Posted on 10/08/2001 6:21:17 AM PDT by harpseal
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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MONACO TOURIST OFFICE AND WQXR RADIO BRING MONACO TO U.S. LISTENERS
Annual “Making Music in Monaco” Program to Include Live Broadcast From the Principality
NEW YORK, February 21, 2002- This spring, classical music lovers across America need only turn on their radio to enjoy the legendary culture of the Principality of Monaco. “Making Music in Monaco,” the popular radio series launched by the Monaco Government Tourist Office and WQXR-FM New York, is returning to radio stations in New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston and Chicago. This year’s program will feature an added bonus- a live broadcast from Monaco on April 14, 2002 and chances for listeners to win free trips to Monaco.
Each hour-long classical music program features performers and composers with ties, present or past, to the Principality of Monaco. The series spotlights the performers appearing in Monaco this season, as well as a retrospective of the Principality’s musical legacy through noted recordings. The series is timed to coincide with the annual Monaco Spring Arts Festival, an event that attracts some of the world’s biggest names in performing arts. Highlights this year will include interviews with guest singers Felicity Lott and Laurence Foster and guest conductors Walter Weller, Rafael Fruhbeck De Burgos and Marek Janowski. Premiering March 9, 2002 in New York on WQXR 96.3FM, the program will continue for 14 weeks in New York and Los Angeles while airing for ten weeks in Dallas, Houston and Chicago. The full program is detailed below:
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The press release says, "Listen with your heart...And you will be there."
HEY MONACO, LISTEN TO OUR VOICES - RELEASE AMERICAN TED MAHER NOW!!!
HEARING TED IS FREE TO COME HOME WOULD BE MUSIC TO OUR EARS!!!
FReepers and FRiends, perhaps it's time for WQXR and the Monaco Government Tourist Office to listen to US -
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"This year’s program will feature an added bonus- a live broadcast from Monaco on April 14, 2002 and chances for listeners to win free trips to Monaco."
The sheer irony of that added bonus leaves one speechless.
Somehow...I just can't seem to get *up* for that kinda, "chance."
-BTTT-
We need to come up with a name for the place they stuff their human trophies; like say, "Monaco's Hell House" or some such.
People need to identify with Monaco's justice system.
Much in the same way we do, "The Hanoi Hilton"; since, the two places share so much in common.
-BTTT-
Thanks Phil.
Russia Reform Monitor No. 906, February 18, 2002
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A BREAK IN THE STAROVOITOVA CASE?
Two years after the high-profile contract killing of State Duma Deputy Galina Starovoitova, St. Petersburg law enforcement officials may finally have identified two suspects. The Moscow Times reports that officials are requesting the extradition of two Russians currently detained in the Czech Republic. According to unnamed sources cited by Vremya Novosti, the men were part of a small organized criminal group made up largely of former special service officers and operating under the cover of a private security firm. Local FSB and police officials, however, have denied the report.
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