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(i) ‘Sleeper’ case could torpedo Mueller report
(https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/27/robert-mueller-special-counsel-report-sleeper-case-797373)
“The case at the appeals court was brought by attorney and author Stuart McKeever, who has spent decades investigating the disappearance of Jesus Galindez, a Columbia university professor and political activist who vanished in New York City in 1956. His body was never found, but there are indications that he was kidnapped and flown to the Dominican Republic, where he may have been killed.
The unsolved 62-year-old mystery, which also sweeps in the death of an American pilot and two trials in Washington of a man charged with being an unregistered Dominican Republic agent, is so colorful and convoluted that it inspired a 2003 film starring Harvey Keitel, “The Galindez File.”
McKeever, 82, wants a judge to release secret testimony given to a DC-based grand jury that investigated Galindez’s disappearance. But the Justice Department argues that judges don’t have “inherent authority” to release such information unless it falls under exemptions approved by Congress, which don’t apply in the Galindez case — or in many others, including potentially Mueller’s investigation.
“I’ve been on the journey almost 40 years to tell this story,” McKeever said Sunday in a phone interview from his South Carolina home. “The Justice Department does not want this case to break the dam.”
The arguments in McKeever’s case next month will take place at the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington — two floors above where Mueller’s grand jury meets.”
(ii) Here’s How Key Parts Of The Mueller Investigation Could Remain Secret For Years
(https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/27/lawsuit-mueller-investigation-report/)
“A lawsuit currently pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit could severely impair special counsel Robert Mueller’s ability to share details of his inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election with the public.
The matter asks whether federal courts are empowered to release secret grand jury information. As Mueller has shared evidence and secured indictments in his probe from a grand jury in Washington, the case bears on his ability to publicly share details of his investigation.
The case, first flagged by Politico, relates to the disappearance of the Basque activist-academic Jesus de Galindez. Researchers are seeking access to sealed testimony an accused foreign agent named John Joseph Frank gave to a Washington grand jury relating to Galindez’s disappearance.
The Department of Justice is opposing the release of Frank’s testimony. They argue that federal rules prohibit the release of secret grand jury information and that the Galindez case does not “rise to the level of exceptional historic significance,” that would warrant their release. (RELATED: Trump Says McGahn Is No Rat, After NYT Reveals That The White House’s Top Lawyer Is Cooperating With Mueller) (…)”
(iii) How a 62-Year-Old Murder Mystery Could Hinder Mueller’s Russia Report
“Columbia University professor Jesus Galindez vanished in 1956, and the outcome of a related court case could mean that details of Special Counsel Robert Mueller‘s investigation may never be seen either.
Galindez was believed to have been possibly kidnapped, taken to the Dominican Republic, and murdered. Stuart McKeever, an author and attorney, has been trying to piece together what happened, and is going before the Washington, D.C. Court of Appeals in his quest to get information from the investigation. As reported by Politico’s Josh Gerstein, however, whether or not McKeever is successful could have far-reaching consequences that effect other investigations, including Mueller’s probe of Trump campaign ties to Russian election interference.
It all comes down to Grand Jury information, which is normally kept secret. McKeever is asking the court to release the secret information in the Galindez case, claiming that otherwise it would prevent people like him from investigating cases where Grand Juries either didn’t finish investigating or dropped altogether. The Department of Justice, on the other hand, argues that judges don’t have the authority to do this, unless the information falls under particular exemptions that don’t apply to this situation. If the court sides with the DOJ, Mueller may be hampered when it comes to releasing a report about his investigation.
Without any charges filed related to Trump campaign collusion with Russia, the public has no idea what–if anything–Mueller’s team has found so far. Typically, an investigation like this would result in a report at its conclusion, which in this case would be submitted to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. How much detail Mueller would want to put in it has been anyone’s guess, but Mueller may not have a choice if the McKeever court rules strictly against allowing Grand Jury information to get out. That’s because it would mean that anything learned during Grand Jury testimony would be off limits for the report. If that’s the case, Mueller’s report could simply state what they looked at, what their conclusion is, and nothing more.
The Special Counsel’s office declined to comment to Politico about this, but a former Watergate special counsel prosecutor noted the importance of McKeever’s case.
“There are people who are interested in the options open to Mr. Mueller and his investigation who recognize the potential significance of this case,” Philip Lacovara told Politico. “It certainly could complicate matters.”
Not only would this affect how much the public learns about Mueller’s investigation, it could also keep Congress from finding out about it as well, because the rule’s exemptions don’t allow Congress to see Grand Jury information either, unless they subpoena it during an impeachment inquiry. If Democrats take control of the House after November’s mid-term elections, that could very well end up happening. Otherwise, Robert Mueller’s findings could end up lost to history, just like whatever happened to Galindez.”
(iv) The blinds of concealment that connect the Trump-Russia case with the disappearance of Jesús de Galíndez
“Kevin Daley, a reporter who covers the US Supreme Court for the Daily Caller has just written an article about the legal fights the State Department has with Special Attorney Robert Mueller, who’s in charge of the Trump-Russia investigation. In a few words, assuming I’ve got this right, as that’s none too easy (at least for us), the State Department is trying to get the Supreme Court to stop the Attorney from publicly giving out details of the investigation in a transparent attempt to hide the truth.
This article cites the case of the murder of Jesús de Galíndez as being a case being handled at this moment that is intimately tied to the Trump-Russia case.
Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, y su extraordinario parecido con el dictador Franco (y no sólo en el físico)
That same obstruction maneuver in spreading the details of the investigation is the one the State Department is using to keep the details of the disappearance and murder of Jesús de Galíndez, professor at the University of Columbia, member of the Basque Nationalist Party, and member of the Basque administration in exile from being known. Galíndez was kindapped in the middle of Manhattan in 1956, and from there he was taken to the Dominican Republic, where he was finally assassinated by dictator Trujillo.
And it turns out that attorney and author Stuart McKeever, aged 82, has spent decades investigating the disappearance of Galíndez, and wants a judge to reveal the secret testimony given to the grand jury in Washing DC that investigated the disappearance of the Basque politician. But the Justice Department argues that the judges have “no inherent authority” to reveal that information unless it falls under the exemptions aproved by Congress, which don’t apply in the Galíndez case, and in many others, including Mueller’s investigation.
It would seem that according to the US State Department, the kidnapping and murder of Galíndez, in which, in all likelihood members of the CIA participated, does “not reach the level of exception historical importance” that would justify its liberation. That says a lot about the knowledge of history, the concept of justice, and about what can be expected with “reasons of State” (or “don’t let the bad stuff be seen”) is imposed upon Truth and Justice.
If Stuart McKeever won his application next month, and the secret testimony that was given in the Galíndez case could be revealed, Special Attorney Robert Mueller would be a lot closer to being able to reveal information about the Trump-Russia case that the State Department wishes to hide.
In Daley‘s article, another article by Josh Gerstein, published in Politico, explains the case in great detail, and how that sentence, expected next month, could affect the Trump-Russia case.
La revista Life informa del secuestro y desaparición de Galindez (18-3-1957)
We’ve spoken a lot about this patriot and committed defender of the democratic principles he believed in. His criticism of the régime of bloody dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo led him to his death. His doctoral thesis in Philosophy spoke about the Trujillo era with the title “A causistic study of Hispano-American dictatorships”. In it, he revealed all the dictator’s skeletons. His thesis was formally accepted by the University of Columbia on February 27, 1956. Days later, on March 12, his disappearance shocked the whole world.
This is what may be his last text before dying. We’ll leave it here along with the two reports we’ve cited.
“Early in the morning of Christmas Eve, New York sleeps silently. And the pen moves itself, busting through sheets that will never see the light of day because they were too true. This one alone survived”.
I’m Basque: some laugh, and others hate me.
“I’m Basque…some laugh, and others hate me. That is all I have left when despair takes over and I wander through the streets. I’m Basque, and far away there is a people that I belong to. I am nothing, a mess of endless passions and desires. But I’m part of that people, the people I see in my waking dreams, dressed as a gudari on my way to the mountain, I see him in the romerías and when night falls, on a street, I see him making an effort on the jai alai court, and in the fishermen going out to see, I see him singing and praying, I see him throughout the centuries. I’m along, alone with my troubles. But I will continue, I will continue on even though no one understands me in this Babylon. And someday, I will lay down under the black poplar tree I chose on the top of a hill; in the lonely valley of my village, alone with my land and my rain. They will understand me in the end…”.
Jesús de Galindez
He never was able to sleep under that black poplar at the top of an Araba hill. But there are many of us who understand him, and we admire him.
Daily Caller – 27/8/2018 – USA
HERE’S HOW KEY PARTS OF THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION COULD REMAIN SECRET FOR YEARS
A lawsuit currently pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit could severely impair special counsel Robert Mueller’s ability to share details of his inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election with the public.”
Politico – 27/8/2018 – USA
‘Sleeper’ case could torpedo Mueller report
A little-noticed court case stemming from the apparent murder of a Columbia University professor six decades ago could keep special counsel Robert Mueller from publishing any information about the Trump campaign and Russia that he obtains through a Washington grand jury.
