he might fall
victim to a federal assassin hired by the FBI. The FBI follows, and tries to
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The building had been burned to the ground. Attorney General John N.
Mitchell had personally aided in the cover-up of the FBI's felony crimes by
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Sannes' affidavit, the Seattle P.I. and the Hearst newspaper chain broke
Sannes' story. The FBI's silent threats to Sannes by now numbered in the
thousands. Title 18 of the United States Criminal Code said that it was a
went, about twenty plus FBI agents accompanied him – in front, on the
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the Sannes/FBI plot to bomb the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge. By the
end of the session, Oliver and his veteran crew were so rattled, that they
Nixon segues into the NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor. Chancellor
said "Good Evening, today's top story is an extremely disturbing one from
the screen and on came the interview with Oliver. The FBI and the U.S.
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this one in connection with the Seattle 7 case. In that case, word had
leaked to the prosecution that an unknown defense witness would take the
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stand and nail the FBI for obstruction of justice. The federal judge, George
Boldt, was talked into instantly ending the trial by holding all of the
special agents Bert Carter and Louis M. Harris, Jr. in obstructing justice
was filed with the 9th District Court of Appeals as part of the motion to
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[now in 1999, better known as the attorney who handled the defense at the
trial of one of the Oklahoma City federal building bombers, who killed 93
with the FBI agents in the bombing at the U.S. Army base in Longview,
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the two bombings and the assault on the U.S. Courthouse is elated as
immunity, his roles in FBI conspiracies to obstruct justice. Sannes let the
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government, to go to prison, or both, in order to stifle the FBI's assault on
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Attorney General John N. Mitchell, removes the coming crisis for his
to obstructing justice in conspiracy with FBI agents Harris and Carter was
stopped. James E. Green and his attorney, Michael Tigar, cut a deal on
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Early one morning, Sannes walked a downtown Seattle street with his
bodyguard, Thurman Fremsted. As the two approached the sky bridge that
connected the Olympic Hotel from its parking garage, they suddenly
sprinted for the sky bridge stairs, across the span and into the Olympic
hotel. A woman confederate had left a stair tower emergency door open.
The pair raced up the stairs and went to the room of New York Times
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political correspondent, John Kifner, who had checked into the hotel
utilizing an alias.
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John Kifner questioned Sannes for many hours about his role as an
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Kifner, Sannes and Fremsted had supper and talked. Within minutes of
entering the restaurant, three FBI agents took separate tables close to
Kifner was dressed in a set of rough workman's clothes and moccasins. All
during the supper, the three FBI agents silently mouthed death threats
when Sannes looked in their directions. At the end of the meal, Kifner
stood up in front of the apparent leader and proffered his New York Times
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The three FBI agents instantly knew, when John Kifner identified
himself, that they had been busted. For hours, a political correspondent for
the New York Times had watched them, under color of a badge, threaten
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the life of Sannes. There was a scramble outside the Olympic Hotel as FBI
agents pulled back their surveillance car and foot units. As soon as the FBI
fled the Olympic Grill, Sannes, Kifner and Fremsted ran across the street to
the parking garage and jumped into a waiting car, idling at the garage
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Highway 99, they were dumbfounded. The entire apartment had been
systematically and completely taken apart. The carpet and linoleum had
been cut into pieces, all of Sannes' clothes had been cut up, the furniture
was all taken apart, the books were all torn apart, and the mattress was in
shreds. The cold hand of fear gripped all three men. The FBI obviously
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had tried to scare the hell out of them, and that worked. It just didn't stop
Sannes.
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met his future wife, Lyda Held. Lyda and Dave talked deep into the night.
Both were in love at first sight. Sannes stayed there for many months, with
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communist espionage ring. Sannes knew this because he had planted his
own recruited agent as a radical political informant for the Seattle office of
Sannes got that update from his planted agent inside the FBI.
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Seattle neighborhood. Sannes gets out of the car and walks through the
gentle rain up to the front door. A thin, nervous Jeffrey Desmond partially
opened the door. Sannes, standing there with his right hand simulating a
gun in his raincoat, softly told Desmond to come out slowly and quietly. At
the car, a Desmond nightmare, John Van Veenendaal, slipped out of the
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car to let the two in. Walter Wright, the top P.I. investigative reporter sat
silently with his tape recorder on, as the car slipped away from Desmond's
FBI safe house. Desmond was jammed into the front between Fremsted
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As the car left the neighborhood, Sannes softly told Desmond that he
wanted Jeff to start from the very beginning of his relationship with any FBI
agent, and to relate every detail of his involvement with the agency.
Sannes softly told Jeff that he wanted only the absolute truth. Sannes also
told Jeff that if he were caught telling a lie, he would never need to say
death.
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Bert Carter and Louis Harris. Desmond told about the FBI agents taking
him and his mother, Maude, to the Harvey Powder Company at the
and fuse. Maude was able to sign for the material after Harris flashed his
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architecture building construction site and the Post Office. Walter Wright's
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After dropping off Walter Wright, the four drove to KING TV, Seattle's
his conspiracy with FBI agents Harris and Carter in carrying out the
bombings. After the interview was taped, Sannes called the FBI safe
house and put Desmond on the line. A very irate FBI agent on the
telephone ordered Desmond to get back to the safe house. Sannes, who
recognized the voice of the FBI agent, took the phone and told him that Jeff
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went underground – surfacing a couple of weeks later after the national and
local media stories about FBI bombing had aired or been published.
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Sannes had been sitting with two Seattle Police Officers, very late
one night at the District, and listened in as Larry Ward was shot to death by
a Seattle Police Officer. FBI Special Agent Stephen Travis had recruited
that affair was to find someone who would take a dynamite bomb and just
set it outside the Leon Hardcastle Realty office. The dynamite would have
bomb. Travis had set up the Seattle Police Department into having two
nervous police officers staked out in a nearby alley for nearly 8-1/2 hours.
The cops were staked out in a car that also was subject to be sneaked up
on and bombed. When the two cops spotted Larry Ward setting a package
down by the front door of the realty, they gunned the car up near Ward.
back to look at the cops and was shot to death at close range with a
shotgun. (Alfred Burnett later sought out Sannes to confess his role in
setting up Ward for execution by decent Seattle cops, who were also set
up by the FBI.)
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A King County Grand Jury investigated the death of Larry Ward and
returned a verdict that his death had been the result of a criminal
conspiracy. No FBI agent was ever indicted. (It should be noted that so far
as is known, Larry Ward was not told that he would be paid by the FBI to
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On the night that Sannes went to the radical communal house upon
slipping out of hiding, he was seduced by Lyda Held, who lived there. The
love affair, within less than a year turned into a marriage. The pairing had
an odd twist in that Lyda's father, Dr. Edward Held, was a clandestine
scientist, who ostensibly worked for the Applied Fisheries Laboratory at the
University of Washington, but actually was one of the top managers of the
Commission.
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interviews with FBI bombing and murder plotters, Sannes, Desmond and
Burnett – all of whom had been working at the direction of the FBI. J.
Edgar Hoover and Nixon's White House intimidation, caused a one week
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delay of the 15 minute segment. A nationwide media reaction turned the
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citations against the Seattle 7. U.S. Attorney Stanley Pitkin, after a decent
(Pitkin was the first federal official to obtain dismissals of federal felony
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students at Yale University while Bill and Hillary Clinton were students
there. In that speech, Sannes challenged the Attorney General and the
Nixon administration to indict him and bring him to trial for the dozens of
acts of obstruction of justice, done at the direction of the FBI, and for
Evergreen Point Floating Bridge bombing plot. The Yale Law School
teachers and students were stunned and quiet during the speech, but
cheered Sannes wildly at the end. Sannes received many offers of free
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legal defense from famous attorneys, like Frank Donner and Aryia Nieher,
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a conference of the Committee for Public Justice. At the first session of the
to Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., the Harvard professor who had been a close
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Sannes spoke at the conference about many of the criminal acts that
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was at least one man who knew what Sannes had done to the Nixon
administration and J. Edgar Hoover's FBI. That man was Frank Donner, a
Sannes had deliberately infiltrated the FBI's dirty war against the civil rights
Sannes that Sannes was the bravest man that he had never known, and an
anyone who would go alone against 10,000 armed federal agents and the
poster boy. But Sannes told him that he got kind of used to putting his life
on the line to defend our system against all enemies, foreign and domestic,
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convene a federal grand jury to inquire into his allegations, and to either
indict him for his confessed criminal acts – or conversely, indict him for
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perjury and obstruction of justice in executing affidavits in the Seattle 7,
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Sannes sits with attorneys Sam Franklin and one of his law partners,
discussing the very long, highly detailed letter that he had written to U.S.
Senator Sam Ervin. In it, Sannes pleaded for a Senate investigation of his
charges, his own criminal acts and his confessions to them. The letter
argued that Sannes had either committed serious crimes for the FBI or had
had been used to quash 37 federal felony indictments. The Sannes letter
to Sam Ervin also detailed the public confessions of Desmond and Burnett.
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On December 28, 1971, the nation's media detailed the seven major
changes in the leadership of the FBI in the months following Sannes' well
publicized charges of FBI criminal acts. But as of that date, no FBI agent in
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history had been indicted or convicted of a felony. It was also true that until
Sannes came in from the cold to the law offices of Jeffrey Steinborn, no
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his charges and sworn affidavits. For weeks, the federal police prevented
Sannes from getting beyond the lobby. Every day for weeks, Sannes had
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five gallon pail of loose cow shit. He splattered it around the lobby and
kicked shit on two federal policemen, About 15 federal marshals and police
swarmed Sannes and pushed him outside the courthouse. The next
federal cops. The story was published widely by the news media. One
article."
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At his hearing, before Chief 6th District U.S. District Court Judge
Attorney Stan Pitkin to convene a special federal grand jury to hear Sannes
recuse himself and his office from managing the grand jury proceedings.
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from FBI agents to carry out these criminal acts. The federal attorney
controlling the grand jury had a name prominently bandied about in another
servants. (It is now time that those federal grand jury records see the light
of day).
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reference. Judge Beeks told Sannes that normally he would sentence him
to a few days at the honor farm of the McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary,
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but "due to his well-documented propensity to mishandle certain farm
days in jail with time off for good behavior of 1 day. Judge Beeks said: "So
ordered."
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begin serving his 10 day sentence for littering. The U.S. Marshal, Charles
federal marshal's son had hanged himself sometime before that. As the
sneering marshal walked in front of him, Sannes asked him if his son was
still hanging around. Robinson went berserk and attempted to draw his
gun to shoot Sannes. The Secret Service agents wrestled the marshal to
the floor and dragged him away as Sannes stood a few feet away –
laughing.
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At the Snohomish County Jail, Sannes was booked and taken back to
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Montana to finish out his multiple life sentences, had been told that Sannes
was a federal snitch. The man had previously killed two men, including the
deputy warden, at that prison, among other acts. He was told that he
would serve easy time in a federal prison if he would kill a federal snitch
gone bad for the federal government. The giant was criminally insane,
perhaps, but not stupid. He questioned Sannes and found out he was
there for flinging 5 gallons of cow shit around a federal courthouse. That hit
a note. The lifer's best friend had been beaten to death by prison guards
for "shit bucketing" one too many guards at Deer Lodge. Sannes served
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Jeff Desmond met Sannes one cold rainy day at the Pike Place
Committee (which investigated the JFK and King assassinations, etc.) Jeff
wanted a safe house to stay in until he was finished testifying about FBI
crimes to a staff attorney the following week. Sannes put Jeff in a safe
house, but Jeff slipped out to phone the FBI with an extortion demand.
Jeffrey Paul Desmond was assassinated in the "safe house" by, in the
words of Seattle Chief of Police George Teilsch: "a professional hit man."
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