Wednesday, October 24, 2012

12-10-25 PRESS RELEASE – The case of self-immolated social protest activist Moshe Silman – Judge Hagai Brenner steps down


The evidence shows that the case as a whole was conducted as simulated litigation [Halichim LeMar'it A'in]. The original complaint was filed under a case number, which now the Tel Aviv District Court says never existed, and Judge Brenner affected dismissal of the original complaint and also dismissed an appeal from his own decision. Public access to court records in this case is yet to be gained.

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Self-immolated social protest activist Moshe Silman.
           

Tel Aviv, October 25 – In response to Disqualification for a Cause, filed by Joseph Zernik, PhD, of Human Rights Alert (NGO), Judge Hagai Brenner stepped down from the case of Silman v Social Security Administration in the Tel Aviv District Court.
The August 30, 2012 notice, received from the Tel Aviv District Court says:
The Request is replete with baseless claims, stemming from lack of understanding by the Requester of the manner in which decisions are issued  in Net HaMishpat [the case management system of the Court-jz] and regarding work procedures in the Court. There is not a single valid reason in the Request, which could lead to real concern regarding bias. With it, given changes in the work schedule of the Court, the Request to Inspect and to Copy will be reviewed by the Honorable Magistrate. Therefore, the current Request is moot, and there is no need to address its contents.
It should be noted that the notice was served as an unsigned  "Post-it Decision", and was accompanied by an unsigned authentication record.
The Disqualification for a Cause noted evidence that the case as a whole was conducted as simulated litigation [Halichim LeMar'it A'in]: [2]
  • The original complaint was filed under a case number 13491/2008, which now the Tel Aviv District Court says never existed, and
  • Judge Brenner affected dismissal of the original complaint (in his hat of magistrate) and also dismissed an appeal from his own decision (in his hat of pro tem district judge).
The August 30, 2012 notice by Judge Hagai Brenner also demonstrates the failure of the courts of the State of Israel to establish valid and transparent judicial assignment and re-assignment procedures.
In the meanwhile, the Tel Aviv District Court continues to delay access to the court file records, and also continues to delay decision on a request for copies of decisions in the case, certified by the Clerk of the Court.
The case of the late Moshe Silman was submitted as part of the Human Rights Alert (NGO) report to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations, due for review in early 2013. [3]
The Human Rights Alert report is titled, "Integrity, or lack thereof, in the electronic records of the courts of the State of Israel", and subtitled, "A court which refuses to certify its own decisions, is certified corrupt".
LINKS:
[1] 12-08-30 Silman v State of Israel (1752-08) in the Tel Aviv District Court – Judge Hagai Brenner's simulated decision to step down in response to Disqualification for a Cause
[2] 12-07-25 Time Line of Events: Moshe Silman - self-immolated, Israeli social protest activist - and the justice system of the State of Israel
[3] 12-10-11 Human Right Alert's Appendix IV to Submission; 2013 UPR of the State of Israel - The case of Moshe Silman

12-10-25 Medieval...


Whoever thinks that a government that engages in the conduct, detailed below, could respect the Human Rights of its own citizens, must be delusional... JZ

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Whistleblower who revealed CIA torture sentenced to prison

Former CIA agent John Kiriakou pleaded guilty Tuesday morning to crimes related to blowing the whistle on the US government’s torture of suspected terrorists and was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison. 
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The Back Story to Kiriakou's Imminent Guilty Plea

By Jesselyn Radack 

October 23, 2012 "
Daily Kos" -- A change of plea hearing is set for today at 11:00 am in the Espionage Act case against Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) whistleblower John Kiriakou.
Let's be clear, there is one reason, and one reason only, that John Kiriakou is taking this plea: for the certainty that he'll be out of jail in 2 1/2 years to see his five children grow up.
The government is prepared to drop 80% of its case, including all Espionage Act charges (sound familiar, ahem, Tom Drake?). Kiriakou is expected to plead guilty to violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act (IIPA)--there are no reported cases interpreting it because it's nearly impossible to prove--for "outing" a torturer. "Outing" is in quotes because the charge is not that Kiriakou's actions resulted in a public disclosure of the name, but that through a Kevin Bacon-style chain of causation, GITMO torture victims learned the name of one of their possible torturers. Regardless, how does outing a torturer hurt the national security of the U.S.? It's like arguing that outing a Nazi guarding a concentration camp would hurt the national security of Germany.
In the last couple of weeks, it became public that:
 
. . .  The CIA officer listed as "Officer A" in the John Kiriakou complaint has been revealed to be Thomas Donahue  Fletcher. Born in 1953. Fletcher is currently a resident of Vienna, VA. Further - source states journalists have known identity of this person prior to August 2008, when Kiriakou allegedly confirmed the identity in an email to Matthew Cole, formerly of ABC News. . . . Thomas Donahue Fletcher was the chief of the Headquarters Based Rendition Group and was personally responsible for the rendition of Abu Zubaydah (as well as other high-value detainees) to the CIA black site in Thailand and witnessed and played a role in Zubaydah's torture.
An effectively-forced plea from John Kiriakou will be the tragic bookend to the torture narrative: Kiriakou will be going to jail, while Fletcher happily enjoys retirement in Vienna VA, safe with protection from "the most transparent administration in history."
READ MORE:
U.S. Intends to Keep Adding names to Kill Lists
By Greg Miller
Over the past two years, the Obama administration has been secretly developing a new blueprint for pursuing terrorists, a next-generation targeting list called the "disposition matrix." 

12-10-24 The Israel Bar Association refuses to disclose the nature of its relationship with ComSign, LTD - sole certifier and hacker of the electronic signatures of the State of Israel

The Human Rights Alert (NGO) submission to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations provides evidence of large-scale fraud in the implementation of the Electronic Signature Act (2001), which undermines the integrity of the justice and financial systems of the State of Israel.  Key figures in such conduct are Attorneys Yoram HaCohen and Amit Ashkenazi, senior officers of the Ministry of Justice.  The Israel Bar Association, while expressing its authority to review Ethics Complaints against the two attorneys, refuses to provide a statement on the record regarding its relationship with ComSign, LTD. Public records indicate that the Bar is in close business relationship with ComSign, LTD. A reasonable person would seriously doubt that the Israel Bar Association and/or its District Committees are competent for review of Ethics Complaints against Attorneys HaCohen and/or Ashkenazi in matters pertaining to their conduct vis-à-vis ComSign, LTD.  The Human Rights Alert submission, titled, " Integrity, or lack thereof, in the electronic record systems in the courts of the State of Israel", is scheduled for review in January-February 2013.
 



Jerusalem, October  24 – Human Rights Alert (NGO) has released recent correspondence with the Israel Bar Association-Central Committee, and the Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem-District Committees, pertaining to Ethics Complaints, previously filed with the Bar against Attorneys Yoram HaCohen and Amit Ashkenazi. [1-5]

The latest communications show that:
·                  Neither the Israel Bar-Central Committee, nor the Jerusalem-, Tel-Aviv-District Committees have responded so far on previous requests to disclose the nature of their relationship with ComSign, LTD. 
·                  The Tel Aviv District engages in communications of dubious nature in this matter:  It fails to refer to the previously filed Complaint against Attorney Amit Ashkenazi as such.  It only confirms receipt of a "letter" [פנייה]; it failed to issue a reference number for the Complaint against Attorney Amit Ashkenazi; It fails to explain, why the previously filed Complaint against Attorney Amit Ashkenazi has not been registered by the Tel Aviv-District as such, and it fails to include a reference number for its recent communication in this matter.  Overall, conduct of the Tel Aviv Bar suggests that it is ready, willing, able to initiate a simulated complaint review procedure.

On such background, a reasonable person would seriously doubt that the Israel Bar Association and/or its District Committees are competent for review of Ethics Complaints against Attorneys HaCohen and/or Ashkenazi in matters pertaining to their conduct vis-à-vis ComSign, LTD.

Conduct of the Israel Bar Association in this matter is not unique among Israeli professional organizations, either:
·         The Israeli chapter of ISACA, "The Worldwide Association of Information Systems Professionals",  "dedicated to the audit, control, and security of information systems," and its President Mr Doron Ronen, CPA (Isr), refuse to opine on integrity, or lack thereof, in the electronic records of the State of Israel, while, attempting legal intimidation against the author.
·         The Israeli Institute of Certified Public Accountants and its President Doron Copman, CPA (Isr) refuse to opine, or accept complaint, pertaining to alleged fraud in the 2012 Audit Letter for ComSign, signed by Accountant Erez Shefler CPA (Isr).

The notable exception are a number of Israeli computing/cryptology and legal experts,  who were willing to advise and opine on the matter.

The Human Rights Alert submission to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations is titled, " Integrity, or lack thereof, in the electronic record systems in the courts of the State of Israel", and subtitled, "A court, which refuses to certify its own records, is certified corrupt".  It is scheduled for review in January-February 2013. [6-10]

LINKS:
[1] 12-10-24 Letter to the Israel Bar Association, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem-Districts, in re - Ethics Complaints against Attorneys Yoram HaCohen and Amit Ashkenazi s
[2] August 12, 2012 Letter by the Israel Bar-Tel Aviv District, in re – "Letter" concerning Attorney Ashkenazi (No reference number)
[3] 12-08-23 Letter by the Israel Bar-Jerusalem District Committee, in re – Complaint  Against Attorney Yoram HaCohen (313-12פ)
[4] 12-09-11 Letter by the Israel Bar-Central Committee, in Re – Complaint against Attorney Ashkenazi, filed with the Tel Aviv District Committee (A'2-Complaints 01195412)
[5] 12-10-11 Letter by the Israel Bar–Jerusalem District Committee, in re – Complaint  against Attorney Yoram HaCohen (313/12פ)
[6] 12-06-04 Human Right Alert's Submission; 2013 UPR of the State of Israel: Integrity, or lack thereof, of the electronic record systems of the courts of the State of Israel
[7] 12-05-10 Human Right Alert's Appendix I to Submission; 2013 UPR of the State of Israel: Integrity, or lack thereof, in the electronic record systems in the courts of the State of Israel
[8] 12-07-18 Human Right Alert's Appendix II to Submission; 2013 UPR of the State of Israel: Integrity, or lack thereof, in the electronic record systems in the courts of the State of Israel - Additional Responses by National Authorities/Experts, Re: ComSign, LTD - sole certifier and hacker of the digital signatures of the State of Israel
[9] 12-10-10 Human Right Alert's Appendix III to Submission; 2013 UPR of the State of Israel - Integrity, or lack thereof, in the electronic record systems in the courts of the State of Israel - peer-reviewed and published in Data Analytics 2012 s
[10] 12-10-11 Human Right Alert's Appendix IV to Submission; 2013 UPR of the State of Israel - Integrity, or lack thereof, in the electronic record systems in the courts of the State of Israel - the case of Moshe Silman
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Joseph Zernik, PhD
Human Rights Alert (NGO)

* The 2010 submission of Human Rights Alert to the Human Rights Council (HRC) of the United Nations, regarding the United States, was reviewed by the HRC professional staff and incorporated in the official HRC Professional Staff Report with a note referring to “corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California.”
* The 2012 submission of Human Rights Alert to the HRC regarding the State of Israel, titled "Integrity or lack thereof, of the electronic record systems of the courts of the State of Israel".  It is scheduled for review in early 2013.

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