Attorney John Loftus launches lawsuit exposing US federal cover-up of Saudi Florida terror ring
2. ATTORNEY JOHN LOFTUS LAUNCHES LAWSUIT EXPOSING U.S. FEDERAL
COVER-UP OF SAUDI FLORIDA TERROR RING
(Attorney John Loftus serves as an Advisory Board Member of the
R&B Islam-Israel Fellowship)
2A. INTRODUCTION
2B. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
2B1. SUMMARY
2B3. VENUE
2B4. JURISDICTION
2B5. STANDING
2B6. FRAUDULENT APPLICATION FOR TAX EXEMPT STATUS
2B7. BAIT AND SWITCH
2B8. FALSE ADVERTISING
2B9. FRAUDULENT AND FICTITIOUS NAMES: ALTER EGO OF A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE
2B10. MONEY LAUNDERING
2B11. MONEY LAUNDERING FOR THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT
2C. JOHN LOFTUS CURRICULUM VITAE
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2A. INTRODUCTION:
For twenty years I have served without compensation as a lawyer
for federal whistleblowers within the U.S. intelligence community. In the
last year, I Have received highly classified information from several of my
confidential clients concerning a Saudi covert operation. The Saudi
relationship is so sensitive that, for more than a decade, federal
prosecutors and counter-terrorist agents have been ordered to shut down
their investigations for reasons of foreign policy.
I am filing a lawsuit in Hillsborough County Court to expose the
manner in which Florida charities were used as a money laundry for
tax-deductible terrorism. The complaint cites specific testimony including
highly classified information which has never been released before.
Simply put, the Saudi Government was laundering money through
Florida charities run by U.S.F. Professor Sami Al Arian for the support of
terrorist groups in the Middle East. Through the Al Arian network and
others, the Saudi Government secretly funded Al Qaida, Hamas and Islamic
Jihad. The Saudi purpose was twofold: the destruction of the State of
Israel and the prevention of the formation of an independent Palestinian State.
Two particular terrorist groups, Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic
Jihad, were specifically chosen and funded by the Saudis for their
willingness to undermine Arafat's Palestinian Authority. The secret Saudi
goal was to create such animosity between Israel and the Palestinian
Authority that it would wreck any chance for the creation of an independent
Palestinian State.
Their tactics specifically called for the intimidation or murder
of those Palestinians who were willing to work with Israel for peace.
To put it bluntly, the covert Saudi network in Florida funded the
murders of fellow Muslims for the crime of wanting to create the first
democratic Arab state. Whatever harm the Israelis may have done, they did
build an excellent public education system, including several universities,
for the benefit of their Palestinian neighbors. That was the problem.
While literacy in the Arab world is below 50%, in Israel it is
97%. Israel is the only place in the Middle East where an Arab woman can
vote. After 50 years, Israel has created the first Arab class exposed to
democracy, literacy and western values.
To the Saudis, a democratic Palestinian nation would be a cancer
in the Arab world, a destabilizing example of freedom that would threaten
Arab dictators everywhere. As King Fahd said, "next to the Jews, we hate
the Palestinians the most". The harder the Israelis and Palestinians
worked for peace, the more money King Fahd poured into his murder for hire
program.
The Saudi Government has already begun its spin operations,
claiming that this terror network was a rogue operation financed by a
radical Saudi businessman without the support or knowledge of the Saudi
Government. The truth is that many of the Saudi Princes, notably Prince
Bandahar and Prince Alwaheed, are good and loyal friends of America who
want to lead Saudi Arabia into the modern world. Unfortunately, they are
now in the minority in their own country.
King Fahd is on his death bed, and his nephew and heir apparent,
Crown Prince Abdullah, depends on the most radical southern and eastern
clans for his political base. The southern faction is the center of
popular support for Al Qaida and the Taliban because it is the home of the
most extreme Muslim sect, the Wahabbis.
Ninety nine percent of the Muslim world rejects the Wahabbi
religious tenets as utterly repugnant to the teachings and examples of the
Prophet as written down in the Hadith [oral traditions of the sayings of
Muhammed, Prophet of Islam]. Since most Wahabbis are functionally
illiterate, they cannot read about this conflict on their own. Typically,
they memorize a few passages of the Koran taken out of context, and never
read the accompanying Hadith for explanation.
For example, the Wahabbis are taught by rote that Jews are
subhumans who should be killed as a religious duty. In contrast, the
Hadith explains that the prophet Mohammed honored Jews, married a Jewish
wife, forbade forced conversions of Jews, always bowed in respect when a
Jewish funeral passed, and promised that good and faithful Jews would go to
Paradise just as good Muslims and Christians would, and that the Jews would
have their Holy Place in the west (meaning Jerusalem) while Muslims would
have their Holy Place in the East (meaning Mecca).
Illiteracy is a weapon of oppression. The Saudis, and their
Wahabbi proteges, the Taliban, have decreed that women cannot work or even
sit in the front seat of a car. In contrast, the Hadith records that the
Prophet worked for his wife, and that she drove her own caravans in
international commerce. The Prophet forbade racism, the Wahabbis practice
it, especially against their non-Arab Shiite minority.
The Wahabbis (both in Saudi Arabia and the Taliban) discriminate
viciously against women. The Prophet, who lovingly raised three daughters,
insisted that women should have substantially equal rights in contract,
ownership, and divorce.
The Muslim faith envisioned by the Prophet in the Koran and
recorded by his contemporaries in the Hadith is a religion that practices
tolerance towards all races and religions, stresses the extreme importance
of literacy and education, and elevates the status of women to
unprecedented levels in many societies.
This is the gentle, peaceful Muslim faith practiced everywhere in
the world, except in Saudi Arabia and the Taliban provinces of Afghanistan
and Pakistan. Muslim scholars speak derisively about the primitive Wahabbi
apostasy, but rarely in public.
The reason for this deafening silence is simple, most Mosques in
the world are impoverished and depend upon Saudi subsidies for their
operation. In return, however, the Saudis have gained a foothold for
proselytizing and radicalizing the Muslim youth through religious education
in the form of militant Wahabbism. Children learn to hate because they are
being taught that way.
The Saudi charitable network in America that began with religious
education evolved into other areas over the decades. The Saudis dabbled
with funding anti-Semitic hate groups as a means of breaking down American
support for Israel. After the fall of communism, the Saudis took over
funding the most militant terror organizations for direct attacks against
Jewish and Palestinian supporters of the peace process.
Year after year, members of the intelligence community warned that
a rising wave of terror was coming. Oliver North wrote in his
autobiography that every time he tried to do something about terrorism, he
was told to stop because it would embarrass the Saudi Government. John
O'Neill quit his job as head of F.B.I. counter-terrorism for the same
reason. Jonathan Pollard went to jail.
Federal agents in Tampa, who had known about the Saudi-Sami Al
Arian connection since 1990, were ordered to drop the investigation in
1995. The Saudi influence buying machine had effectively shut down any
threat of criminal prosecution. Those Americans, including a former
President [George Bush, Sr.], who lobbied for the Saudis have a lot to
answer for. So do the Saudis.
With the explosive growth of Al Qaida and their Taliban allies,
the Saudis finally recognized that they had gone too far. As Osama Bin
Laden laughingly related on videotape, he was approached prior to the
attack on the twin Trade Towers by his relatives, who offered him
$300,000,000 to cancel the operation. Apparently, the Bin Laden family
really had not broken off all ties and knew exactly what was coming. So,
my clients say, did the Saudis.
Six months later, a much chagrined Prince Abdullah belatedly
announced that the Saudis would release the names of the terrorists which
their charities had "unwittingly" funded, but only in Somalia and
Asia. The main Saudi charities in Herndon, Virginia, and the Al Arian
network in Florida are still untouched.
My clients are betting that the American influence peddlers hired
by the Saudis will succeed once again in derailing a federal
investigation. They came to me for help in exposing the cover-up. That is
why I am filing this lawsuit.
In the months to come, the American public may finally begin to
learn why the Saudi-Sami Al Arian terror networks went untouched for so
long. It wasn't an intelligence failure, it was a foreign policy
failure. The orders were not to embarrass the Saudi Government. Year
after years, the cover-up orders came from the State Department and the
White House. The C.I.A., the F.B.I., and the Justice Department just did
what they were told.
No one intended the harsh consequences of letting the Saudi's get
away with it again and again. Only after September 11, when the Treasury
Department found the financial transactions linking the Saudi charities
directly to Osama bin Laden, did American officials realize the extent of
their betrayal.
We are not alone in our grief and anger. Saudi money sabotaged
every Israeli initiative to make peace. The bewildered Palestinians may
finally realize that they have been stabbed in the back by an Arab
brother. The rules have changed after September 11, but the bottom line
remains the same: if we want to stop terrorism, we have to tell the Saudis
to stop funding it.
Attorney John J. Loftus
3560 Coquina Key Drive SE
St. Petersburg, FL 33705
Tel: 727-821-5227
Email: LoftusHome@CS.com
THE BIBLE SAYS:
"Zion shall be redeemed with justice,
And they that return of her with righteousness"
[Yeshayahu/Isaiah 1:27]
"And saviours shall come up on Mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau;
And the kingdom shall be the Lord's"
[Ovadiah 1:21]
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2B. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA
CIRCUIT CIVIL NO. _______________
John J. Loftus, Pro Se,
Plaintiff,
vs.
Sami A. Al Arian,
Defendant.
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COMPLAINT
2B1. SUMMARY
1. This is a pro se action, brought by a former federal
prosecutor, not a member of the Florida Bar, pursuant to the Florida
Consumer Protection act, to enjoin Defendant and his purported Florida
charities from continuing fraudulent, deceptive and unconscionable
practices, to wit: laundering money for extreme racist, terrorist, and
other non-charitable organizations.
2B2. PARTIES
2. Plaintiff is a citizen of the United States and a resident of
Pinellas County Florida.
3. Defendant is a citizen of Kuwait and a resident of Hillsboro
County, Florida.
4. Defendant is, or was, an officer, managing director and/or
registered agent of several purported charities including, but not limited
to, the Islamic Concern Project, the International Committee for Palestine
and the World Islamic Studies Enterprise, all of which list Hillsborough
County as their principal place of business.
2B3. VENUE
5. Venue is appropriate in Hillsborough County as the situs of
Defendant's residence and as the registered address of his purported
charitable corporations.
2B4. JURISDICTION
6. The Court has jurisdiction to hear this cause of action
pursuant to Chapter 501, Section 211., et. seq., of the Florida Statutes
(Florida Deceptive or Unfair Trade and Practices Act (F.D.U.T.P.A.), also
known as the Florida "Little F.T.C." Act, or Consumer Protection Act) which
specifically includes non-profit corporations within the jurisdiction of
the Court upon complaint of an aggrieved person. The jurisdictional amount
of unlawfully laundered, converted, or transferred money is greatly in
excess of $15,000.
2B5. STANDING
7. Plaintiff is an "aggrieved person" within the meaning of the
Consumer Protection Act on one or more of the following grounds:
A. Plaintiff is a donor to one or more of Defendant's purported
charities, and is able to represent the interests of other donors to ensure
that their donations are, in fact, used for a charitable purpose.
B. Plaintiff is a taxpayer whose tax burden was increased by
Defendant's scheme of creating false and fraudulent tax exempt entities in
the State of Florida.
C. Plaintiff is a volunteer officer, member or financial
supporter of several legitimate charities working to fight racism and
discrimination against Muslims, Jews and Christians, whose contributions of
time and money were diminished by unfair competition with Defendant's
scheme of using purported charities to raise funds from the public through
fraudulent and deceptive means in support of extreme racist, terrorist and
non-charitable purposes.
D. Plaintiff is a citizen and resident of Florida, whose civil
rights have been substantially chilled by the Defendant's scheme of
locating extreme racist and terrorist organizations in the Tampa Bay community.
2B6. FRAUDULENT APPLICATION FOR TAX EXEMPT STATUS
8. In 1988, the articles of incorporation of an entity called the
Islamic Concern Project (I.C.P.) were filed with the Florida Department of
Corporations for registration as a non-profit corporation .
9. Defendant is, or was, an officer, managing director
and/or registered agent for I.C.P.
10. In support of its application for tax exempt status, the
articles of incorporation for ICP stated that, in the event of dissolution,
the assets of the organization would go to Islamic Trends, a not for profit
corporation of the District of Columbia.
11. In truth and in fact, no such organization as Islamic Trends,
or anything similar, was ever registered as a non-profit entity with the
District of Columbia.
12. Islamic Trends is a fictitious entity created for the purpose
of bolstering ICP's application for non profit corporation status in the
State of Florida.
13. I.C.P.'s application for tax exempt status was void ab initio
for false and material misstatement of fact.
2B7. BAIT AND SWITCH
14. After I.C.P. was granted tax exempt status as a non-profit
corporation, Defendant established another I.C.P. entity described as the
"International Committee for Palestine".
15. The second I.C.P., the International Committee for Palestine,
is not registered as a non-profit corporation with the State of Florida.
16. The second I.C.P., the International Committee for Palestine,
is not, and never was, entitled or eligible for non-profit status as a
charity, religious organization or other tax-exempt status in the State of
Florida, or in any State.
17. The second I.C.P., the International Committee for Palestine,
is not registered with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs
for purposes of soliciting contributions from the public.
18. Both I.C.P. entities used the same post-office box registered
to Defendant.
19. In truth and in fact, Defendant's scheme was to solicit funds
for the International Committee for Palestine under the guise of a
non-profit corporation, the Islamic Concern Project.
20. Defendant and his associates repeatedly solicited funds from
the public for the International Committee for Palestine, requesting that
the checks for their donations be made out to "I.C.P.".
21. Defendant and his associates repeatedly solicited funds for
the Islamic Concern Project, requesting that the checks for their donations
be made out to "I.C.P.".
22. In truth and in fact, Defendant's scheme was to deceive and
mislead consumers who wished to donate to a tax-exempt religious charity,
I.C.P., by diverting their money to another ICP entity, at the same post
office box.
23. In truth and in fact, Defendant's scheme was to use the first
I.C.P. as a shell, or front, in order to obtain tax-exempt donations for
the second I.C.P. affiliate.
24. In truth and in fact, Defendant co-mingled funds from a
non-profit corporation with an unregistered fictitious entity using the
same initials and post office box.
25. In truth and in fact, no legal connection or affiliation can
exist between the two I.C.P. entities, as one is an unregistered fictitious
entity and the other is a registered non-profit corporation.
2B8. FALSE ADVERTISING
26. Defendant's second I.C.P., the International Committee for
Palestine, held itself out to the public as an affiliate of the first ICP.
27. Defendant's Second I.C.P., the International Committee for
Palestine, published a magazine called "Inquiry" whose Editor-in-Chief was
listed on the page one masthead as "Sami A. al-Arian", the defendant in
this action.
28. Beneath Defendant's name on the "Inquiry" masthead appears
the following text: "The Inquiry is published on a bi-monthly basis (Feb.,
Apr., Jun., Aug., Oct., Dec.) by the Islamic Committee for Palestine
(I.C.P.); an affiliate of Islamic Concern Project, Inc., a non-profit
organization, P.O. Box 82009.
29. In truth and in fact, Defendant's advertising was an unfair
and deceptive scheme to convince members of the public that the
International Committee for Palestine was eligible as an "affiliate" of the
first I.C.P. to receive tax deductible contributions as a non-profit
organization at the same address.
30. In truth and in fact, the International Committee for
Palestine is not now and never has been eligible either for non-profit
status, tax exempt status, or to solicit public contributions in any form.
31. In truth and in fact, the International Committee for
Palestine should have registered with the Department of Agriculture prior
to advertising for contributions from the public, and failed to do so.
32. In truth and in fact, Defendant intended to use false
advertising and commingled funds from the first I.C.P. because he knew that
the second I.C.P. was an illegal, unlawful and/or criminal organization
under state and federal
law.
2B9. FRAUDULENT AND FICTITIOUS NAMES: ALTER EGO OF A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE
33. Defendant's second ICP, the International Committee for
Palestine, is the fictitious name or alter ego of the American branch of
the international criminal organization, "Palestinian Islamic Jihad".
34. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad is also known as Islamic Jihad,
the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, P.I.J., the Islamic Movement of Palestine,
and/or Palestinian Islamic Jihad - Shakiki faction.
35. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and its alter egos, have been
designated by the Secretary of State as an international terrorist
organization, along with Al Qaida, Hamas and Hizbollah.
36. The Secretary of State's designation prohibits the
Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Al Qaida, Hamas and Hizbollah, their agents,
officers, supporters and/or affiliates from soliciting contributions within
the United States.
37. In his State of the Union Address, President Bush
specifically named the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, along with Al Qaida,
Hamas and Hizbollah, as the most dangerous and evil terrorist organizations
in the world, and promised to continue efforts to identify and staunch the
flow of funding for such terrorist organizations.
38. It is a felony, under Federal Law, for any citizen or
resident of the United States to solicit or receive contributions for the
Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Al Qaida, Hamas or Hizbollah.
39. In truth and in fact, Defendant and his associates devised a
criminal scheme to use false organizational names, fictitious
organizational identities and fraudulently alleged non-profit status as a
means to illegally solicit financial contributions for the Palestinian
Islamic Jihad, a terrorist organization banned by the laws and regulations
of the United
States.
40. According to confidential client sources, the intelligence
service of a friendly foreign government alleged that they had wiretapped
the Damascus, Syria, headquarters of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, using
highly classified means and methods, which inadvertently intercepted a
telephone conversation from an unknown person in Tampa, Florida.
[hereinafter the Damascus intercept]
41. According to confidential client sources, the Damascus
intercept recorded the voice of an unknown Tampa caller screaming at a
senior leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad that Hamas [a rival
terrorist group] had stolen the public credit for an attack in Israel for
which his organization had raised the funds on behalf of the Palestinian
Islamic Jihad. The Tampa caller loudly and strenuously complained that
Hamas' taking the credit for the killings in Israel was impairing his fund
raising efforts in America.
42. The friendly foreign government was concerned that the
Palestinian Islamic Jihad had opened a fund-raising cell in America and
that a senior member of this group, apparently with direct access to, and
influence over, the highest levels of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, was
operating in Tampa, Florida.
43. The friendly foreign government shared the Damascus intercept
with an intelligence agency of the United States, upon condition that the
source of the information could not be identified, and requested that the
U.S. Government ascertain the identity of the unknown senior terrorist
leader in Tampa.
44. Subsequently, the U.S. government assisted the friendly
foreign government by determining the identity of the Tampa caller, whose
voice was conclusively identified as that of the Defendant, Sami Al Arian.
45. The Government of the United States, pursuant to a National
Security Letter, examined Defendant's bank accounts and found numerous
instances where large sums of money had been transferred to a person, or
persons who resided in the Middle East and his ties to terrorist organizations.
46. The Government of the United States, pursuant to the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act, received lawful authorization from the
special Federal FISA Court to wiretap the home and offices of Sami Al Arian.
47. In 1994, an American reporter named Steven Emerson produced
an award winning PBS documentary, "Jihad in America," which exposed the
fact that terrorist groups were soliciting funds in the United
States. Defendant was
peripherally named in passing in this documentary as a person linked to
terrorist fund-raising in the United States.
48. Defendant falsely and fraudulently claimed to the press and
public that he was being victimized as a prominent Muslim educator, that he
knew nothing about fundraising for terrorist groups, and that there was no
evidence against him.
49. Shortly afterwards, in 1995, the Defendant was informed of
the F.I.S.A. wiretap. The Federal Bureau of Investigation received and
executed a lawfully authorized warrant to search the home and offices of
Defendant and
seize videotapes, documents and bank records in his possession pertaining
to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
50. Among the records seized by the F.B.I. were Arabic language
magazines published in Tampa by the International Committee for Palestine,
including an interview with Fathi Shikaki, then head of the Palestinian
Islamic Jihad, praising his activities. That article was widely
distributed by Shikaki as a publicity handout and the I.C.P. magazines were
identified by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad leaders as their official
publications.
51. The Arabic-language I.C.P. magazines seized by the F.B.I.
appeared on their face to be the official publications of the Palestinian
Islamic Jihad as both the logo and name of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad
appeared prominently upon the I.C.P. masthead, including those issues
personally published by Defendant during his tenure as editor.
52. Among the records seized by the F.B.I. were Defendants'
videotapes of his meetings with, and fundraising for, officials of
Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other terrorist groups.
53. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad used the funds they solicited
through defendant's publications and fundraising efforts to murder men,
women, children and infants in the Middle East through a campaign of
bombings, shootings, stabbings and other violent acts.
54. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad is not a charitable
organization recognized by the state of Florida or by any State as its
funds are used exclusively for assassination or to pay pensions to the
families of deceased or captured assassins ("martyrs and prisoners").
55. The F.B.I. and the Immigration and Naturalization Service
prepared a composite videotape from dozens of Defendant's own
videotapes. The F.B.I.'s English language transcript summarizing
Defendant's videotaped speech
collection is a publicly available document under the Freedom of
Information Act. Plaintiff retains a copy of the same and will reproduce a
copy for the Defendant upon request and payment for the copy. [hereinafter
cited as F.B.I. tr. P. 1-4].
56. Defendant's own videotapes confirm that Defendant personally
was present and supervised the solicitation of funds for the Palestinian
Islamic Jihad while standing in front of Arabic-language posters containing
praise
for and the logo of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. [FBI tr. P.2-3]
57. Defendant's own videotapes confirm that Defendant was present
when his associate explained the secret connection between the Islamic
Committee for Palestine and the Palestine Islamic Jihad: "...a short
briefing about the
Islamic Committee for Palestine, it is the active arm of the Islamic Jihad
Movement in Palestine, and we like to call it the Islamic Committee for
Palestine here for security reasons". [F.B.I. Tr. P. 2]
58. Defendant falsely claimed to the press and public that he
never knew anything about terrorist movements, but Defendant knew, or
should have known, that his I.C.P. organization was being used by the
Palestinian Islamic Jihad to solicit funds in America since his own
videotapes show that he was present on those occasions.
59. In truth and in fact, Defendant's own videotapes show that he
was publicly introduced as the President of the International Committee for
Palestine, including in his introduction a briefing of his role as the head
of the "active arm" of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in America. [F.B.I.
Tr. P.2]
60. In truth and in fact, Defendant's own videotapes show that he
was personally aware that "security reasons" were the cause for the
Palestinian Islamic Jihad to call itself the I.C.P. in America. [F.B.I. Tr.2]
61. In truth and in fact, Defendant's own videotapes show that he
was personally present while the same associate, who previously introduced
Defendant as President of the "active arm" of the Palestinian Islamic
Jihad, stood in Defendant's presence at an I.C.P. conference to solicit
money for the killing of Jews by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. [FBI Tr. 2]
62. Defendant watched while his associate begged for $500 to kill
a Jew: "Donate to the Islamic Jihad! Mida Zalooum from the Islamic Jihad
held a dagger and stabbed four of the Jews in [Jerusalem]...The Jihad there
is still erupting in Palestine from village to village, I tell you it is
not for the [I.C.P.] organizations with respect to everyone but for the
Jihad. The Jihad! One of them would leave his house with a knife to stab
the Jews -- twelve Jews after the events of the Gulf War. Brothers, the
intifadah calls you. Five hundred dollars!" [F.B.I. Tr. 2]
63. Defendant knew, or should have known, that his I.C.P.
organization was being used to launder money from supporters of the
Palestinian Islamic Jihad specifically intended for the killing of Jews
because he was present when
the audience was told how to make their $500 donations to kill a Jew: "If
you write a check, write it for the Islamic Committee for Palestine, I.C.P.
Who would add to the five hundred dollars of Hajj Ahmad?" [F.B.I. Tr. P.2]
64. Defendant's own videotapes show that he did not protest or
correct anyone when I.C.P. was described as a false front for Palestinian
Islamic Jihad in America, nor was he surprised when it was said that this
deception was necessary for "security reasons". Nor did he object at being
introduced as President of the "active arm" of a terrorist group. Nor did
he object when I.C.P. conferences were used to raise funds to kill
Jews. [F.B.I. Tr. 1-4]
65. The only criticism Defendant made was that the attacks
against Israel should not have been suspended while American soldiers were
being killed in a war against Saddam Hussein, and that the Islamic Jihad
should have continued their: "...protests during the oppressive war why
did we stop? Let us continue the protests, let us damn America. Let us
damn Israel, let us damn their allies until death. Why do we
stop?" [F.B.I. Tr.2]
66. Defendant's own videotapes show that his colleague Ramadan
Abdullah Shallah echoed defendant's call for more military action by the
Palestinian Islamic Jihad against Israel and the Gulf War allies: "...the
first solution is to topple the regimes...Now when we go to topple the
regimes will it be a picnic, meaning a Sunday picnic, or Jihad? Now, how
do we topple the rulers? I say to you, we topple the rulers with Jihad. I
propose a way. I say toppling the rulers and rubbing their nose in the
dirt and Jihad against them is not terrorism. [F.B.I. Tr. P.2]
67. Defendant's own videotapes showed that he agreed with his
colleague Shallah's sentiments that killing American, European and N.A.T.O.
soldiers was not terrorism, because they were allies of 'subhuman' Jews
cursed by God. In Defendant's own words: "[God] cursed those who are the
sons of Israel...Those people God made monkeys and pigs. They kicked you
out of your homes...And who did this other than the colonialist arrogant
Americans, Europeans and NATO....Jihad is our path. Victory to Islam,
Death to Israel". [F.B.I. Tr. P.4]
68. Defendant's own videotapes show that Defendant's Nazi-style
propaganda equating the Jews with subhuman species was heard and understood
by his audience as a call for the military form of Jihad with continued
killing and
violence towards Jews and their western allies.
69. Defendant's own videotapes calling for Jihad against Jews,
Americans, Europeans and NATO allies was heard and understood by his
audience as a call for armed violence against Israel and its allies, and
not as a call for the more traditional peaceful Islamic interpretation of
Jihad.
70. Defendant's own videotapes show that Defendant's audience
understood and echoed his extremely racist commands as a call for racial
violence, and replied with their commitment to: "kicking out the sons of
monkeys and pigs
from the land of Isra and Miraj....Directing all the rifles at the first
and last enemy of the Islamic nation, and that is the sons of the monkeys
and pigs, the Jews". [F.B.I. Tr. P.4]
71. While Defendant is free to express any political opinion he
chooses, and even use public forums for the incitement of hatred towards
Jews, the incitement of violent acts is not protected speech under the
First Amendment, nor is the incitement of racial violence a permitted
charitable purpose under the laws of the State of Florida.
72. In truth and in fact, Defendant's extreme racism and
incitements to violence fall far below the minimum threshold of good moral
character required for an officer or director of a non-profit corporation
under Florida Law.
73. In truth and in fact, Defendant's scheme to advocate hate
crimes and solicit funds for the purpose of carrying out racial violence
under the guise of a Florida charity is an unconscionable, deceptive and
unfair business practice under the Florida Consumer Protection Act.
74. Defendant's charities were fronts for networking with other
terrorist groups.
75. Under the guise of an ICP educational conference, Defendant
and/or his agents and servants, repeatedly invited known international
terrorists and leaders of extreme racist organizations to the United
States. [F.B.I. tr. P.1]
76. Defendant's own videotapes show that Defendant regretted that
some of the people he invited were prevented from attending his I.C.P.
conference, including the "Blind Sheik" who was later investigated for the
first bombing of the Twin Trade Towers, and was afterwards convicted of
another conspiracy to bomb New York landmarks. [F.B.I. Tr. P.1]
77. In order to facilitate the process of obtaining visas for
terrorists to attend Defendant's terrorist conventions, Defendant, his
agents and servants incorporated yet another purported non-profit entity in
the State of Florida known as the "World Islamic Studies
Enterprise". [W.I.S.E.]
78. Defendant, his agents and servants, deceived a public
university of the State of Florida into granting W.I.S.E. a quasi-official
educational affiliation, without disclosing to University officials that
W.I.S.E. would serve as a front for I.C.P. and the Palestinian Islamic
Jihad, which deception was an unfair, unconscionable and deceptive practice
designed to mislead the public at large and a public university in particular.
79. In truth and in fact, Defendant had covertly merged I.C.P.
and W.I.S.E., using the same "I.C.P.-W.I.S.E." post-office box for both,
registered in the name of Defendant. Defendant's I.C.P. agents and
servants were installed as the
directors and/or employees of W.I.S.E.
80. The pre-eminence of the I.C.P.-W.I.S.E. organization in the
world of terrorism became evident in 1995 when Fathi Shikaki, head of the
Palestinian Islamic Jihad, was assassinated. One of defendant's
subordinates from I.C.P.-W.I.S.E. moved to Damascus, Syria to become
Secretary General of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
81. In truth and in fact, Defendant's unfair, deceptive and
unconscionable scheme was to use WISE's educational affiliation as a means
of evading federal immigration scrutiny. The I.C.P.-W.I.S.E. connection to
a public University enabled terrorists to more readily obtain temporary
visas to attend terrorist conventions which appeared to the federal
immigration officials to be legitimate educational conferences sponsored by
a public university of the State of Florida.
82. As a result of Defendant's scheme to expand his purported
charitable fronts in Florida, many additional terrorists were able to
obtain visas to the United States to attend Defendant's terrorist conventions.
83. In truth and in fact, the purpose of Defendant's scheme to
use charitable fronts to facilitate immigration was to enable terrorists
from around the world to enter the United States for the purpose of
discussing a merger with Defendant's Palestinian Islamic Jihad or at least
coordinate their terrorist activities in the future.
84. Among the documents discovered in Defendant's residence by
the F.B.I. was a strategic plan, drawn up by one of Defendant's "students",
for establishing armed "militia" organizations within those states which
provided minimal supervision of non-profit entities.
85. In truth and in fact, all of Defendant's purported charitable
organizations were part of a strategic scheme to further the cause of
international terrorism. Having students draw up plans for an armed
militia is neither a charitable nor an educational purpose within the
meaning of Florida law.
86. Defendant's plan for a merger of terrorist groups was
motivated in part by a lack of funds to continue paying blood bounties to
the families of suicide bombers ("martyrs and prisoners"), and in part by
his desire to unify and coordinate his Islamic Jihad's movement's
activities with better known terrorist groups such as Hamas.
87. In 1995, the F.B.I. seized the following handwritten letter
from Defendant's residence, which document was declassified in December 2000:
"The movement's financial situation is very difficult and it
cannot fulfill its responsibilities toward the martyrs and
prisoners. Despite this, it carries out distinctive operations which all
the Arab armies lacked the strength to execute. The link with the brothers
in Hamas is very good and making steady progress, and there are serious
attempts at unification and permanent coordination. (F.B.I. Translation
from the hand-written Arabic, p. 2, par. 1, signed "Your brother, Sami
al-Arian")
88. In truth and in fact, Defendant's scheme of using Florida
charitable and University fronts to attempt "unification and permanent
coordination" of international terrorist organizations was an unfair,
deceptive and
unconscionable practice in violation of the Florida Consumer Protection Act.
2B10. MONEY LAUNDERING
89. In 1995, the F.B.I. discovered checks drawn on the bank
account of the "International Committee for Palestine" signed by Defendant,
which checks were cashed by Defendant's contacts in the Middle East.
90. Neither the State of Florida, the University of South
Florida, nor Defendant's Florida organizations have registered any
non-profit charity or tax exempt subsidiary in the Middle East.
91. In truth and in fact, Defendant's I.C.P. checks were "blood
bounties" paid by the Defendant to the families of suicide bombers
("martyrs and prisoners") or to other terrorist operatives of the
Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
92. In an I.N.S. case against one of Defendant's subordinates in
I.P.C.-Wise-Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Justice Department submitted a
secret in camera F.B.I. affidavit (now redacted and declassified)
summarizing the numerous crimes committed by Defendant, citing evidence
seized from Defendant's home and office as well as from classified
intelligence sources. Plaintiff retains a copy of the same and will
reproduce a copy for the Defendant upon request and payment for the
copy. [In the matter of Mazon Al-Najjar, Immigration Court, Bradenton
Florida, File No. A26 599 077, Unclassified Summary of F.B.I. ex parte, In
Camera Declaration, hereinafter cited as "F.B.I. Affidavit"]
93. Although that defendant's name was blacked out in the
redacted declassified version, his identity can be determined from his
description in the F.B.I. affidavit as the holder of a doctorate degree,
the brother-in-law of the deportee, the co-signer of checks, a person whose
home and office were searched by the F.B.I. in 1995, and the person who was
introduced at an I.C.P. conference as President of the active arm of the
Palestinian Islamic Jihad. [F.B.I. Affidavit, pp. 6-8, 11-14]
94. Defendant Al Arian is the only person in the world with a
blacked out name eight spaces long who matches all these
criteria. Similarly, his close associate, Dr. Shallah, is the only person
in the world with a blacked out name seven spaces long who is now Secretary
General of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
95. The F.B.I. Affidavit also quotes from, and summarizes, the
terrorist "Manifest" or by-laws of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a copy of
which was discovered in Defendant's residence: "The Manifest rejects any
peaceful solution for the Palestinian Cause, affirming Jihad and martyrdom
as "the only choices for liberation. One of the "Political Constants of
the Movements" is [t]he creation of a situation of terror, instability and
panic in the souls (minds) of Zionists and especially the group of
settlers", and one of the "most important means and methods of action" is
"[a]doption of the guerilla war system". [F.B.I. Affidavit, p. 8]
96. A cursory examination of the secret F.B.I. Affidavit reveals
that the Department of Justice had substantial evidence to show that
Defendant had committed numerous crimes, including mail fraud, tax fraud
and was the head
of a Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization (R.I.C.O.) for money laundering.
97. Specifically, the evidence collected by the Department of
Justice directly confirms the gravity of this Complaint, that Defendant
used a Florida charity as a front for terrorist money laundering: "The
I.C.P. has served as a vehicle by which P.I.J. has raised funds to support
terrorist activities in the Occupied Territories". [F.B.I. Affidavit, p.
11, Para. 24]
98. As the statute of limitations concerning terrorist money
laundering has been retroactively extended by Section 809 of the Patriot
Act, there is no legal reason why the Defendant could not be subjected to
criminal prosecution by State or Federal authorities
99. Moreover, no statute of limitations issue could possibly
arise because:
a) Defendant continues to cash checks for charitable
contributions made out to I.C.P., or
b) Defendant continues to solicit funds for his purported
charitable entities, or
c) Defendant continues to deceive consumers by making false,
unfair and deceptive public statements to the media denying that either he
or his entities were connected to terrorism in any way, or
d) creating still more charitable fronts as part of an ongoing
criminal enterprise, or
e) continuing to incite racial hatred at annual conventions of
other terrorist and militant organizations, or
f) continuing to receive laundered money under the guise of a
Florida charity or religious organization, or g) continuing to provide
funding, support and equipment to other terrorist organizations including
Al Qaida.
100. Instead of being arrested, Defendant has been free to
continue and expand his scheme of creating even more non-profit and other
corporations for terrorist money laundering within the State of Florida. A
computer check of the Department of Corporations of the State of Florida
shows that Defendant's name currently appears as the managing director of
several new entities whose activities are ongoing to the present day.
101. The creation of new charitable entities is essential for the
continuation of Defendant's unfair and deceptive scheme, as the assets and
accounts of his old entity, WISE, have been, and remain frozen, by order of
the Secretary of the Treasury. [F.B.I. Affidavit, p.7, n.9, freeze order
renewed in August 2000]
102. In each year since the 1995 F.B.I. raid on Defendant's home
and offices, both President Clinton and President Bush have used their
statutory authority to designate Defendant's Palestinian Islamic Jihad as a
continuing threat to peace in the Middle East and as an "extraordinary
threat to the national security, foreign policy and economy of the United
States". [F.B.I. Affidavit, P.7]
103. The current Attorney General has publicly threatened to
arrest anyone suspected of terrorism even for spitting on a sidewalk. Yet,
Defendant is allowed to continue his activates in an open and outrageous
manner, continually lying to the media and the public about his
"charitable" fronts for terrorism and even demanding his job back at a
state university on grounds of academic freedom of speech.
104. Despite the fact that it was Defendant's own financial
records, videotapes and records that were used as evidence to imprison his
subordinate pending deportation as a threat to national security, Defendant
himself has never been arrested, imprisoned, indicted or prosecuted in any
form or forum..
105. Defendant's application for American citizenship has been
administratively suspended, but no denaturalization procedures have been
initiated against him. Defendant's W.I.S.E. accounts have been frozen, but
no civil or criminal forfeiture proceedings have been initiated to seize
them. His personal assets have never been attached as fruits of a criminal
enterprise.
106. The Department of Justice still has custody of the original
videotapes, documents and records seized from Defendant's home in the 1995
F.B.I. raid, but these records have not been made public apart from a few
translated excerpts submitted in the Al Najjar deportation case in which
Defendant's name was blacked out.
107. The Department of Justice made copies of the tapes and other
evidence seized in the 1995 F.B.I. raid and returned one set of the copies
to Defendant. However, Defendant has refused to release them to the media,
although he
falsely claims that the evidence shows that he has no connection to terrorism.
108. Defendant's recent brazen appearances on local, state and
national television (in which he reiterates lies easily disproved by his
own videotapes demonstrating his overwhelming connection to terrorism) is
evidence of his awareness that he is untouchable, unarrestable, or
otherwise beyond the reach of federal law enforcement.
109. As evidenced by the F.B.I. affidavit, the Federal Government
has intentionally withheld from the public even more information concerning
Defendant's criminal activities in Florida on the grounds that it is
classified for reasons of national security relating to the "foreign
relations, or economic interests of the United States". [F.B.I. Affidavit,
p.2, n.1]
110. Under the Freedom of Information Act, classified information
may be withheld from the public when it might prove "embarrassing to a
foreign government."
111. Under the Florida Consumer Protection Act, Florida Statute
501.206 (5) classified information held by the Federal government may be
reviewed in confidence by a Florida Court in order to determine whether an
unfair, deceptive or unconscionable trade or practice has occurred.
112. For the reasons set forth hereinafter, reasonable grounds
exist for the court to request sua sponte copies of all classified evidence
pertaining to Defendant held by the Federal Government for an in camera
determination as to whether Defendant's conduct constituted an unfair,
deceptive or unconscionable trade or practice under Florida Law.
113. Such a 501.206 (5) determination is particularly appropriate
where, as set forth below, reasonable grounds exist to suspect that the
continued classification of Defendant's activities would be injurious to
the national interest, and /or would assist Defendant in continuing his
unfair, deceptive and unconscionable acts against Florida citizens in the
future, and /or that the information was improperly classified to protect
former and present federal officials from embarrassment.
2B11. MONEY LAUNDERING FOR THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT
114. In truth and in fact, Defendant was allowed to continue his
terrorist operations in Florida under a veil of secrecy and classification
because any prosecution of Defendant would reveal that Defendant was a
small, but significant part of a global money laundering network operated
under the guise of purported American charities run by the Government of
Saudi Arabia.
115. According to publicly available testimony from one of
Defendant's I.C.P. subordinates, the largest single source of Defendant's
funding was from what appeared to be a public tax-exempt charity at 555
Grove Street, Herndon,
Virginia which transferred hundreds of thousands of dollars to Defendant's
charities in Florida.
116. According to confidential client sources, shortly after
discovering that 55 Grove Street was the primary source of Defendant's
funding, the Department of State requested that the Justice Department
terminate their 1995 criminal investigation of Defendant and bring no
charges against him in the future, which order was reluctantly obeyed.
117. It is a matter of public record that 555 Grove Street is the
address used by four interrelated foundations, institutes and charities
with more than a billion dollars of assets donated by or through agents of
the Government of Saudi Arabia. Each year the 555 Grove street charities
donated more than a million dollars to selected organizations such as
Defendant's inside the United States.
118. After 1995, the follow up investigation of Defendant's
connection to suspicious activities at 555 Grove Street was turned over to
John O'Neill, publicly identified as a senior official of the FBI then
responsible for collecting and collating counter-terrorist intelligence
from all U.S. government sources.
119. John O'Neill later resigned his position with the F.B.I.,
stating to his friends that he was disgusted with the way the Saudis were
being protected. According to press sources, O'Neill's resignation
honestly surprised President Bush who immediately demanded a complete
secret review of the U.S. Government's policy towards protecting Saudi
Arabian activities in the United States.
120. In truth and in fact, the Government of Saudi Arabia has
used their charitable fronts in America to fund hate groups, racist
organizations, and terrorist operations like defendants within the United
States for the last thirty years.
121. In truth and in fact, the Government of Saudi Arabia has
used their charitable fronts in America to launder money through groups
like Defendant's to fund overseas terrorist groups including Palestinian
Islamic Jihad, Hamas, Hizbollah and Al Qaida for the last fifteen years,
all for the purpose of wrecking the peace process and preventing the
creation of an independent, Palestinian State.
122. The first documented instance where the Saudi Government
misused a charitable front was in the 1970's in connection with a group
called "The American Friends of A.B.N." the predominant organization within
the Saudi funded "World Anti-Communist League". The C.I.A. warned Congress
in a secret document [now declassified] to have no contact with the A.B.N.
as the organization's leadership consisted almost exclusively of former
Nazi War Criminals and collaborators from Nazi puppet regimes. [Scott
Anderson, et al., "Inside the League"]. From the 1970's onwards, it was an
"article of
faith" among C.I.A. employees that the surest way to end one's government
career was to investigate the Saudis. Similar complaints by F.B.I. agents
have also been reported in the press
123. During the 1980's, following the collapse of the Soviet
Union, the Saudis began to take over the direct funding of terrorist groups
such as Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, headquartered in the former
communist state of Syria. As Oliver North noted in his autobiography,
every time he wanted to do something about counter-terrorism, he was told
to stop because it would embarrass the Saudi Government.
124. In 1988, Jonathan Pollard, a similarly frustrated Naval
Intelligence analyst, gave the State of Israel a highly classified American
list of Saudi Arabian and other Arab intelligence agents, including Osama
Bin Laden. Pollard was given a life sentence in large part because of the
embarrassment caused to Arab governments.
125. During the 1990's, the Saudis used domestic terrorist groups
like Defendant's to launder money overseas for attacks against the State of
Israel, and for the support of other terrorist groups to include the Al
Qaida movement.
126. After many delays, the Saudi policy review, which had been
prompted by John O'Neill's resignation in disgust from the FBI, was finally
set for September 11, 2002 at the White House. Unfortunately, on that date
John O'Neill, he was present at his new job as Chief of Security for the
Twin Trade Towers and was killed in the attack. It is a tragic irony that
the Federal Government's delay in investigating the Saudi charities may
have cost him his life, along with thousands of other American citizens.
127. According to press accounts, the intelligence services of
the Government of India had wiretapped the telephones of a Pakistani
"charity" funded by the Government of Saudi Arabia and intercepted verbal
orders for the transfer of $100,000 to Mohammed Atta, a member of Al
Qaida. Backtracking the telephone numbers called from the Saudi front in
Pakistan enabled American intelligence to complete the rapid
identification of all September 11 skyjackers.
128. After September 11, an inter-agency task force, headed by
the Treasury Department, was established to determine the extent of Saudi
financial support for Al Qaida operatives within the United States and
abroad. The Treasury Department quickly determined that 555 Grove Street
had provided significant financial support for Al Qaida, including the
purchase of Osama Bin Laden's communications equipment.
129. According to public sources, the communications equipment
purchased by the Saudis was personally delivered to Osama Bin Laden's
network in Afghanistan by Tarik Hamdi, a close associate and subordinate of
defendant as well as a board member of W.I.S.E., one of Defendant's Florida
front groups.
130. According to confidential client sources, Treasury and Law
enforcement agencies had planned in January 2002 to search the 555 Grove
Street premises. Once again, the investigation of Saudi "charitable"
fronts has been postponed without explanation.
131. Also, in January 2002, the Executive Branch asked Congress
to cancel public hearings into the failure of the intelligence community to
prevent the Trade Towers attacks, and to hold such hearings in secret session.
132. Shortly afterwards, on January 30, 2002, a preeminent and
respected German newspaper, Die Welt, alleged that the CIA had been ordered
to cover up and conceal Saudi funding of Al Qaida and other terrorist
groups such as Hamas.
133. On January 30, 2002, Die Welt revealed that the Saudis were
continuing to fund the Al Qaida terrorist networks even after 9/11. Citing
German intelligence sources, Die Welt alleged that the C.I.A. knew that the
Saudi Government was offering $5,000 bonuses to Al Qaida fugitives if they
would resettle in Gaza and the West Bank.
134. On January 30, 2002, Die Welt revealed that the Saudi
Government was continuing to fund Palestinian terrorist groups, again
citing German intelligence sources who confirmed that the C.I.A. was also
ordered to cover up the fact that the Saudis had paid $10,000,000 to the
Government of Iran to ship heavy weapons and explosives to Palestine, which
arms ship was intercepted by the Israeli Navy.
135. Despite the recent and unusual statement by the local U.S.
Attorney that Defendant is "still under investigation", there is ample
reason on the public record to question whether any criminal prosecution
either of Defendant or his Saudi financiers will ever take place. It
should be noted that placing Defendant under criminal investigation
precludes obtaining documents about defendant under the Freedom of
Information Act. However, nothing in this complaint should be construed as
the slightest criticism of the F.B.I., C.I.A. or Department of
Justice. This is a foreign policy failure, not the result of any inaction
by the intelligence or law enforcement communities.
136. In the meantime, there is no evidence to suggest that either
the Saudis or the Defendant will ever curtail their activities in the
future, but will continue, as they have in the past, to use Florida
charities and non-profit entities to incite racial hatred, violence and
support for terrorist organizations, all of which is unlawful in the State
of Florida, and which constitutes unfair, deceptive and unconscionable
practices under Florida law, all to the damage of the unwitting citizens of
Florida, and legitimate Florida charities and their donors, whether they
have been harmed
now or could be harmed in the future by Defendant's conduct.
WHEREFORE, the Plaintiff, John J. Loftus, pro se, requests the
Court to order the following relief:
1. Grant an injunction against Defendant personally, and against
any entity, corporation, or non-profit corporation which includes Defendant
as an officer, incorporator, managing director, or resident agent, through
their officers, agents, employees, or any other persons who act under, by,
through or on behalf of Defendant, prohibiting such person from doing the
following acts:
A. Violating Chapter 501, Florida Statutes, as more specifically
alleged above.
B. Publishing or distributing magazines or literature on behalf
of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad or any other terrorist group which
encourages, condones or supports violence, hatred or invidious
discrimination towards any group because of their race, religion or ethnic
origin.
C. Representing or holding themselves out to the public as
charitable entities pending a review by this Court, or from such master or
person as the Court may appoint.
D. Incorporating any further charitable or non-profit entities
without the express prior written consent from this Court, or from such
master or person as the Court may appoint.
E. Soliciting or receiving funds from the public or a public
charity without the express prior written consent from this Court, or from
such master or person whom the Court may appoint.
F. Transferring money, weapons, equipment or communications gear
to Al Qaida or any other terrorist group.
2. Enter an appropriate order under Section 501.207 (3) and/or
under the general equity and plenary powers of the Court, including but not
limited to:
A. Appointment of a master or receiver to supervise the
sequestration or freezing of Defendant's assets, both personal and
corporate, until said master or receiver can determine the true nature and
extent of income or contributions received by Defendant, and expenditures
or transfers of assets made by Defendant.
B. To reimburse consumers, charities, public universities or
government entities government found to have been damaged.
C. To distribute defendant's assets to legitimate charities in
accordance with the reasonable expectations of consumers or government
entities.
D. To strike or limit the application of clauses or contracts to
avoid an unconscionable result, such as employment with a public university
or as a teacher of morals and religion with a tax-exempt organization.
E. To order Defendant to divest himself of any interest in any
enterprise, including real estate, bank accounts, post office boxes in his
possession or under his control pending a determination by this court
whether such interest or assets represent the fruit of ill-gotten gains or
unlawful activity.
F. To impose reasonable restrictions upon Defendant's future
activities to impede him from engaging in or establishing the same type of
endeavor in the future.
G. To order the dissolution or reorganization of any enterprise
listing Defendant as an officer, incorporator, or director.
H. To grant other legal, equitable or other appropriate relief as
the Master shall recommend.
I. To collect all evidence, records, video or tape recordings,
documents, financial records, checkbooks, phone books, journals, computer
files or other records which tend to show directly or indirectly, any
relationship or
connection between the defendant, his enterprises, their sources of income,
and means of disbursement.
J. To assess the expenses of a Master or Receiver against
Defendant or his enterprises.
3. That the Court enter an order to refer this matter to the
Attorney General of the State of Florida and the Department of Law
Enforcement for a determination pursuant to Section 501 whether they should
undertake the prosecution of this action, and whether they should impose a
civil fine upon Defendant of $10,000 for each and every unfair, deceptive
or unconscionable practice, including, but not limited to, each and every
check he solicited from the unwitting public.
4. Because of the extreme likelihood that Defendant, his agents,
servants or employees may destroy their records rather than turn them over
to the Master, Receiver or Attorney General, therefore, under these special
circumstances, the Court should enter an immediate order, pursuant to
section 501.206, requiring:
A. That Defendant should immediately deposit with the Court for
safekeeping Defendant's copy of those records or exhibits seized by the
Federal Government from Defendant's home and residence, which copies were
returned to the defendant and are known to be in his possession, custody or
control.
B. That within five days the Defendant should deposit with the
Court for safekeeping each and every record, video or tape recording,
checkbook, phone book, journal, computer file which tends to show directly
or indirectly, any
relationship between the defendant, his enterprises, their sources of
income, and means of disbursement.
C. That Defendant should present himself before the Court to
modify the order, show that he has fully complied with the order, or be
placed in criminal contempt.
5. Grant restitution to all consumers, known and unknown, found
to have been damaged in this matter by the Defendant.
6. Grant Plaintiff all relief under Section 501.207 Florida Statutes.
7. Waive the Posting of a bond in this action.
8. Award reasonable attorney's fees and costs to Plaintiff.
9. Grant such other and further relief as this Court deems fit
and proper under the circumstances.
Respectfully submitted,
John J. Loftus, pro se
3560 Coquina Key Drive SE
St. Petersburg, Florida 33705
Tel: 727-821-5227
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2C. JOHN LOFTUS CURRICULUM VITAE
John J. Loftus
3560 Coquina Key Drive, SE
St. Petersburg, FL 33705
Tel: 813-821-5227
Fax: 813-821-5227
Email: LoftusHome@CS.com
2C1. EDUCATION:
2C2. TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
2C3. SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS -- AUTHOR, LECTURER, LAWYER:
2C4. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2C5. COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:
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2C1. EDUCATION:
Boston Latin School (1967), Latin, Greek, German, English
Boston College, College of Arts & Sciences (Bachelor of Arts, 1971)
English major, Education minor
U.S. Army Officer Candidate School (commissioned First Lieutenant,
Paratroops, 1972)
Honor Graduate, President of Class, appointed to national O.C.S. faculty
upon graduation
Suffolk University Graduate School (Masters in Public Administration, 1977)
4.0 average simultaneous with law school
Suffolk University Law School (Doctor of Laws, 1977), Editor of Law Review
Trustees Scholarship, appointed Law Clerk (Honors Program) for the Attorney
General of the United States
Georgetown University Law Center (1978-1980) two years post-doctoral
studies in tax law and economics. Instead of finishing my post-Doctoral
thesis, I wrote "The Belarus Secret", which was the Alfred Knopf nominee
for the Pulitzer prize in History and which won the 1982 Emmy Award for
Outstanding Investigative Journalism for the 60 Minutes television episode
based on the book.
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2C2. TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Member, Governor's Task Force on Holocaust Education, State of Florida
President of the Florida Holocaust Museum, formerly Vice President for
Education, St. Petersburg, Florida
International Faculty, University of Buenos Aries, International Symposium
on Anti-Semitism (later appointed by President Menem to Argentine National
Commission to investigate War Crimes)
Guest Instructor, graduate level courses, Summer Institute on Holocaust
Education, University of South Florida, Florida State University,
University of Miami
Guest Lecturer, numerous colleges, universities, and law schools, U.S.A.,
Canada, Mexico (history, social studies and continuing legal education
courses)
Executive Officer (equivalent to a Department Head), U.S. Army National
Training School for Race Relations Instructors
Faculty Instructor, U.S. Army International Officers Course, Advanced
Infantry Officers Course, Officer Candidate School, The School Brigade,
Fort Benning, Georgia
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2C3. SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS -- AUTHOR, LECTURER, LAWYER:
Former Nazi War Crimes Prosecutor (U.S. Dept. of Justice), Liaison to
intelligence agencies, exposed C.I.A. recruitment of Nazi War Criminals
Subject of forthcoming SHOWTIME television series starring Jon Voight and
Dan Quinn as John Loftus
Highest rated national speaker on college lecture circuit for B'Nai Brith
International Lecture Bureau, U.J.A., Harry Walker Agency, numerous
humanitarian awards
Author of four books and two films on U.S. History, Jewish relations and
the Holocaust, expertise in U.S. intelligence and government policy
Expert Witness/Advisor to U.S. Congress, Argentine, British, Canadian and
Australian Parliaments
(War Crimes Investigations)
CONSULTANT TO:
C.B.S. 60 Minutes (Emmy Award for outstanding investigative journalism 1982)
A.B.C. Prime Time Live (resulted in extradition of Erich Priebke, 1995)
B.B.C. (special on Eva Peron and Nazi Gold 1999)
BOOKS & FILMS:
"The Belarus Secret"
(Knopf 1982)
Non-fiction nominee for Pulitzer, several international translations,
filmed as "The Belarus File" (Universal Pictures 1995)
The first declassified history of Nazis recruited by C.I.A.
***
"Valhalla's Wake"
(Atlantic Monthly Press 1990)
Expose of British Intelligence operations in U.S.
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"Unholy Trinity"
(St. Martin's Press 1993)
Published in Australia, France, Italy, Poland, Serbia and the United
Kingdom as "Ratlines", filmed as "Ratlines" by I.T.V. Documentaries and
A&E. A history of the Vatican's Nazi smuggling programs. The new
paperback edition (1998) was cited by the media as a leading source on the
Vatican's role in the Swiss bank scandal.
***
"The Secret War Against the Jews"
(St. Martin's Press 1995)
Current best seller on American government policy. Includes classified
aspects of modern politics, history of western intelligence operations
against Israel as well as covert operations against U.S. Jews. (Jon Voight
has purchased the film
rights for a ten part series on Showtime).
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"Prophets of Terror: The untold story of Jonathan Pollard and other
Americans who tried to warn us about Arab extremism"
(Work in progress, to be released, St. Martin's Press, 2002)
The definitive account of the tragic case of an Israeli spy in America,
supported by newly declassified intelligence documents that shed new light
on the tragedy of 9/11. For thirty years, everyone who tried to speak
about Saudi funding of terrorism was silenced.
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2C4. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1972-1974:
First Lieutenant
U.S. Army Faculty
U.S. Army Infantry Center
Trained Israelis on TOW Missile System, Yom Kippur War
Exec. Officer
U.S. Army Race Relations Instructors School
O.C.S.; A.N.C.O.
1977-1981:
U.S. Department of Justice
Washington, D.C.
Attorney for the United States
Briefed and argued cases in Federal Circuit Courts and Supreme Court
Trial Attorney, Office of Special Investigations (Nazi War Crimes)
Intelligence Community cases (Top Secret Cosmic, Q., S.I. clearance)
1981-1987:
Bingham, Dana & Gould
Boston, M.A.
Private Practice of Law
Bingham, Dana & Gould, largest corporate law firm in Boston
Libel lawyer for Boston Globe and other media
Left in 1983 to form Loftus Law Offices
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2C5. COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:
Advisory Board Member
Islam-Israel Fellowship
Root & Branch Association, Ltd.
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President
Florida Holocaust Museum
St. Petersburg, FL.
Helped found the 5th largest Holocaust Museum in the world (opened 1998)
Formerly Vice President/Education
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Political Consultant
Advance man and regional director for Michael Dukakis
Deputy Campaign Manager for Edward Markey, Delegate Mass. Dem. Convention
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Elected Chairman of Town Planning Board, Rockland, Mass.
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Local S.A.C. Member
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Vice President
P.S.T.A.
Johns Hopkins Middle School
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Head Coach (Rec.)
Southside Youth Soccer League
(D Licensed)
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Helped organize and lead March against Racism
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March 2002 recipient of the "Person of Courage Award", St. Petersburg
International Folk Festival
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