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Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 08:54:52 -0800
From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) End Nuclear Threat Now

Support the global Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act of 1999,
H.R. 2545, by urging your Congressperson to sign on as a cosponsor, by doing
ballot intitatives in your state, and by demanding all Election2000
candidates take a stand on this new law.  Give this message to your
Congressperson indexed by zipcode at 202-224-3121 or 202-225-3121.    Full
details are posted at http://www.prop1.org/prop1/ehn99716.htm


Please support, and help combine all survival issues in a "united front
approach" for, the global nuclear abolition coalition initiation on January
15th of Global Peace Walk2000 from San Francisco to Washington DC to New
York City for the United Nations 55th anniversary, October 24, 2000,
inaugurating the UN Decade for Creating a Culture of Peace for the 21st
Century.  Over a million people are expected for the Millennial Peace
Ceremony at the Washington Monument on October 9th.  Be one.
http://www.globalpeacenow.org





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Date: Tue,  2 Nov 1999 11:00:51 -0800 (PST)
From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Senate Vote Leaves the World a more Dangerous Place

SENATE VOTE LEAVES THE WORLD A MORE DANGEROUS PLACE
By David Krieger*

       In failing to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, the US
Senate played partisan politics with an issue of utmost importance to the
security of the US and the world.  Observing the debates in the Senate on
this issue, I was once again left with the impression that our Senators do
not fully understand nor particularly care that the rest of the world pays
attention to what they say and do.  Much of the world looks to the United
States for leadership, but there is little to be found these days in the
highest offices of our government.

       In 1995 I attended the Review and Extension Conference of the Treaty
on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).  It was and remains
clearly in the interests of the United States and all other countries in
the world to prevent further proliferation of nuclear weapons.  At that
Treaty Conference the US was fighting for the indefinite extension of the
Treaty.  However, many other countries were questioning whether the Treaty
should be extended indefinitely since the US and other nuclear weapons
states had not kept their promise for good faith negotiations on nuclear
disarmament during the first 25 years of the Treaty's existence.

       In the end, the NPT was extended indefinitely.  To achieve this
result the US and the other nuclear weapons states agreed to a set of
Principles and Objectives that included "a universal and internationally
and effectively verifiable Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty no later
than 1996."  This Treaty was, in fact, negotiated and opened for signatures
in September 1996.  The first country to sign was the United States.

       The Comprehensive Test Ban is a treaty that is very much in our
interests.  After all, we have already conducted some 1,050 atmospheric and
underground nuclear test explosions, more than any other nation.  The
Treaty allows conducting laboratory tests by computer simulation.  The US
has also been conducting sub-critical nuclear tests at the Nevada Test
Site, although these violate the spirit if not the letter of the Treaty.
We are currently spending some $4.5 billion annually on our Stockpile
Stewardship and Management Program to maintain and further improve our
nuclear arsenal.

       When a few weeks ago the Senate defeated the ratification of the
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty we were saying to the world that we have
little interest in providing leadership toward a nuclear weapons free
world.  Rather, we want to hold open the option of further testing of our
nuclear weapons free of current restraints.  This means, of course, that
other nations may well decide to do the same.

    Prior to the Senate vote, leaders of our key allies in Europe --
President Jacques Chirac of France, Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain,
and Chancellor Gerhard Schroder of Germany -- wrote: "Rejection of the
treaty in the Senate would remove the pressure from other states still
hesitating about whether to ratify it.  Rejection would give great
encouragement to proliferators.  Rejection would also expose a fundamental
divergence within NATO."

    But the Senate was not to be swayed by either friends or logic.
They chose instead to place their bets on continued reliance on nuclear
weapons.  They have also, along with the Members of the House of
Representatives, voted to deploy a National Missile Defense System "as soon
as technologically feasible."  This would result in the undermining of the
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, an arms control measure that came into force
under the Nixon administration.  Despite assurances by the Defense
Department that the planned missile defense system is aimed at so-called
"rogue" nations and not at the Russians, the Russians have indicated that
such a system could mean the end of further reductions in nuclear armaments
and possibly the beginning of a new offensive nuclear arms race.

    Neither we nor the Russians must return to the days of the Cold
War.  We know the price that was extracted in terms of risks to humanity
and dollar expenditures (more than $5.5 trillion spent by the U.S. alone).
We live in a dangerous world.  But, as many top US military leaders who
have begun to speak out against nuclear arms have pointed out, there is no
problem that nuclear weapons would not make worse.

    Lest we forget, here is what nuclear weapons can do.  One nuclear
weapon could destroy a city.  Two small nuclear weapons destroyed Hiroshima
and Nagasaki.  Ten nuclear weapons could destroy a country.  Imagine the US
with New York, Washington, DC, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta,
Dallas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Seattle destroyed by nuclear
blasts.

    One hundred nuclear weapons could destroy civilization.  One
thousand nuclear weapons could destroy the human species and most life on
Earth.  And yet, there remain some 35,000 nuclear weapons in the world.
Some 5,000 of these are on hair-trigger alert despite the fact that the
Cold War ended ten years ago.

       Congress is displaying an ostrich-like mentality, believing that we
can threaten others with our nuclear weapons while putting up a "shield" to
protect ourselves.  What is most disturbing about this world view is that
while we keep our collective heads in the sand, we are missing the
opportunity to show real leadership in moving toward a world free of
nuclear weapons.  This opportunity may not come again.

    In April 1999 the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation presented its
Distinguished Peace Leadership Award to General Lee Butler, a former
Commander-in-Chief of the United States Strategic Command.  General Butler
was once in charge of all US strategic nuclear weapons.  He was the man
responsible for advising the President of the United States on whether or
not to use nuclear weapons in a crisis situation.  While he held this
position, General Butler could never be more than three rings from his
telephone.  He is now an ardent advocate of abolishing all nuclear weapons.


    While with us in Santa Barbara, General Butler recalled: "When I
retired in 1994, I was persuaded that we were on a path that was
miraculous, that was irreversible, and that gave us the opportunity to
actually pursue a set of initiatives, acquire a new mindset, and re-embrace
a set of principles having to do with the sanctity of life and the miracle
of existence that would take us on the path to zero.  I was dismayed,
mortified, and ultimately radicalized by the fact that within a period of a
year that momentum again was slowed.  A process that I have called the
creeping re-rationalization of nuclear weapons was introduced...."

    The Senate vote on the CTBT is reflective of this "creeping
re-rationalization of nuclear weapons."  It will undoubtedly be a major
subject of concern when the Review Conference for the Non-Proliferation
Treaty is held in the year 2000.  Representatives of many countries will
note that the US and other nuclear weapons states have not ratified the
CTBT, and they will wonder why.  They will wonder whether they should not
hold open their own options for developing nuclear arsenals.  They will
ask:  "If the world's most powerful nation chooses to base its security on
nuclear weapons and keeps open its options to continue testing these
weapons, shouldn't we consider doing so as well?"

    In the end, the Senate's vote was arrogant and shortsighted.  It
leaves the world a more dangerous place, and the future in greater doubt.


    * David Krieger, is president of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.
Further information can be found at the Foundation's web site:
www.wagingpeace.org.



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Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 03:43:40 -0500
From: Coalition for Peace Action <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) PLEASE SIGN LETTER ON Y2K/DE-ALERTING N-WEAPONS TO DEFENCE SECYCOHEN/CLINTON

We're also happy to sign the letter.

- --
Rev. Robert Moore, Executive Director, Coalition for Peace Action
40 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ  08542
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Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 09:12:41 +1100
From: "Helen Caldicott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) UN Space Resolution Passes

Ecxellent work Bruce! now you've just got to grab the US, the international
outlaw,  Helen

- ----- Original Message -----
From: Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
<[e-mail]>
To: Abolition USA <[e-mail]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 12:46 AM
Subject: (abolition-usa) UN Space Resolution Passes


>
>
>
> PEACE IN SPACE RESOLUTION PASSES U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY
>
> By a vote of 138-0 (with two abstentions) the U.N. resolution entitled
> "Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space" passed the General Assembly on
> November 1, 1999.
>
> The two nations that abstained were the United States and Israel.
>
> The resolution reaffirmed that the "will of all States that the
> exploration and use of outer space, including the Moon and other celestial
> bodies, shall be for peaceful purposes and shall be carried out for the
> benefit and in the interest of all countries...."
>
> The passage of the resolution is significant because it reflects the
> growing consciousness that a global democratic debate must now ensue if we
> are to keep space from becoming the next area of military war fighting
> operations as the U.S. Space Command envisions.
>
> The next step that is required from the U.N. is the strengthening of the
> 1967 Outer Space Treaty.  Please make an effort to urge the U.N.
> delegation from your nation to help make this happen.
>
> Following is the list of all nations that voted for the resolution:
>
> -  Algeria
> -  Andorra
> -  Argentina
> -  Armenia
> -  Australia
> -  Austria
> -  Azerbaijan
> -  Bahrain
> -  Bangladesh
> -  Barbados
> -  Belarus
> -  Belgium
> -  Bhutan
> -  Bolivia
> -  Bosnia/Herzeg
> -  Botswana
> -  Brazil
> -  Brunei Dar-Salam
> -  Bulgaria
> -  Burkina Faso
> -  Cambodia
> -  Canada
> -  Cape Verde
> -  Chad
> -  Chile
> -  China
> -  Colombia
> -  Costa Rica
> -  Cote D'Ivoire
> -  Croatia
> -  Cuba
> -  Cyprus
> -  Czech Republic
> -  Dem PR of Korea
> -  Denmark
> -  Djibouti
> -  Dominican Republic
> -  Ecuador
> -  Egypt
> -  El Salvador
> -  Eritrea
> -  Estonia
> -  Ethiopia
> -  Fiji
> -  Finland
> -  France
> -  Georgia
> -  Germany
> -  Ghana
> -  Greece
> -  Guatemala
> -  Guinea
> -  Guyana
> -  Haiti
> -  Hungary
> -  Iceland
> -  India
> -  Indonesia
> -  Iran
> -  Ireland
> -  Italy
> -  Jamaica
> -  Japan
> -  Kazakhstan
> -  Kenya
> -  Lao Pdr
> -  Latvia
> -  Lebanon
> -  Libyan AJ
> -  Liechtenstein
> -  Lithuania
> -  Luxembourg
> -  Madagascar
> -  Malaysia
> -  Maldives
> -  Mali
> -  Malta
> -  Mauritius
> -  Mexico
> -  Monaco
> -  Mongola
> -  Morocco
> -  Mozambique
> -  Myanmar
> -  Namibia
> -  Nepal
> -  Netherlands
> -  New Zealand
> -  Nicaragua
> -  Nigeria
> -  Norway
> -  Oman
> -  Pakistan
> -  Panama
> -  Papua N Guinea
> -  Paraguay
> -  Peru
> -  Philippines
> -  Poland
> -  Portugal
> -  Qatar
> -  Rep of Korea
> -  Rep of Moldova
> -  Romania
> -  Russian Federation
> -  San Marino
> -  Saudi Arabia
> -  Senegal
> -  Sierra Leone
> -  Singapore
> -  Slovakia
> -  Slovenia
> -  Solomon Islands
> -  South Africa
> -  Spain
> -  Sri Lanka
> -  Sudan
> -  Swaziland
> -  Sweden
> -  Syrian AR
> -  Thailand
> -  Thefyr Macedonia
> -  Togo
> -  Trinidad-Tobago
> -  Tunisia
> -  Turkey
> -  Turkmenistan
> -  Uganda
> -  Ukraine
> -  U A Emirates
> -  United Kingdom
> -  Uruguay
> -  Uzbekistan
> -  Venezuela
> -  Viet Nam
> -  Yemen
> -  Zimbabwe
>
>
> Bruce K. Gagnon
> Coordinator
> Global Network
> PO Box 90083, Gainesville, Fl 32607
> Web site:  http://www.globenet.free-online.co.uk/
> [phone]
>
>
>
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Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 14:31:32 +1000
From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Y2K DE-ALERT LETTER TO US DEFENCE SECY COHEN PLS SIGN

John Hallam
=46riends of the Earth Sydney,
17 Lord street, Newtown, NSW, Australia,
=46ax(61)(2)9517-3902 ph (61)(2)9517-3903
[e-mail]    http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd
http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd/nuclear/bbletter.html

DEAR ALL: THIS LETTER IS TO BE FAXED THIS COMING SATURDAY SYDNEY TIME
(18 hours before US time, so friday US time).

Please sign it by emailing [e-mail], with your organisations
physical adress and your title.

It asks  US Defence Secy Cohen to take nuclear weapons off alert over the
y2K rollover period. If you think it's insane to have 2,000 US warheads
(and 3.600 Russian ones) capable of being launched over 20 minutes, over
the Y2K rollover, let secretary Cohen know.

If you want to sign on to a similar letter to Yeltsin and Sergeyev, please
sign the existing Yeltsin/Clinton sign on, on
http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd/nuclear/bbletter.html

(YOU SIGN BY SENDING ME AN EMAIL TO THIS ADRESS).

A global fax campaign will commence (or re-commence - one already exists)
on November 7.

My apologies for the inevitable double-postings.

TO:
WILLIAM COHEN, US SECRETARY OF DEFENCE,
[phone],

PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON,
WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, US,
[phone], [phone].

Y2K AND DE-ALERTING OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS


Dear President Clinton and Secretary for Defence Cohen,
I am writing  to urge your administration to take US nuclear forces off
'hairtrigger alert' even if only during the Y2K rollover period.

It is particularly disturbing that you are reported as having stated in
Moscow that de-alerting of nuclear forces is 'off the table' as a stability
building measure. You have also been quoted as saying  that 'The better
course is reduction, limiting the number of weapons, and establishing
shared early warning centers'.

These measures are not in competition with each other. All of them -
reductions in the number of weapons, the establishment of shared early
warning centers and de-alerting - are equally vital to the reduction of
tension and the establishment of strategic stability.

This is particularly the case in view of the uncertainties posed by the
millennium date change (Y2K).

As you are well aware, the largest and oldest computer system complexes in
the world are those that control nuclear weapons systems.

We are  well aware that the chief of Stratcom, Admiral Mies has said in
congressional testimony in April and July 1999 that the defence department
is well advanced in terms of its Y2K-remediation program.

The Y2K problem is such that it is just not possible to be as certain as
Mies is in his testimony. This is because  very nature of this kind of
problem prohibits you from being certain that every possible programming
glitch is truly fixed. In fact no - one will be completely certain until
the real date change itself,  and indeed until well into the new year.

And even if you are able to  convincingly prove that US strategic nuclear
computer systems are truly Y2K compliant and that they are 'fail safe', you
will be well aware of the great concern that has been voiced over the Y2K
readiness of Russia.

Russia has, until recently, made little effort to even  acknowledge the Y2K
problem, let alone fix it. It is therefore quite possible that Russian
computerized control systems are not Y2K compliant and that they will
experience widespread failures during the Y2K rollover period.

Even more disquieting is the fact that that the Russians have constructed
the system known as 'Perimeter', or the 'dead hand'.

Perimiter seems to offer additional pathways by which Y2K -related  command
and control failures could lead to an accidental launch of missiles,
possibly by Y2K - related failures in sensors combined with system blackout
fooling the system into thinking that  an attack had taken place.

The establishment of a Y2K strategic stability center in Colorado is
certainly an advantageous move and an absolutely essential one.

However, it does not entirely remove the danger of an accidental launch of
nuclear weapons.

The fact that the Center is scheduled, as far as the public is aware, to
come into operation only on December 27th, four days prior to the rollover,
is itself far from reassuring. A four day delay will render it useless.

Similarly, the center itself will depend on the availability of
ultra-reliable hotlines between it and Moscow. The recently admitted Y2K
vulnerabilities  discovered, according to Reuters reports of congressional
testimony, in six of the seven hotlines established during the cold war
period are also cause for deep concern.

If nuclear weapons are removed from a status in which they can be launched
within minutes, and placed in one which would require at least days to
launch, the risk of an accidental missile launch induced by Y2K or other
errors in command and control systems will be virtually eliminated.

This  has been done by the UK, which has moved the 'notice to fire' for its
missile forces from minutes to days.

De-alerting of nuclear forces was strongly recommended by the Canberra
Commission in 1996 as a way to develop strategic stability and build trust
between the US and Russia. It has also been incorporated into last year's
and  this years text of the New Agenda Resolution in the UN General
Assembly.
In addition it has been the subject of two resolutions passed by the
Australian Senate on 12 August and 20September.

(Text of these resolutions has been passed on to you by the deputy
president of our Senate, Senator Sue West.)

Mr. Clinton and Mr. Cohen, we believe that in taking De-alerting 'off the
table', the United States is making a serious error. We believe that
failure to take nuclear forces off hairtrigger alert over the Y2K
'rollover' period is an error that has the potential of causing unthinkable
consequences.

The probability of this may be low but it  will never be zero as long as
nuclear forces remain on hair-trigger alert.

In a letter in response to a sign on letter from over 270 (now 460) NGOs,
Russian Foreign Minister Ivanov  said that:
"The questions of removing from the military duty of Russian and American
nuclear armaments which you mention in your appeal may become the matter
for discussion between the two countries in the context of negotiations on
further limitation of the strategic nuclear weapons"

This hardly indicates that De-alerting is 'off the table' as far as the
Russian Government is concerned.  It should be very much on the table as
far as your administration is concerned.

(Text of the Russian reply with english translation to our letter is
enclosed).

In a previous administration, President Bush took strategic bomber forces
off alert. We urge you to do this with all US nuclear forces.

Signed
John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Sydney.
Ak Malten, Global Anti-Nuclear Alliance, The Hague,
Tom Mc Donald, British-American Security Information Council,(BASIC) London,
Marion Hancock, Aotearoa Peace Foundation, Auckland, NZ.,
Alice Slater, Global Resource and Action Centre for the Environment, NY.,
Ellen Thomas, Proposition-1 Committee, Washington DC.,
Marylia Kelley, Executive Director, Tri -Valley CAREs, (Communities Against
a Radioactive Environment), Livermore, CA,
Laurie grossman, Y2K-WASH,(World Atomic Safety Holiday) San Francisco,
Carah Ong, Abolition 2000 Coordinator,



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Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 15:11:18 +1000
From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) LETTERS ON Y2K AND DE-ALERTING URL

Dear Abolition 2000 Network Friends,

The following letters about the Y2K problem can now be found at:

http://www.cornnet.nl/~akmalten/letters.html

Which is a sub-index of my GANA's News-index, with the following URL:

http://www.cornnet.nl/~akmalten/news.html


These Letters are there to read:

** Y2K N-Weapons DE-Alerting Sign-on Letter To US Defence Secretary Cohen
   And President Clinton

** Y2K N-Weapons DE-Alerting Sign-on Letter To President Yeltsin And
   President Clinton

** A highly significant discussion of the depth, complexity and confusion
   of the "Y2K Problem" by Dale W. Way, Chairman Year 2000 Technical
   Information Focus Group Technical Activities Board, The Institute of
   Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in his Critique of Ed
   Yourdon's "End Game" Essay

If you would like to receive an e-mail copy of one of these letters,
you the could send a request to:

[e-mail]

with the title of the letter in text body
and the subject:

yes, I would like to receive this letter.

Peace,
or saved by
the pigeon,

Ak Malten,

Global Anti-Nuclear Alliance


=============================================================
  The Global Anti-Nuclear Alliance (GANA) -- is a member of
  The Abolition 2000 Network, A Global Network to Eliminate
  Nuclear Weapons

Address: c/o Ak Malten
        Irisstraat 134          Tel:[phone]
        2565TP The Hague        Fax:[phone]
        The Netherlands         E-Mail: [e-mail]

GANA's website:

       http://www.cornnet.nl/~akmalten/welcome.html

The ICJ Advisory Opinion on Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons,
 **including ALL the Separate Opinions of ALL the Judges**,
    the Canberra Report, the CTBT Text and Protocol,
         the NPT text and the 1925 Gas Protocol,
              the Nuremberg Principles and
   the MODEL Nuclear Weapons Convention can be found at:

       http://www.cornnet.nl/~akmalten/docs.html
=============================================================



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Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 22:48:19 -0700
From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 21:41:58 -0800

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Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 11:30:10 -0600
From: "Boyle, Francis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Hanford/Chernobyl: Poison from Rocky Flats

another very interesting precedent here, involving an intersection of
anti-nuclear weapons  and environmental concerns. Many years ago I worked on
an anti-nuclear protest case at the Hanford Reservation, protesting the
manufacture of nuclear warheads there. At that time, Hanford had the only
nuclear reactor in America that was like Chernobyl, only this was before the
disaster at Chernobyl. In any event, we were in State court because the
protest took place in front of the entrance to the Hanford Reservation, but
all the shots were being called by the federal government. We filed papers
convincing the judge to allow us to put on a necessity defense with respect
to international law, dealing with the use of the Chernobyl-type reactor to
manufacture nuclear weapons. Our first witness was a scientist, who was
going to testify about how many people in the immediate vicinity would die
from cancer if there was an accident at Hanford--along the lines of what
later happened at Chernobyl. The government objected to the witness. The
judge overruled the objection, pursuant to his earlier ruling.After a brief
break in the action, the government dropped all charges. Obviously, they had
checked with the Feds. And obviously, the Feds had concluded that they did
not want our expert to get on the stand, under oath, and explain to the
people living near Hanford how many of them would die from cancer in the
event of an accident at the Chernobyl-type reactor. Our people took a
walk--into freedom.
Francis A. Boyle
Professor of International Law


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From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 10:41 AM
To: [e-mail]; [e-mail]; [e-mail];
[e-mail]; [e-mail];
[e-mail]; [e-mail];
[e-mail]; [e-mail]
Subject: Poison from Rocky Flats


Thanks for the message back. Yes, the danger to human health and safety
continues. It is interesting how different groups of people working on
issues
perceive those issues and actions. WE were vilified by the no-nukes crowd
when we entered the issue from 1986 on, because they thought we diminished
"their issue" because of our focus on environment, health impacts, and
safety. It takes a lot of people working on all sides to successfully tackle

a huge problem such as this. Thanks to people such as my sister Susan Hurst,

Jim Stone, and other whistleblowers begging the FBI to investigate and go
after Rocky Flats for environmental crimes, action was finally taken.
Ironically, in 1991 Rockwell plead guilty in federal court to the Clean
Water
Act violations my sister took to the FBI in 1986. Pressure comes from all
sides, and chips away at the big stone. Reading over 100 cubic feet of
documents on environmental, unplanned events, UOR's, technical, and safety
problems, has given us perspective we would at times rather not have, and it

has been exhausting work. I appreciate seeing more details on your
contribution to this effort. I would love to see YOUR briefs.

Yours,

Paula Elofson-Gardine
Executive Director
Environmental Information Network
>From the Fallout Zone of Rocky Flats

In a message dated 11/2/99 7:30:49 AM Mountain Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< Of course
 Rocky Flats continues today poisoning and polluting the ground, air, water
 and People living between Boulder and Denver, including my brother, his
wife
 and their son, my nephew,Timothy Francis Boyle. But i still have a nice
 brief here that could be dusted off and updated if there are some protests
 on environmental grounds on the state road in front of Rocky Flats.
 Francis A. Boyle >>

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Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 13:05:27 -0500
From: Rosalie Tyler Paul <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Y2K sign on letter

Please sign us on

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Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 11:30:10 -0600
From: "Boyle, Francis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Hanford/Chernobyl: Poison from Rocky Flats

Mailinglist 'Citizens Inspections to Prevent War Crimes'
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another very interesting precedent here, involving an intersection of
anti-nuclear weapons  and environmental concerns. Many years ago I worked on
an anti-nuclear protest case at the Hanford Reservation, protesting the
manufacture of nuclear warheads there. At that time, Hanford had the only
nuclear reactor in America that was like Chernobyl, only this was before the
disaster at Chernobyl. In any event, we were in State court because the
protest took place in front of the entrance to the Hanford Reservation, but
all the shots were being called by the federal government. We filed papers
convincing the judge to allow us to put on a necessity defense with respect
to international law, dealing with the use of the Chernobyl-type reactor to
manufacture nuclear weapons. Our first witness was a scientist, who was
going to testify about how many people in the immediate vicinity would die
from cancer if there was an accident at Hanford--along the lines of what
later happened at Chernobyl. The government objected to the witness. The
judge overruled the objection, pursuant to his earlier ruling.After a brief
break in the action, the government dropped all charges. Obviously, they had
checked with the Feds. And obviously, the Feds had concluded that they did
not want our expert to get on the stand, under oath, and explain to the
people living near Hanford how many of them would die from cancer in the
event of an accident at the Chernobyl-type reactor. Our people took a
walk--into freedom.
Francis A. Boyle
Professor of International Law


- -----Original Message-----
From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 10:41 AM
To: [e-mail]; [e-mail]; [e-mail];
[e-mail]; [e-mail];
[e-mail]; [e-mail];
[e-mail]; [e-mail]
Subject: Poison from Rocky Flats


Thanks for the message back. Yes, the danger to human health and safety
continues. It is interesting how different groups of people working on
issues
perceive those issues and actions. WE were vilified by the no-nukes crowd
when we entered the issue from 1986 on, because they thought we diminished
"their issue" because of our focus on environment, health impacts, and
safety. It takes a lot of people working on all sides to successfully tackle

a huge problem such as this. Thanks to people such as my sister Susan Hurst,

Jim Stone, and other whistleblowers begging the FBI to investigate and go
after Rocky Flats for environmental crimes, action was finally taken.
Ironically, in 1991 Rockwell plead guilty in federal court to the Clean
Water
Act violations my sister took to the FBI in 1986. Pressure comes from all
sides, and chips away at the big stone. Reading over 100 cubic feet of
documents on environmental, unplanned events, UOR's, technical, and safety
problems, has given us perspective we would at times rather not have, and it

has been exhausting work. I appreciate seeing more details on your
contribution to this effort. I would love to see YOUR briefs.

Yours,

Paula Elofson-Gardine
Executive Director
Environmental Information Network
>From the Fallout Zone of Rocky Flats

In a message dated 11/2/99 7:30:49 AM Mountain Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< Of course
 Rocky Flats continues today poisoning and polluting the ground, air, water
 and People living between Boulder and Denver, including my brother, his
wife
 and their son, my nephew,Timothy Francis Boyle. But i still have a nice
 brief here that could be dusted off and updated if there are some protests
 on environmental grounds on the state road in front of Rocky Flats.
 Francis A. Boyle >>


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Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 11:30:10 -0600
From: "Boyle, Francis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Hanford/Chernobyl: Poison from Rocky Flats

another very interesting precedent here, involving an intersection of
anti-nuclear weapons  and environmental concerns. Many years ago I worked on
an anti-nuclear protest case at the Hanford Reservation, protesting the
manufacture of nuclear warheads there. At that time, Hanford had the only
nuclear reactor in America that was like Chernobyl, only this was before the
disaster at Chernobyl. In any event, we were in State court because the
protest took place in front of the entrance to the Hanford Reservation, but
all the shots were being called by the federal government. We filed papers
convincing the judge to allow us to put on a necessity defense with respect
to international law, dealing with the use of the Chernobyl-type reactor to
manufacture nuclear weapons. Our first witness was a scientist, who was
going to testify about how many people in the immediate vicinity would die
from cancer if there was an accident at Hanford--along the lines of what
later happened at Chernobyl. The government objected to the witness. The
judge overruled the objection, pursuant to his earlier ruling.After a brief
break in the action, the government dropped all charges. Obviously, they had
checked with the Feds. And obviously, the Feds had concluded that they did
not want our expert to get on the stand, under oath, and explain to the
people living near Hanford how many of them would die from cancer in the
event of an accident at the Chernobyl-type reactor. Our people took a
walk--into freedom.
Francis A. Boyle
Professor of International Law


- -----Original Message-----
From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 10:41 AM
To: [e-mail]; [e-mail]; [e-mail];
[e-mail]; [e-mail];
[e-mail]; [e-mail];
[e-mail]; [e-mail]
Subject: Poison from Rocky Flats


Thanks for the message back. Yes, the danger to human health and safety
continues. It is interesting how different groups of people working on
issues
perceive those issues and actions. WE were vilified by the no-nukes crowd
when we entered the issue from 1986 on, because they thought we diminished
"their issue" because of our focus on environment, health impacts, and
safety. It takes a lot of people working on all sides to successfully tackle

a huge problem such as this. Thanks to people such as my sister Susan Hurst,

Jim Stone, and other whistleblowers begging the FBI to investigate and go
after Rocky Flats for environmental crimes, action was finally taken.
Ironically, in 1991 Rockwell plead guilty in federal court to the Clean
Water
Act violations my sister took to the FBI in 1986. Pressure comes from all
sides, and chips away at the big stone. Reading over 100 cubic feet of
documents on environmental, unplanned events, UOR's, technical, and safety
problems, has given us perspective we would at times rather not have, and it

has been exhausting work. I appreciate seeing more details on your
contribution to this effort. I would love to see YOUR briefs.

Yours,

Paula Elofson-Gardine
Executive Director
Environmental Information Network
>From the Fallout Zone of Rocky Flats

In a message dated 11/2/99 7:30:49 AM Mountain Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< Of course
 Rocky Flats continues today poisoning and polluting the ground, air, water
 and People living between Boulder and Denver, including my brother, his
wife
 and their son, my nephew,Timothy Francis Boyle. But i still have a nice
 brief here that could be dusted off and updated if there are some protests
 on environmental grounds on the state road in front of Rocky Flats.
 Francis A. Boyle >>


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Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 11:30:10 -0600
From: "Boyle, Francis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Hanford/Chernobyl: Poison from Rocky Flats

another very interesting precedent here, involving an intersection of
anti-nuclear weapons  and environmental concerns. Many years ago I worked on
an anti-nuclear protest case at the Hanford Reservation, protesting the
manufacture of nuclear warheads there. At that time, Hanford had the only
nuclear reactor in America that was like Chernobyl, only this was before the
disaster at Chernobyl. In any event, we were in State court because the
protest took place in front of the entrance to the Hanford Reservation, but
all the shots were being called by the federal government. We filed papers
convincing the judge to allow us to put on a necessity defense with respect
to international law, dealing with the use of the Chernobyl-type reactor to
manufacture nuclear weapons. Our first witness was a scientist, who was
going to testify about how many people in the immediate vicinity would die
from cancer if there was an accident at Hanford--along the lines of what
later happened at Chernobyl. The government objected to the witness. The
judge overruled the objection, pursuant to his earlier ruling.After a brief
break in the action, the government dropped all charges. Obviously, they had
checked with the Feds. And obviously, the Feds had concluded that they did
not want our expert to get on the stand, under oath, and explain to the
people living near Hanford how many of them would die from cancer in the
event of an accident at the Chernobyl-type reactor. Our people took a
walk--into freedom.
Francis A. Boyle
Professor of International Law


- -----Original Message-----
From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 10:41 AM
To: [e-mail]; [e-mail]; [e-mail];
[e-mail]; [e-mail];
[e-mail]; [e-mail];
[e-mail]; [e-mail]
Subject: Poison from Rocky Flats


Thanks for the message back. Yes, the danger to human health and safety
continues. It is interesting how different groups of people working on
issues
perceive those issues and actions. WE were vilified by the no-nukes crowd
when we entered the issue from 1986 on, because they thought we diminished
"their issue" because of our focus on environment, health impacts, and
safety. It takes a lot of people working on all sides to successfully tackle

a huge problem such as this. Thanks to people such as my sister Susan Hurst,

Jim Stone, and other whistleblowers begging the FBI to investigate and go
after Rocky Flats for environmental crimes, action was finally taken.
Ironically, in 1991 Rockwell plead guilty in federal court to the Clean
Water
Act violations my sister took to the FBI in 1986. Pressure comes from all
sides, and chips away at the big stone. Reading over 100 cubic feet of
documents on environmental, unplanned events, UOR's, technical, and safety
problems, has given us perspective we would at times rather not have, and it

has been exhausting work. I appreciate seeing more details on your
contribution to this effort. I would love to see YOUR briefs.

Yours,

Paula Elofson-Gardine
Executive Director
Environmental Information Network
>From the Fallout Zone of Rocky Flats

In a message dated 11/2/99 7:30:49 AM Mountain Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< Of course
 Rocky Flats continues today poisoning and polluting the ground, air, water
 and People living between Boulder and Denver, including my brother, his
wife
 and their son, my nephew,Timothy Francis Boyle. But i still have a nice
 brief here that could be dusted off and updated if there are some protests
 on environmental grounds on the state road in front of Rocky Flats.
 Francis A. Boyle >>


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