According to a friend of mine, who works on the Hill, Senator Santorum's staff has begun putting together a bill called "Natalee's Law" that would make it easier for the U.S. to intervene and extradite in foreign cases in which American citizens were the victims. Thanks, DougJ, for this information. I have just now e-mailed Senator Santorum asking him expedite Natalee's Law.
Here is the website to e-mail Senator Santorum:
E-mail Senator Santorum
Here is his phone number and address in Washington, DC:
Washington, D.C. Office:
511 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Tel: 202-224-6324
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Monday, December 12, 2005
MY CONVERSATION WITH BETH HOLLOWAY-TWITTY
One-on-One with Beth Holloway-Twitty
When I spoke with Beth, she was on her way to the Alabama's governor's mansion for the candlelight vigil given by Alabama's first lady. Beth is a woman who is on the go 24-7. I never realized that a mother who is going through so much pain could still have the stamina and perserverence as Beth does. She's a very pissed off mother with a major mission. However, the stress has taken a huge toll on her. Since June, she's plummeted from a size 6 to a size 0.
Now she's battling her latest quandry: the defaming Vanity Fair article in which Gerold Dompig claimed that Beth's interference with the investigation is the reason why they haven't found Natalee. I could feel the anxiety in her voice, so I asked, "How are you feeling, Beth?" She said quietly, "Not good...it's rough. Very difficult." I asked her if she knew in advance that the Vanity Fair article was coming out. She explained that she knew about the article, but had no idea the piece would be so mean-spirited and evil to the fact that he would blame the family.
Looks to me that we are seeing the true colors of media...ratings and money. Nobody wants to hear the angle of an anguished mother...they want to read the dirt. Whether the statements made are correct or false...people seem to have that unconscious desire to hear about someone's loss or tragedy and will pay money to read the blasphamous garbage.
Beth has not been "banned" from Aruba, but on October 18, 2005, she received a phone call advising her not to return to the island because Aruban officials would place her under arrest. Arrest? For what? She explained that she has been threatened to be arrested because she called Joran, Satish and Deepak 'criminals' on national TV; in addition to coming forward with the fact that her original written statement to the police was changed and 'falsified'. Evidently, those Arubans are squirmish about which words you use. Mainly because they don't have the capability of understanding the difference.
"Is it falsified or altered? Is it edited or manipulated?"
Aruba doesn't have freedom of speech, and they can't stand the fact that Beth has used the media to state her position on the lack of professionalism and possibly conspiracy that Aruba is pulling over.
To read the rest of the article:
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My friend now says the bill isn't going to happen. It's a tricky thing, international extradition, and apparently there's no way they could make it apply to the Natalee Holloway case since the crime was already committed. It's too bad.