OK, now the best thing to do is send money. I won't quote the appropriate Warren Zevon lyric, which could get me arrested, one assumes. Cash, Check or Money Order
Keith Henson
Box 60012
Palo Alto, CA 94306 Or to hkhenson@pacbell.net through
http://www.paypal.com
Victory may be very soon in arriving, but it is entirely possible it will have to wait pending a defeat in the short term. This is what we hope will not occur. However, in the case of an immediate victory, this is not over, and it is then time to redouble complaints about the DA's complicity in this criminal frame-up. A short-term victory in this case means nothing if this misconduct by a public official is not exposed and corrected in the strictest possible manner, as with the Bunker case, where a failure there merely led to further corruption of other government officials in other locations. This outrageous and intolerable situation, where an alleged public servant is allowed to conspire with a cult to prosecute a law-abiding citizen to "make the streets safe" for organized crime activity, must not be viewed lightly, but as a threat to the very fabric of society. This action may be better to do after a victory than on the eve of trial and would become essentially irrelevant upon a loss, at least until appeal. However, keep this in mind as a possibility during the upcoming proceedings. The DA has just offered Henson a plea deal, which Henson turned down although it was exceptionally weak. This appears to indicate the DA knows how weak his case is, considering that it is based almost entirely on suborned perjury and Usenet posts fully covered under the First Amendment as protected speech. The DA is desperately trying to salvage something from this disastrous career-ender of a case. Nevertheless, he has not had the character or dignity to resist the cult's influence, and still appears ready to conspire to deprive a US citizen of his rights under color of legal authority. Contact the California Office of the Attorney General (at the appropriate time): State of California
Office of the Attorney General
Department of Justice
P.O. Box 944255
Sacramento, CA 94244-2550
(916) 445-9555 Here is a sample letter:

From: mirele@xmission.com (Mirele)
Subject: Note to the California Attorney General's office
Date: 15 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT
Message-ID: <902AD52C0mirelexmissioncom@205.232.34.12>
Organization: Knights of Xenu, Intermountain Chapter
To whom it may concern: I am writing regarding the matter of the trial of Howard Keith Henson, which is scheduled to begin next Monday in Hemet, Riverside County, CA. Mr. Henson is charged with making terroristic threats under the meaning of California Code Section 422, as well as a couple other related misdemeanors, including a "hate crime." This case arose out of a citizens' arrest brought on Mr. Henson in July 2000 by representatives of the Church of Scientology. At the time Mr. Henson was arrested, he was taken to Riverside from Hemet and then let go after the Scientologists declined to press charges. However, there was an investigation, and Deputy Tony Greer of the Riverside County Sheriff's Office said in a report to the District Attorney: "In reviewing all of the Internet postings I did not see any direct threat of violence towards the church or any personnel of the church." However, the deputy district attorney did not agree and filed the aforementioned charges. I have picketed Scientology on several occasions with Mr. Henson, and he is non-violent and does not hate Scientologists. Having read the charges, and the alleged supporting material, I find it patently ludicrous that this would have gotten as far as it has. I would also ask if it is appropriate for the district attorney's office to have counsel for the Church of Scientology sitting at his table in hearings, because it looks apparent to just about anyone there that the deputy district attorney is prosecuting this case as a proxy for the Church of Scientology. It is my understanding that under California law, the Attorney General may step in if the district attorney has committed an abuse of discretion. I would strongly urge that someone in the AG's office step in and review this matter and determine if it is worthy of a prosecution, or (in my belief) a vendetta promoted and supported by the Church of Scientology against one of its most effective critics and picketers. Deana M. Holmes
mirele@xmission.com
Salt Lake City, UT