As of this writing, December 3, 2009, Bill Hamilton has hired attorneys Boyden Gray and Roderick Hills to jointly represent INSLAW in an effort to influence President Barack Obama’s Administration to compensate INSLAW for the misappropriation of the modified version of the PROMIS software by previous administrations.
Hamilton has become “the Keeper of the Flame” in this never-ending legal saga, and now pursues the plausible angle that PROMIS was used for “other” purposes, i.e., “the unforgivable use of the unauthorized NSA bank surveillance version of PROMIS to launder profits from drug trafficking so some of them could be used to finance covert intelligence projects.”
Former homicide detective Sue Todd, and former Insight reporter Kelly O’Meara had gathered so much information on the Octopus respectively that they compiled a 46-page proposal entitled, “Proposed Investigation into the Theft of Promise Software, Illegal Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering” which was submitted to a wealthy benefactor for funding. I was invited to join them in this proposal/investigation and I readily agreed.
The proposal contained the history of their respective investigations along with their distinguished resumes, and a page entitled, “Purpose of the Investigation,” which listed some of the following goals: “ … To determine whether the alleged modified PROMIS software had been utilized for money laundering – To determine whether the alleged modified PROMIS software had been utilized for drug trafficking – To obtain documented evidence that high-ranking officials of the Reagan/Bush administration, including members and paid operatives of the Department of Justice, Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Council, and possibly U.S. Customs, allegedly were directly involved in drug trafficking, money laundering, illegal arms sales, organized crime, espionage, and murder – and to obtain the necessary evidence to expose and hold accountable those parties involved.” Thirty names were listed as potential witnesses to be interviewed.
The proposal sought a total of $217,500 for estimated costs for a six-month investigation which included salaries for three investigators, travel within the U.S. and Australia, Canada and Russia, car rentals, airline tickets, hotels, food and telephone expenses. The money would be placed into an investigation escrow account and drawn upon as needed. In the end, the proposal was withdrawn from the benefactor because an agreement could not be reached relative to the use of the information at the conclusion of the proposed investigation.
Attorney George Granby in Long Beach, California, with 34 years in law practice, has successfully represented Michael Riconosciuto for two years and is currently working to overturn his conviction with documents that were withheld from his original trial in Washington State.