To: ravenseye who wrote (1883 ) 1/10/2005 10:30:05 PM From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 5425 Since you appear to be interested in the Ruppert-Hopsicker feud (notice that I used the word feud and not lawsuit), the following *threat* of an escalation to a lawsuit will make for good reading. Do me a favor: use your interest in this feud to summarize it for me since I don't have the time nor inclination to scratch much below the surface, and that other guy who keeps bringing it up doesn't have the intellect to do so. Thanks. - Jeff ===== Cointelpro 9.11 Peak Oil & 'The Level Above Saudi' "As president, I will do what President Bush has not: I will hold the Saudis accountable."-- John Kerry 9.24.04 Sept. 28 2004-Venice,FL by Daniel Hopsicker [edit] Pumping Irony the Natural Way Its always gratifying to learn you’ve been right. We’ve been happy to see independent researchers confirming our suspicions about these people. But we wondered if we’d seen or overlooked any other evidence of people and groups conspicuously loitering near the public restrooms of the 9/11 investigation. And the answer was yes… Which is where Internet Pontificator Mike Ruppert comes in. Called a “rebel without a rebellion” by Fintan Dunne of www.breakfornews.com, we have discovered that Ruppert receives funding from an international group run by people who major newspapers and U.S. attorneys call “financial criminals, crooks and swindlers.” When questioned about it, Ruppert resorted to threats of lawsuits. We of course immediately wanted, to know more. After He attempted to bully a researcher friend of ours with threats of lawsuits after she wrote what looks surprising like the God's-Own Truth. The brouhaha started with a note. “Let me remind all that Ramy El-Batrawi and Adnan Khashoggi go back a long, long way,” researcher Lois Battuello wrote, “... 1980s at minimum." "Why would Mike Ruppert fall for the lies of this well-known con artist?” We thought she was being too kind. Suggesting Ruppert had “fallen” for a con artist’s lies doesn't quite seem to cover it, to us. Of course Ruppert disagreed. “Ruppert fell for nothing,” he wrote, in creepy Nixonian third person. “Post a message like this again Lois and you’ll get a call from my lawyer, followed by a letter, then a suit.” Well now. What happened to "strengthening the web of love?" We sympathized with our friend. Especially since we find ourselves in the uniquely curious position of being one of the few journalists—worldwide!—to do serious investigative reporting on 9/11 while at the same time being sued for ‘emotional distress’ by someone in business with people funding the 9/11 Truth Movement! How unlucky is that? The irony has not been lost on us. etc.madcowprod.com