American Green Beret Vet TED MAHER Held HOSTAGE by Monaco for 629 Days (Thread 10)

Family, work associates, friends, news reports ^ | October 8, 2001 | Nita Nupress, Phil Dragoo

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Ted Maher -- former Special Forces; Neonatal Intensive Care nurse

American Green Beret veteran and accomplished neonatal nurse Ted Maher has now been held 537 days without trial in Monaco's prison on trumped-up and false charges -- charges of causing the deaths of billionaire banker Edmond Safra and Ted's fellow nurse, Vivian Torrente on December 3, 1999. In truth, Ted fought valiantly against two armed, masked intruders to defend Edmond and Vivian and save their lives. During the struggle, Ted suffered severe knife wounds that required one hundred staples to close.

Billionaire banker Edmond Safra was cooperating with the FBI, who was investigating the IMF/Russian loans. Needing a convenient scapegoat for the murder of Safra, Monaco police subjected Ted to three days of grueling torture designed to extort a false confession from him. (see description in "BASIC TIMELINE" in Thread 1 - http://206.112.97.70/forum/a3ad8b097272d.htm ).

Monaco continues to hold Ted incommunicado, preventing him from sending or receiving mail. In fact, they restrict his communication with his family to one telephone call a week. This call is only allowed to last a few minutes and is always monitored closely to prevent any discussion of the case. Ted is forced by his jailers to take a psychotropic medication and is regularly "interrogated" by the Monaco judge -- Patricia Richet. Reports have been received that Judge Richet is a violent person who has displayed unstable behavior in the past. She allegedly has a history of assaulting a fellow judge, putting him in the hospital for a week. She also tears up letters from Ted's children in front of Ted rather than let him read them.

Hundreds of family, friends, work associates, parents of patients, and Army veterans who served with Ted have vouched for him as being a loyal husband, loving father, and an exemplary professional of great skill and compassion. Ted has also been defended by then-chairman of the House International Relations Committee Ben Gilman and Ted's congresswoman Sue Kelly, who have written Prince Rainier III of Monaco on Ted's behalf. Monaco has no evidence of any crime by Ted; they have no witnesses and no credible case against him. Even worse, Monaco has planted false evidence and suppressed vast amounts of exculpatory evidence -- even passing a special Monaco law that enables them to hold Ted four years without trial.

The Geneva prosecutor has said that Safra was killed for his cooperation with the FBI regarding the laundering through Safra's Republic National Bank of $4.8 billion in IMF loans to Russia.

Regardless of the reason "why," it is obvious that Ted Maher is a scapegoat for a murder by others. We are working to obtain his release and to correct the grave injustice being done to an American Green beret veteran and medical professional.

Ted Maher -- a giver of life, not a taker -- needs our help.

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To read the "BASIC TIMELINE" that describes the events surrounding the night of December 3, 1999, click here:

American Green Beret Veteran TED MAHER Held Hostage by Monaco for 498 Days and Counting... (Thread I)

To read the "BASIC TIMELINE

American Green Beret Veteran TED MAHER Held Hostage by Monaco for 537 Days and Counting... (Thread II)

American Green Beret Veteran TED MAHER Held Hostage by Monaco for 544 Days and Counting... (Thread III)

American Green Beret Veteran TED MAHER Held Hostage by Monaco for 544 Days and Counting... (Thread IV)

American Green Beret Veteran TED MAHER Held Hostage by Monaco for 615 Days and Counting... (second Thread IV)

American Green Beret Veteran TED MAHER Held Hostage by Monaco for 629 Days and Counting... (Thread VI)

American Green Beret Vet TED MAHER Held HOSTAGE by Monaco for 629 Days (Thread 6) second thread 6"

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[PhilDragoo]

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FREE TED NOW!!!!!

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[who knows what evil?]

I just listened to Mrs. Maher speak on FR Radio the past hour...what an absolute outrage! Anna Z and Mercuria are right about one thing...it is up to FREEPERS to get the job done, and that job is to bring Ted Maher home from Monaco. I remember what Congressman Bob Barr stated at the Inaugural Ball...he made it QUITE CLEAR that it was the CONSTANT BARRAGE of e-mail, letters, and faxes that put so much pressure on the Congress that it led to the impeachment of the rapist, William Jefferson Clinton. Freepers, it is time to roll up our sleeves once again...

[1 FELLOW FREEPER]

I am mortified by this. Also, I would have thought that Hyde would have at least TRIED to do something. He and Elton are friends. I will give it a try. Damn these politicians, anyway!

[PhilDragoo]

To: Congresswoman Sue Kelly

Subject: TED MAHER--YOUR CONSTITUENT HELD BY MONACO 761 DAYS WITHOUT TRIAL

Dear Congresswoman Kelly:

Thank you for your efforts to date on behalf of TED MAHER, namely your letters to Prince Rainier III of Monaco, and your letter of November 13 to Secretary of State Colin Powell.

The reply you received from Patrice Davost Monaco director of juridical affairs was six pages of lies--you may confidently discount every word including a, and, and the.

The lack of reply from Secretary of State Powell is completely unacceptable. An innocent American citizen -- an honorable veteran of the Army, a Green Beret -- is outrageously imprisoned two years without trial by the foreign power which kidnapped his wife, stole her U.S. passport and made heinous threats on her and their three young children -- yet this cabinet official responsible for such matters and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs allows this evil to continue without protest.

Please redouble your efforts on Ted's behalf. Make contact with Henry Hyde who has assumed the chair of the House Committee on International Relations and continue the work you did for Ted with Ben Gilman.

761 days this authoritarian principality has wrongly held our fellow American, with the resultant shredding of his family, the loss of their home, car, belongings, the deprivation of the children's father and the wife's husband--without a formal protest from this government.

Do for Ted what John Peterson (R-5-PA) did for Ed Pope with his H.Con.Res. 444. Mobilize the administration and the State Department. Their inertia can be overcome. Ted can be released.

Please do not allow this government to sleep any longer. There is evil being done to one of our own.

Thank you

Phil Dragoo
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Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507
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[American Preservative]

Write on, Phil!

FREEDOM FOR TED NOW!

[PhilDragoo]

To: President George W. Bush

Subject: TED MAHER--AMERICAN GREEN BERET VETERAN WRONGLY HELD BY MONACO 761 DAYS WITHOUT TRIAL

Dear President Bush:

Please intercede on behalf of TED MAHER American Green Beret veteran wrongly held by Monaco 761 days without trial.

Ted's representative U.S. Congresswoman Sue W. Kelly has worked with Ben Gilman former chair of the House Committee on International Relations on Ted's behalf, writing Prince Rainier III of Monaco, and prodding the lethargic Clinton State Department.

Congresswoman Kelly has written Secretary of State Colin Powell on Ted's behalf (November 13, 2001) about the outrageous wrongful imprisonment of this innocent American, honorable veteran, loyal husband, loving father and caring and accomplished medical professional. But Ted has rotted in that foreign jail seven weeks more without any response from the former Army general and chairman of the Joint Chiefs.

Monaco seized Ted and extorted a false confession through three days in four-point restraint, using sleep deprivation and beating, kidnapping his wife, stealing her U.S. Passport, threatening her and their three small children. Monaco has held Ted without mail and with only one brief heavily-monitored phone call a week for over two years without trial.

Please intervene to free TED MAHER just as Ed Pope was freed from Moscow's Leforto Prison and the FSB's fraudulent charges. Contact Representative Kelly for details. Right a great wrong, free a veteran, unite a family.

God Bless You and God Bless America

Phil Dragoo
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: )

It was great to hear you on Radio FreeRepublic, Phil.

[Koppite]

For those of us in time zones that made it impossible to listen to the broadcsat, is there a transcript available anywhere, please.

[Landru]

Thanks for the #s, Phil; but look...
I'm sure it's been done already, probably many times; nonetheless, I must ask.
Has any conservative pundit(s) been contacted with this story?
Perhaps someone at the Washington Times or some other like-minded pub?
Ted's situation is known only to a precious few (by design?).

...ted m. needs some serious exposure that'd hopefully result in the inside the beltway slugs getting motivated to action.

-BTTT-

[Michael Maher]

Hi 1 Fellow Freeper, Welcome to "our" nightmare... If, as you say, this is the 1st you have heard of this- then you know there are many others as well. What you can do is spread the word to your family, friends, fellow Freepers, local media & elected officials. If Elton Gallegly, (R) Simi Valley- is a friend of yours, see what he can do for Ted/ my Brother- Thank-you very much, webmaster@TedMaher.com

[Michael Maher]

Post # 709
"For those of us in time zones that made it impossible to listen to the broadcsat, is there a transcript available anywhere, please."


Great question, With Unspun & AnnaZ's permission; I would like to post the transcripts- if available.

[1 FELLOW FREEPER]

I don't want to make any promises on being successful here Mike, but I do promise to try. I just incredible that a country as powerful as ours will just sit back on their hands and allow a handful of snot nosed pipsqueaks to terrorize our best and bravest. I have a strange feeling that once this rock is turned over, a nice little piece of corruption will be exposed, else why the bureaucratic intransigence?

[1 FELLOW FREEPER]

""for the #s, Phil; but look... I'm sure it's been done already, probably many times; nonetheless, I must ask. Has any conservative pundit(s) been contacted with this story? Perhaps someone at the Washington Times or some other like-minded pub? Ted's situation is known only to a precious few (by design?). ...ted m. needs some serious exposure that'd hopefully result in the inside the beltway slugs getting motivated to action.""

No joke! I have never heard FR radio, but this is the first I've heard of this fiasco. We need MEDIA, and NOW!!

[Landru]

"We need MEDIA, and NOW!!"

Only if said media are ready, willing & able to actually help, MrT.
And by, "Help" I mean:
1) Report the FACTS & only the facts.
2) Leave the America-hating, anti-military bias at the door.
3) Recognize an injustice has been perped upon this man in any number of ways that'd constitute his immediate release if he were here, in the USA.
4) Be willing to look into any number of possible motives for why this man's being framed?
5) Look closely into those who're involved, those who stood to gain (the most).
6) Lastly but not least; look into this judge's background to establish the source of their bias to expalin their behavior(s) concerning TedM's being so adamently denied his God-given rights in such a viscious manner.

Last thing we need is for the presstitute assholes minions of ABCNBCCNNCBS showing up with their trowels ready to administer a smear-job; thereby, complicating matters?

...after all; smearing is the ONLY thing they do, & do well -- right?

-BTTT-

[who knows what evil?]

For those of us in time zones that made it impossible to listen to the broadcast, is there a transcript available anywhere, please.

I know that the shows are archived on a weekly basis, but I am not sure about the availability of a transcript. Ladies..?

[who knows what evil?]

Last thing we need is for the presstitute assholes minions of ABCNBCCNNCBS showing up with their trowels ready to administer a smear-job; thereby, complicating matters?

Amen! You might want to stick with media sources along the lines of the Washington Times, Human Events, and such, for starters. Has anyone ever heard Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, and others address this issue? What about newsletters like Lee Bellinger's "American Sentinel"? His readers are noted for being an 'activist' crowd...

[Landru]

"You might want to stick with media sources along the lines of the Washington Times, Human Events, and such, for starters."

Yup.
Please; see posting number 710 of this thread.
You & I?
We're at 60 hrtz on this whole tack.

"Has anyone ever heard Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, and others address this issue?"

Those guys would be excellent; unless it's determined there's, "no money" insodoing?
Of course, our Right-wing pundits would never be so damned mercinary; ~would they?
(& I'd bet Dr. Laura would be willing to listen to this FROM Ted's wife; & that gal has millions of listeners, too...)

Or, having just returned from what's shaping-up to become a real donnybrook on another thread, involving FNC's Jumping-Jack for Justice, Bill O'Rielly??
How about someone que-in the loudmouth O'Rielly so he might use his nightly 30 minute soapbox to take this matter (and the pissant two-bit country) on, head-to-head!
Some REAL red meat for that wild-animal carvivore for justice, eh?
(Afterwards, O'Rielly could always go back to attacking Dubya, Ashcroft & the JD. </ sarc> ;^) )

"What about newsletters like Lee Bellinger's 'American Sentinel'? His readers are noted for being an 'activist' crowd..."

Although I've not heard of this person?
He and his readers truely sound like just what the Doctor ordered, here.

...plus; somehow getting the (lion's share of) people on this forum off their rearsides could only increase the possibilities.

[PhilDragoo]

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[Mrs Maher]

68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub-Thank you for your kind comments on the show as well as all your help in getting the word out. I'd like to also thank Anna Z, Mercuria, Phil Dragoo and the FReepers who have been there for my husband.

I certainly could not do this alone. May this be the year my husband returns home, where he belongs. Thank you all again.

Sincerely, Heidi