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Police Report Sheds Doubt on 'Theft' of Kerry's FBI Files
newsmax ^ | April 9, 2004 | Marc Morano,

Posted on 04/09/2004 7:24:18 AM PDT by AmericanMade1776

Police Report Sheds Doubt on 'Theft' of Kerry's FBI Files Marc Morano, CNSNews.com Friday, April 9, 2004 The author who alleges that three boxes of FBI files dealing with Democrat presidential candidate John Kerry's anti-war group were stolen from his home last month did not allow police officers to process the crime scene. The police report of the incident also neglects to mention that the Kerry campaign dispatched a messenger to the home of author Gerald Nicosia to pick up copies of the FBI files a week before the alleged theft of the documents.

CNSNews.com has obtained a copy of the police report related to the alleged theft of three of the 14 boxes containing FBI files that Nicosia was keeping in his home. Nicosia is the author of the book "Home to War: A History of the Vietnam Veterans' Movement" and is a supporter of Kerry.

In addition to the three boxes, Nicosia alleges that "several file folders have been removed from the remaining 11 boxes," according to the police report.

'No Signs of Forced Entry'

The March 26 report from the Twin Cities Police Department in Larkspur, Calif., noted that "there were no signs of forced entry into the residence." The department confirmed Thursday that there were still no leads or suspects.

Absent from the police report was any mention of the fact that the Kerry campaign had sent an aide to Nicosia's house in Corte Madera, Calif., to review the documents. Kerry's campaign dispatched the aide on the same day CNSNews.com reported that the FBI files showed Kerry was in attendance at a controversial 1971 meeting in Kansas City of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW).

That meeting allegedly involved the discussion of possibly trying to assassinate several U.S. senators still committed to the American war effort in Vietnam. Before the publication of the CNSNews.com article on March 18, Kerry had repeatedly denied being in attendance at the meeting.

Nicosia said he reached out to Kerry's campaign a week before the documents were allegedly stolen.

Silence About the Messenger

"Senator Kerry was obviously [at the Kansas City meeting in 1971]. I called the Kerry office and said, 'You know, I think you folks really should look at these documents before you make any further statements,' Nicosia told Joe Scarborough, the host of MSNBC's "Scarborough Country" on April 2.

"And ... they immediately sent a messenger to my house, got copies of the documents, and that evening Senator Kerry did issue a retraction and said based on the documents, he now believed that he was at that meeting," Nicosia said.

The police report noted that journalists, including those from the Los Angeles Times and CNN, had had access to Nicosia's home. The report also indicated that a sliding-glass-door repairman had been granted access to the home. But there is no mention of the Kerry campaign having sent a representative there.

In a statement Nicosia submitted to the Twin Cities Police Department, which was included in the report on the alleged theft, he stated that "the [FBI] documents have significant political value in the upcoming Presidential election, as they cast John Kerry in various lights, both good and bad."

Nicosia did not want the alleged crime "scene processed," according to the police report.

The narrative of the police report filed by officer Theo Mainaris reads: "I checked the residence and I did not locate any signs of forced entry. After talking about that situation with Nicosia, he informed me he did not want the scene processed."

Not 'Normal'

Detective Patrick Eddinger of the Twin Cities Police Department told CNSNews.com that Nicosia's refusal to have the scene processed was not "normal."

"It's not usually normal. Normally, we come in and we actually process the scene to see if we can find any fingerprints or anything else," Eddinger explained. "There was no force to anything in the residence, what we could find, in order to gain entry."

Nicosia declined to be interviewed for this article.

Despite the lack of any evidence or leads, Nicosia is now publicly speculating that Republican Party operatives might have stolen the FBI documents from his home.

"I would say that the Republicans had the largest motivation," Nicosia told Scarborough last week. Scarborough said the case "almost sounds like a "West Coast version of Watergate, 2004."

When pressed on the issue, Nicosia went further in his accusations. "Oh, I would think it would be the Republicans, not John Kerry. I was cooperating with John Kerry. I'm a Kerry supporter," Nicosia said.

But Eddinger said he had no suspects at the moment. "It's an ongoing investigation. I am still trying to gather information," he said.

The Twin Cities Police department might seek some of that information from Kerry's campaign. "There is a couple of other people I need to talk to, including possibly the Kerry campaign," Eddinger said.

According to the police report, Nicosia alleged that the crime occurred on Thursday, March 25 while the house was empty from 2:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m.

Copyright CNSNews.com

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: darkplot; fbifiles; geraldnicosia; kerry; kerry2004; kerryfbiburglary; kerryfbifiles; nicosia; phoenixproject; scarborough; theft; vvaw
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1 posted on 04/09/2004 7:24:19 AM PDT by AmericanMade1776
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To: AmericanMade1776
Gerald Nicosia doesn't even make sense. He seems to believe that the republicans would go to the trouble of stealing his files, But why would they bother? After all the republicans only have to request the files from the FBI and they will have them.
2 posted on 04/09/2004 7:29:16 AM PDT by cripplecreek (you tell em i'm commin.... and hells commin with me.)
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To: AmericanMade1776
Nicosia is now publicly speculating that Republican Party operatives might have stolen the FBI documents from his home.

Maybe it was space aliens who "abducted" the documents.
Maybe it was Winged Monkeys from the land of Oz.

3 posted on 04/09/2004 7:29:52 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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4 posted on 04/09/2004 7:31:26 AM PDT by Support Free Republic (If Woody had gone straight to the police, this would never have happened!)
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To: AmericanMade1776
In order to preempt any conspiracy talk, the Bush admin should offer to expedite any requests for John Kerry's FBI files.
5 posted on 04/09/2004 7:34:30 AM PDT by seeken
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To: cripplecreek
The Kerry campaign has a lot more to gain from the so called
"theft" of those files than does anyone else. The process is properly termed
"destroying the evidence."
6 posted on 04/09/2004 7:34:30 AM PDT by davisfh
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To: AmericanMade1776; MeekOneGOP; Sabertooth; Prime Choice; Registered; devolve; B4Ranch
"The author who alleges that three boxes of FBI files dealing with Democrat presidential candidate John Kerry's anti-war group were stolen from his home last month did not allow police officers to process the crime scene.

"The police report of the incident also neglects to mention that the Kerry campaign dispatched a messenger to the home of author Gerald Nicosia to pick up copies of the FBI files a week before the alleged theft of the documents."

Can you say . .

"KerryGate"

7 posted on 04/09/2004 7:35:49 AM PDT by Happy2BMe (U.S.A. - - United We Stand - - Divided We Fall - - Support Our Troops - - Vote BUSH)
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To: AmericanMade1776
??Question??

Who do I call to get a copy of my FBI files???
8 posted on 04/09/2004 7:37:30 AM PDT by aShepard
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To: AmericanMade1776
??Question??

Who do I call to get a copy of my FBI files???
9 posted on 04/09/2004 7:37:44 AM PDT by aShepard
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To: AmericanMade1776
Nicosia is alleging the theft occurred in a 3 hour period. During that 3 hours the thief, or thieves, had to gain entry, locate the FBI files, find the 3 of 14 boxes containing "sensitive" Kerry material, find the other missing files among the remaining 11 boxes and make their departure without leaving any signs of a crime having been committed.

Wouldn't it have been easier for the thief/thieves to just take all 14 boxes?
10 posted on 04/09/2004 7:41:51 AM PDT by Poodlebrain
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To: aShepard
"Who do I call to get a copy of my FBI files???"

Open this page. Contact info link will be on the left (naturally).

11 posted on 04/09/2004 7:44:22 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack ("We deal in hard calibers and hot lead." - Roland Deschaines)
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To: Poodlebrain
Teresa Kerry "purchased" the boxes...they are going through them to PLAN their "denials/excuses/defense" when the info ends up coming out.

FOLLOW the money...this guy got PAID or will be PAID for those three boxes.

Think about it...it would raise eyebrows if JF'ing Kerry or Teresa "asked" the government for this info...so why not just "buy" it?

They were not stolen they were purchased...

12 posted on 04/09/2004 7:46:22 AM PDT by antivenom ("Never argue with an idiot, he'll bring you down to his level - then beat you with experience.")
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To: Joe 6-pack
AAAAAAAARRRRRRRAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHGGGGGGGG!

I hope she's paying for the bandwidth for my visit to her site!
13 posted on 04/09/2004 7:51:03 AM PDT by aShepard
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To: AmericanMade1776
I've suspected all along that Nicosia was pulling a publicity stunt. He's netted millions of dollars worth of free publicity.
14 posted on 04/09/2004 7:56:22 AM PDT by elli1
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To: Sabertooth
Ping a ling a ling
15 posted on 04/09/2004 8:02:29 AM PDT by cyncooper
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To: AmericanMade1776
The word for this claim is "kookafied"... it's laughable.
16 posted on 04/09/2004 8:04:26 AM PDT by newzjunkey
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To: Joe 6-pack
Isn't there a Freeper bylaw about issuing a "vomit" / "graphic content" warning? I didn't need to see HRC so early in the morning. That official portrait is frightful.
17 posted on 04/09/2004 8:07:19 AM PDT by newzjunkey (In 20 yrs Iraq will be viewed as having been the right thing to do.)
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18 posted on 04/09/2004 8:09:33 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (Become a monthly donor on FR. No amount is too small and monthly giving is the way to go !)
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To: davisfh
Where was Cameron Kerry when the files were reported missing? According to 1972 Massachusetts newspaper articles, Cameron was arrested during his brother's first congressional campaign. He was supposedly found trespassing in the basement of a building where his brother's opponent had an office. Newspaper headlines proclaimed KERRY BROTHER ARRESTED IN LOWELL WATERGATE. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1107789/posts
19 posted on 04/09/2004 8:11:18 AM PDT by AmericanMade1776
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To: AmericanMade1776
Ha ha ha. I said this: "After watching this guy on TV the other night and hearing that he's pro-Kerry, I'm of a mind that he masterminded the whole thing himself, or with the help of the Kerry Campaign, just to sell his book. Granted, there is the possibility that there actually was a break-in, but I'm always skeptical of these kinds of things, especially when money is a likely motive. What better way to sell a book than to pull a publicity stunt like this. The GOP wouldn't have to burglarize anybody's house to have access to these papers. The originals are at the FBI and since Mr. Nicosia was able to access them through the Freedom of Information Act, so can every other American citizen."

Here's the link to my original posting:

Author Suspects GOP in Kerry FBI File Theft

20 posted on 04/09/2004 8:15:04 AM PDT by mass55th
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