Outraged American Whistleblower to
Renounce His U.S. Citizenship
Harmon Wilfred will
disassociate himself with the
U.S. Government on March 1, 2005.
Christchurch, New
Zealand (PRWEB)
--
Harmon Wilfred,
an American businessman and exiled
whistleblower who has lived in Christchurch, New Zealand
since August, 2001, says he will formally renounce his
U.S. citizenship on March 1, 2005 to disassociate himself
forever with the United States Government and its policies.
Harmon Wilfred
says he has been considering the value of his U.S. birthright for
many months and made a final decision to renounce his U.S.
citizenship shortly after the inauguration of President George W.
Bush for a second term of presidency. However, he says his decision
which is permanent and irreversible, is far more than a political
gesture.
“I was raised to
believe – and believed fervently– that the United States is the land
of the free and the home of the brave. But the actions of the
United States Government in recent years, and my own
personal experience, have undermined my respect for the U.S. to the
extent that I no longer want to be an American.”
Wilfred plans to
make a statement of renunciation before a U.S. consular officer in
Auckland, New Zealand and will live as a “stateless individual”
while he and his Canadian wife, Carolyn, are being considered for
New Zealand residency.
Since arriving
in New Zealand
to invest in new technologies, Wilfred has been involved in the
development of wireless data transmission, Broadband Powerline
communication (BPL) and Internet telephony). He also oversees the
development of humanitarian projects on behalf of his wife’s estate
and is currently working with several charitable trusts to trial his
newly proposed family/community support initiative in Christchurch,
NZ.
Wilfred says he
is confident his record of achievement in business and community
support will make him and his wife strong candidates for New Zealand
citizenship but plans to also offer himself to the world at large as
an
“honest and productive citizen”.
He believes the
United States
has reached a dangerous point in its history with what he calls an
extravagant, self serving and dysfunctional government at the lead.
“While over 2 billion people are starving around the world and 35.9
million Americans are living below the poverty line with 2 million
literally homeless, we see $880 million US dollars spent on an
election campaign and 60 million dollars expended on an inauguration
ceremony for the winner; all the while American families are being
ripped apart and impoverished in every U.S. State by a twisted
family court system and the government would have us believe that
this excessive and abusive way of life is sacrosanct.
“Americans are
literally brain-washed by paid political spin doctors into believing
that they live in a representative democracy when in actual fact
today, the
US
system is nothing more than a politically corrupt form of special
interest capitalism. Around the globe we’re seeing the US Government
act unilaterally and in its own interests while in direct defiance
of the legal authority of the United Nations, in the deluded belief
that it is delivering freedom and democracy in places where it has
no moral or legal mandate.”
“I can no longer
be a party to this kind of lawlessness, dishonesty, waste and
hypocrisy.” Wilfred’s hope is that the irrevocable renouncing of his
U.S. citizenship on principle will become a wakeup call to all
Americans.
Issued on behalf of Harmon Wilfred by Nick Early RESTORE New Zealand
Ltd Phone: 03 365 1243.
Further information: Meri Gibson, Phone: 03 351 5600, Mobile: 027
227 3979
Exiled U.S.
Whistleblower Will
Fight to Stay In New Zealand
(2004-12-28)
http://www.harmonwilfred.com/
A
former Colorado businessman has launched a final bid to stay in New
Zealand and gain residency to avoid what he believes will be further
political retribution in the United States.
Harmon
Wilfred is a whistleblower who investigated and exposed the
embezzlement of billions of dollars by a US federal agency known as
the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
in 1992. He then “followed the money” and in 1995 exposed further
embezzlement of millions from the same RTC funds being laundered
through a Colorado Pension Fund. His investigation resulted in the
conviction and imprisonment of the fund manager for 18 years, and
the firing and fining of the county treasurer. Wilfred forced the
local authorities to investigate the matter only after alerting the
FBI to 18 months of inaction by the county district attorney.
In 1996-1997 while working as a financial contractor for the US
Central Intelligence Agency, Wilfred uncovered an international
embezzlement scheme for billions of dollars involving agents of the
CIA and former President Bill Clinton. Wilfred alerted the US
Justice Department and provided full documentation, but his
complaint was ignored.
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When the leadership of a nation is found to be
using even the family court systems to discredit those who
tell the truth, and then to be so heinous as to continue to
use children as pawns to extort silence while fattening their
personal bank accounts and furthering their political
careers... This is the last straw! |
Since then he has been pursued by local and federal officials,
including:
• In February 1998 Wilfred was picked up while on business in Canada
on child custody charges laid by the same Colorado officials he had
named in the pension fund embezzlement scam.
• When he attempted to return to Colorado to rectify the situation,
federal officials whom Wilfred believes were connected to the RTC
scandal and the CIA/Clinton embezzlement had him arrested on
additional Family Court issues (same Colorado court).
• In the end, the federal warrant violated the International Hague
Commission Treaty between Canada
and the US. A federal judge quickly dismissed the charges and sealed
the file to avoid a diplomatic incident.
• Wilfred has been incarcerated for 120 days in an underground
maximum security prison in Canada,
spent three weeks in a US Federal prison, and has also been held in
the Denver City jail without bail and without charges. In the
process he lost all of his parental rights to any contact whatsoever
with his three children.
• In November of 1999, he was warned by President Clinton’s
attorney, “If you take your evidence to the US Justice Department
you will never see your children again.”
• In early 2000, with all other options exhausted, Wilfred did take
his evidence to the US
Justice Department. As a direct result, by early 2001 while residing
in Canada with his Canadian wife, he was forced out of North America
into exile by the constant harassment of the US
authorities.
• Wilfred has been living in Christchurch, New Zealand since 2001
where he is a founder and director of a global technology company.
• In November of 2004, upon submitting his US passport for renewal
to the American Embassy in Auckland,
he was told that his passport had been flagged and would not be
returned until he pays more than US $1.2million in back child
support for his three children who he has had no contact with, by
court order, since February 1998. This order comes having already
paid US $171,500 since April of 2002.
• He cannot return to North America
without fear of further political retribution, and now without a
passport, he lodged an appeal with the New Zealand Removal Review
Authority on December 10,
2004 to avoid deportation and obtain residency.
• To this day Harmon Wilfred has not been convicted of any offence
and he has no criminal record. He has also been recently advised by
the US State Department through his legal counsel that the US
Government will not seek his extradition.
On
December 6 2004,
Wilfred filed a complaint in an international Internet-based justice
venue under the name,
“World Wide
Web Court of Public Justice.” By court requirement, he has
provided all of his documented and chronicled evidence to the court
and the general public by posting all on a factual based web site.
“You could say this is my final blow of the whistle ... or more like
a trumpet. This new Internet venue is an interactive “virtual
courtroom” and is based upon the United Nations Declaration of Human
Rights and Article 19 in particular.”
He has also created a personal website to present himself to New Zealand
and the world at large.
Personal Web Site:
www.harmonwilfred.com
Factual Based
Website:
www.luminadiem.com
Court Web
Site:
www.courtofpublicjustice.com
Issued on behalf of Harmon Wilfred by Nick Early RESTORE New Zealand
Ltd
Phone 064 3 365 1243
Further information:
Meri Gibson
Phone: 064 3 351 5600
Mobile: 064 27 227 3979
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