The D.C. Police -- And these Are The People Protecting The Homeland from Terrorists?

On October 12, 2004 ten (10) Metro DC Police officers (including a second district supervisor) plus four (4) FBI agents showed up at my residence because of a letter I sent to an employer (St. John's School Program, October 6, 2004), who had contacted the police in alarm. The letter was purely factual; several prospective employers, including The Montgomery County Government, sent me a cordial reply to a nearly identical letter. So damaging was the defamation to which I was subjected by my former employer -- the D.C. law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld -- and the D.C. Office of Corporation Counsel that the D.C. police were convinced I must have been insane to have written such a letter.

The police had me transported to DC General Hospital in handcuffs for an emergency psychiatric examination. I was interviewed by a Dr. Martin at DC General (202 673 9319) (ECURA #224623) who determined that I did not require admission. I was released; no medication was administered, prescribed or recommended. Of course, the incident bolsters my Social Security disability claim. I have already received in excess of $200,000 in benefits.

I kept a contemporaneous handwritten list of employers to whom I directed written employment inquiries in the fall of 2004. I present the list of prospective employers, which includes Judge Rufus King, Chief Judge of the District of Columbia Superior Court, to whom I directed an inquiry regarding a judicial clerkship. No employer, other than the St. John's School, contacted the police or the FBI.

What does the D.C. Police reaction to my letter say about the D.C. Police? What does the law enforcement response to my letter say about the Federal Bureau of Investigation? And these are the people who are protecting the homeland from terrorists?

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William Nussbaum (Hogan & Hartson) 8-10-04: I requested that Mr. Nussbaum represent Brian P. Brown (D.C. Library) to negotiate with the U.S. Attorney to obtain prosecutorial immunity for Mr. Brown. I believe that Mr. Brown's activities in concert with my former employer, Akin Gump, were in furthance of a criminal enterprise. Mr. Nussbaum sent me a cordial reply, which I have posted on this blog.

Rabbi Jeffery Wolberg (Congregation Adas Israel, Cleveland Park) 8-13-04: U.S. Inspector General Glenn A. Fine is a member of Adas Israel. I recall that my letter to Rabbi Wohlberg referred to Glenn Fine.

Harold Brazil 8-13-04: (Former member, D.C. City Council and law partner of Marc Fiedler, Esq. about whom I have had paranoid suspicions).

Howard M. Shapiro (Wilmer Hale) 8-20-04: Mr. Shapiro was General Counsel of the FBI during the Clinton years and is a personal friend of former FBI Director Louis Freeh. Mr. Shapiro is (or was) a law partner of former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick, Esq. at Wilmer Hale.

Alied Security 200 Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 9-3-04

D.C. Bar Counsel 9-9-04

Williams & Connolly -- Ms. Carrie Chiappa -- 9-13-04: Williams & Connolly is the current firm of David Kendall, Esq., who represented former President Clinton in the U.S. Senate impeachment trial.

The National Academy (paralegal) 9-14-04

D.C. Board of Elections 9-15-04 (I don't know what I sent this addressee. Probably not a job application.)

Administrator - Law Firm (unspecified) 9-16-04

D.C. Department of Employment Services 9-17-04 (I don't know what I sent this addressee).

Starpower 9-17-04

Legal Aid Society 9-21-04

The Northwest Current 9-21-04 (neighborhood newspaper)

The Washington Post 9-21-04

Neighborhood Legal Services (no date specified)

Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeles 9-23-04

Victoria Toensing (wife and law partner of Joseph DiGenova) 9-24-04: Joseph DiGenova is a former U.S. Attorney for D.C.

Verizon 9-24-04

Legal Counsel for the Elderly 9-24-04

U.S. Civil Rights Commission 9-25-04

Robert J. Waldman (Hogan & Hartson) 9-27-04: I used to work as an agency-supplied paralegal at Hogan & Hartson. Mr. Waldman was the hiring partner at Hogan.

Martin Luther King Library of the D.C. Library System 9-27-04 (I don't know what I sent this addressee).

The Human Rights Campaign 9-28-04 -- A homosexual rights organization.

The Hill (newspaper) Bob Cusack 9-28-04

D.C. Office Of Human Rights 9-28-04 -- I don't know what I sent this addressee.

Piper Rudnick (law firm) pro bono manager 9-29-04

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius -- Robin McKinney -- Records Specialist 9-30-04

Judge Rufus King III, Chief Judge Superior Court of D.C. 9-30-04

Public Defenders Service 10-01-04

U.S. Department of Justice -- Attorney Hiring 10-01-04

People for the American Way (Elliot Mincberg, Esq. worked at P.A.W. at that time. I worked with Mr. Mincberg at Hogan & Hartson and I sent him a copy of my book recently, Significant Moments. P.A.W. sent me a cordial reply.) 10-04-04

Cornell Company -- Teaching -- Washington Post Ad 10-04-04

Bread for the City Southeast Center 10-05-04

George Washington University Law School Dean -- Roger Trangsrud 10-05-04

Hertz (sales Representative) Dulles, VA 10-05-04

St. John's School Program 10-06-04 This employer called the D.C. police in alarm about the letter I wrote, a letter that no one else had a problem with.

Northern Virginia Training Center 10-06-04

Strayer University -- Academic Assistant Position 10-07-04

ACLU --Communications Assistant 10-07-04

Bureau of National Affairs -- Copy Editor 10-07-04

Ireland's Four Provinces Restaurant 10-08-04. When the D.C. Police entered my apartment on October 12, 2004 I showed an officer this handwritten list of prospective employers to whom I had sent a letter. The officer said in disbelief: "Ireland's Four Provinces? What kind of job were you applying for?" I said, "a server." The officer said: "You're a lawyer! Why would you apply for a job as a server?" I saw the officer's behavior as a sign of the incompetence of the D.C. Police. Notice that the officer totally overlooked the fact that I sent a nearly identical letter to the D.C. Superior Court Chief Judge (Rufus King), and Judge King took no action. Yet, that revealing fact -- that Chief Judge King had no problem with my letter -- had no meaning for the D.C. Police as to the law enforcement significance of my letter. And by the way, how much did this law enforcement misadventure cost the D.C. Police, the FBI, and D.C. General?

Marybeth Nazarro -- Latinamerican Youth Center Tutor 10/08/04

Washington Blade -- Editorial Assistant 10-08-04. This is a homosexual-oriented tabloid.

U.S. Supreme Court -- Cataloguing Technician 10-12-04 (Apparently, the U.S. Marshalls Service was asleep that day!)

Legislative Attorney -- Montgomery County Council 10-12-04. This employer sent me a cordial reply.

Gloria Clark / Office of General Counsel -- U.S. Office of Personnel Management: 10-12-04

Linda Blackman -- Anne Arundel Public Schools -- Human Resources: 10-12-04

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Here is the letter I received from The Montgomery County Council Human Resources Office:

LETTER FROM OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES, MONTGOMERY COUNTY GOVERNMENT [unsigned], DATED OCTOBER 14, 2004:

Dear Applicant:

Enclosed you will find the resume/application that you submitted to the Office of Human Resources. We are returning this resume/application because you must apply for a specific position.

In order to be considered for employment with Montgomery County Government, you must apply for an announced position. Information pertaining to current employment opportunities is available on our website at www.montgomerycountymd.gov - click on careers.

We appreciate your interest in Montgomery County and wish you continued success in your employment endeavors.

Sincerely,

Office of Human Resources
Montgomery County Government

LETTER FROM GARY FREEDMAN TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY GOVERNMENT THAT IS VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL TO THE ONE I SENT TO A WASHINGTON, DC EMPLOYER (ST. JOHN'S SCHOOL), WHICH TRIGGERED A LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE BY TEN METRO DC POLICE OFFICERS ASSISTED BY FOUR FBI AGENTS. THE LETTER IS PURELY FACTUAL; IT DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY THREATS OF VIOLENCE BY ME. THE LETTER SUMMARIZES FALSE, MALICIOUS, AND DEFAMATORY ACCUSATIONS MADE ABOUT ME, AND IS EVIDENCE OF MASSIVE DEFAMATION BY ATTORNEY MANAGERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE LAW FIRM OF AKIN, GUMP, STRAUSS, HAUER & FELD, AS WELL AS THE DC OFFICE OF CORPORATION COUNSEL (CHARLES L. REISCHEL, ESQ., DEPUTY CORPORATION COUNSEL, APPELLATE DIVISION). NOTE THAT UNDER SUPREME COURT RULINGS, DEFAMATION BY A STATE AGENCY CONSTITUTES A FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION [WHERE THAT DEFAMATION INJURES A FUNDAMENTAL LIBERTY INTEREST SUCH AS THE RIGHT TO SEEK EMPLOYMENT. Paul v. Davis, 424 U.S. 693, 712, 96 S.Ct. 1155, 1165-66, 47 L.Ed.2d 405 (1976).]

[The following letter is stamped by the Montgomery County Government: RECEIVED - HUMAN RESOURCES - 04 OCT 13 A10:47 - MONTGOMERY COUNTY GOVERNMENT]

October 12, 2004
3801 Connecticut Avenue, NW
#136
Washington, DC 20008

Office of Human Resources
101 Monroe Street
7th Floor
Rockville, MD 20850

RE: EMPLOYMENT -- ARMED, MASS HOMICIDE -- REASONABLE APPREHENSION OF HARM

Dear Sir:

I am writing to you at the express direction of the Metropolitan District of Columbia Police Department (Officer J.E. Williams, Badge 1226, Second District, Washington, DC: 202 282 0070) that I actively seek employment consistent with my high intelligence as well as my professional and academic credentials.

I am specifically interested in the position of senior legislative attorney for the Montgomery County Council. I am an attorney, licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. I hold an advanced degree (Master of Laws) in international trade law.

I am a disabled American, and I qualify for the legal protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act. I believe I have a legal duty to apprise you, as a prospective employer, of the following matters.

1. TERRORISTIC THREATS: On April 21, 2004 the Metro DC Police issued a protective order against me, on the petition of Brian Patrick Brown, Manager of the Cleveland Park Branch of the DC Public Library. Brian Brown alleged that I had made terrorist threats, in writing, against unspecified persons. The six-month order of protection prohibits my entering or loitering in the vicinity of said library, under penalty of arrest and prosecution. The investigating officer was the aforementioned Officer Williams. This will advise that at this time I continue to satisfy the prognostic criteria that were determined by the Metro DC Police in April 2004 to indicate that I am at significant risk of committing a crime of violence or arousing a reasonable apprehension of committing a crime of violence. It is likely that I will satisfy said criteria for committing a crime of violence or arousing a reasonable apprehension of same in the future event I obtain employment with The Montgomery County Council. On April 21, 2004 Officer Williams stated to me: "You seem OK to me right now, but what I'm worried about is what's going to happen a few days from now." Obviously, my future conduct was a substantial concern to the Metro DC Police. [Note that if I had made an actual threat I would have been arrested or transported to DC General Hospital for a forensic psychiatric examination. It is clear that what the MPDC did was to simply rubber-stamp a specious request made by a supervisory DC employee.]

2. VIOLENCE-RISK DETERMINATION: My former employer, Dennis M. Race, Esq. (202 887 4028), a senior management partner at the law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, determined, in consultation with a psychiatrist, that my thinking was consistent with a psychiatric "disorder" that might be associated with a risk of violent behavior. See Freedman v. DC Dept. of Human Rights, 96-CV-961 (DCCA, Sept. 1998). [The psychiatrist did not evaluate me personally. There is no documentary evidence that Mr. Race, in fact, consulted a psychiatrist. Under applicable law, the employer had a burden of production, not a burden of persuasion -- a very low evidentiary threshold.] Mr. Race determined that my continued presence on the firm's premises might pose a risk of tort liability for the firm, and terminated my employment effective October 29, 1991. I have been unemployed and disabled under Social Security Administration eligibility rules since the date of the termination. My thinking, upon which Mr. Race's violence-risk determination was based, remains unchanged.

3. HOMICIDE-RISK DETERMINATION: Shortly after conferring with Mr. Race about his forensic psychiatric determination, my supervisor called a meeting of her employees to advise them that she had formed a reasonable apprehension that I might have been planning to kill her [an act of defamation]. The supervisor undertook [self-serving] protective measures [to give the appearance that she needed] to ensure her safety as well as that of her employees against a possible future homicidal assault. See Brief of Appellant. Mr. Race did not challenge appellant's brief. The supervisor was a senior non-attorney manager who reported directly to a member of the firm's management committee, R. Bruce MacLean, Esq. Mr. MacLean is the firm's current managing partner.

4. ARMED, MASS HOMICIDAL ASSAULT: The DC Corporation Counsel determined, sua sponte [relying on legally-irrelevant, "after-acquired" evidence], that my coworkers had formed genuine and credible fears that I might carry out an armed, mass homicidal assault on the firm's premises, and that said widespread fears of an armed, mass homicide were material to Mr. Race's termination decision. See Brief of Appellee, District of Columbia (citing statement of coworker [who was later terminated for gross misconduct] in record on appeal: "We're all afraid of you. We're all afraid you're going to buy a gun, bring it in and shoot everybody!"). At oral argument before the DC Court of Appeals, the Assistant Corporation Counsel declared to the Court, referencing the above record evidence, that I had "admitted" that my "coworkers were afraid of" me. Mr. Race did not challenge the District's handling of 96-CV-961.

5. MULTIPLE ARMED HOMICIDE UNDER FEDERAL LAW: On the evening of August 6, 1998 two Special Agents of the US Capitol Police (Threat Investigation Unit) forcibly entered my home, after frisking me for weapons, and proceeded to interrogate me about an allegation made by a DC employee that, earlier in the day, at the height of an enraged argument, I had threatened to kill two federal officers at point-blank range, execution style in the Capitol rotunda. Later investigation by Agent Steven Horan disclosed that said allegation was mistakenly based on a letter I had written to my psychiatrist (Stephen Quint, MD) and copied to a DC agency that factually summarized Mr. Race's violence-risk determination [an act of defamation]; my supervisor's homicide-risk determination [an act of defamation]; as well as the DC Corporation Counsel's determination that my coworkers had formed a reasonable apprehension that I might commit an armed, mass homicide [an act of defamation]. Though I was exonerated of making unlawful threats, Officer Horan photo ID'd me to all federal officers assigned to the U.S. Capitol Building as a protective measure.

6. POTENTIAL TERRORIST: On August 7, 1998 Agent Horan advised me that the federal government (unbeknownst to me) had previously placed my name on a national registry of potential terrorists because of a letter I had written in 1996 to a local psychiatric facility (The Meyer Clinic), inquiring into out-patient services. Said letter elaborated Mr. Race's violence-risk determination [an act of defamation] as well as my supervisor's homicide-risk determination [an act of defamation].

7. PRESIDENTIAL THREAT: On the afternoon of August 7, 1998 two Special Agents of the U.S. Secret Service placed me under house arrest because of concerns I might pose a risk of harm to President Clinton. The two Secret Service agents were part of a team of six federal special agents who had been assigned to interrogate me and secure my person, over a two-day period (August 6-7, 1998). Federal law enforcement concerns were aroused by a letter I had written and sent to a DC agency that discussed the federal civil rights implications of the DC Corporation Counsel's handling of 96-CV-961. I had sent an identical letter to U.S. Senator Arlen Specter (R.-PA.) on Capitol Hill, who responded with a cordial and personalized reply. Senator Specter, a former prosecutor, saw absolutely nothing threatening about the letter I had written, much less did he see the need to assign six federal special agents to interrogate me and secure my person.

8. POSSIBLE DOCUMENT FORGERY: The District speculates that I might have filed an inauthentic letter with a DC agency (purportedly written by a psychiatrist) in order to invidiously deny competent forensic psychiatric evidence proffered by Mr. Race under oath that showed I had been reasonably determined to be potentially violent. Presumably, according to the District [contrary to well-established case law], I might have forged a psychiatrist's signature and/or fabricated her letterhead. The U.S. Attorney's Office in DC has not yet issued me a notice of an intent to prosecute me.

9. UNLAWFUL SEXUAL THOUGHTS: The DC Corporation Counsel determined, sua sponte [relying on legally-irrelevant, "after-acquired" evidence], that private, undisclosed sexual thoughts I experienced on April 13, 1990 concerning the activity of masturbation were material to Mr. Race's termination decision as well as to Mr. Race's violence-risk determination. Mr. Race did not challenge the District's brief. I admit to having sexual thoughts in the workplace.

I look forward to hearing from you. Please send my regards to Doug Gansler, Esq. He's a bit of an attention seeker, but he knows what he's talking about.

Sincerely,

[signed]

Gary Freedman
PA ATTY ID 41032