David C. Farmer, Successor-Trustee vs. Harmon
(Formerly Woo vs. Harmon & Nicholson vs. Harmon)
U.S. District Court For the District of Hawaii
Judges: David A. Ezra; Kevin S. Chang
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DEFENDANT’S WITNESS
MARK BENNETT
Office of the Attorney General
425 Queen St.
Honolulu, HI 96813
Fax: 808-586-1239
E-Mail: hawaiiag@hawaii.gov
Mark Bennett, Attorney General, State of Hawaii, took office on January 2, 2005, after being appointed by Governor Linda Lingle; former law clerk to the Hon. Samuel P. King, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.
From 1991 through his appointment as Attorney General, Mark Bennett was a partner in the law firm of McCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon LLP; defended Chevron-Texaco in Hawaii anti-trust suit *; as Attorney General, represented Hawaii in Linda Lingle vs. Texaco U.S.A *.
Chair of the National Anti-trust Committee of the National Association of Attorneys General *; married to attorney Patricia Tomi Ohara.
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RE: CV05-00030 - David Farmer vs. Harmon - Exhibit: "The Freedom To Sing"
and Witnesses: Michael Mukasey and Alberto Gonzales
Saturday, September 20, 2008 2:00 AM
From: "Bobby Harmon"
To: "David Farmer" <farmerd001@hawaii.rr.com>, "Steven Guttman" <sguttman@kdubm.com>, "Carol K. Muranaka" <ustp.region15@usdoj.gov>
Cc: "Michael Mukasey <AskDOJ@usdoj.gov> ACLU Hawaii" <office@acluhawaii.org>, "All Representatives" <reps@Capitol.hawaii.gov>, "All Senators" <sens@Capitol.hawaii.gov>, "Andrew Walden" <hfpeditor@email.com>, "Andrew Winer" <winer@pacificlaw.com>, "Aon Insurance Managers" <mike_coulter@agl.aon.com>, "Arnold T. Phillips" <arnold.t.phillips@verizon.com>, "Arthur Rath" <imua@spamarrest.com>, "Barry M. Kurren" <richlyn_young@hid.uscourts.gov>, "Benjamin Kudo" <bkudo@imanakakudo.com>, "Blossom Tong" <blossom.d.tong@marsh.com>, "Bradley Tamm" <btamm@hawaii.rr.com>, "Carl Morton" <ethics@hawaiiethics.org>, "Charles Goodwin" <HONOLULU@FBI.GOV>, "Charles Hurd" <mcp@mediatehawaii.org>, "Colbert Matsumoto" <service@islandinsurance.com>, "Craig Watanabe" <captiveins@dcca.hawaii.gov>, "Dane Field" <danefl@gucl.com>, "Dave Shapiro" <volcanicash@gmail.com>, "David A. Ezra" <theresa_lam@hid.uscourts.gov>, "Dee Jay Mailer" <ksinfo@ksbe.edu>, "Dorothy Sellers" <hawaiiag@hawaii.gov>, "Exececutive Office for U.S. Trustees" <ustrustee.program@usdoj.gov>, "Hugh Jones" <hugh.r.jones@hawaii.gov>, "Insurance Division Fraud Branch" <insfraud@dcca.hawaii.gov>, "J C Shannon" <Hapa1234@aol.com>, "James B Nicholson" <jamesbnicholson@aol.com>, "James B. Farris" <Farrisj@adr.org>, "James Cribley" <jcribley@caselombardi.com>, "James Duca" <jduca@kdubm.com>, "James Paul" <jpaul@pjpn.com>, "James Wriston" <jwriston@awlaw.com>, "Jeffrey Sia" <Jeff.Sia@excite.com>, "Jeffrey Watanabe" <jwatanabe@wik.com>, "Jim Dooley" <jdooley@honoluluadvertiser.com>, "Jo Ann Uchida" <rico@dcca.hawaii.gov>, "Joe Moore" <news@khon2.com>, "John D. Finnegan" <info@chubb.com>, "John Goemans" <wip@kamuela.com>, "Judge Lloyd King" <hib@hib.uscourts.gov>, "Judith Neustadter" <Judy@tiki.net>, "Judson Witham" <jurisnot2@yahoo.com>, "Ken Conklin" <ken_conklin@yahoo.com>, "Kenneth Hipp" <khipp@marrhipp.com>, "Kevin S.C. Chang" <shari_afuso@hid.uscourts.gov>, "Lawrence Reifurth" <dcca@dcca.hawaii.gov>, "Linda Lingle" <governor.lingle@hawaii.gov>, "Lyn Flanigan Anzai" <lflanigan@hsba.org>, "Margery Bronster" <info@bchlaw.net>, "Marsh Affinity Group" <prosecure@marshpm.com>, "Michael N. Tanoue" <mtanoue@paclawgroup.com>, "Michelle Tucker" <michelle@sterlingandtucker.com>, "Nathan Aipa" <nathan@pitluck.com>, "Office of Inspector General Civil Rights Complaints" <inspector.general@usdoj.gov>, "Office of the U.S. Trustee District of Hawaii" <ustp.region15@usdoj.goV>, "Paul Alston" <palston@ahfi.com>, "Peter Carlisle" <emeguro@co.honolulu.hi.us>, "Randall Roth" <rroth@hawaii.edu>, "Rick Daysog" <rdaysog@honoluluadvertiser.com>, "Robert Bruce Graham" <bgraham@awlaw.com>, "Robert F. Miller" <info@robertfmiller.com>, "Robin Campaniano" <aigh001@aighawaii.com>, "Roy F. Hughes" <hthughes@hawaii.rr.com>, "Samuel P. King" <leslie_sai@hid.uscourts.gov>, "Susan Tius" <STius@rmhawaii.com>, "V K Durham" <vkdtdht@pionet.net>, "Valerie U. Katz" <clmrpt@islandinsurance.com>, "William K Slate" <Websitemail@adr.org>, "Jim Terrack" <tnthawaii@aol.com>, "Don Michak" <dmichak@journalinquirer.com>, "Rocco Sansone" <rocco.c.sansone@marsh.com>, "Ted Pettit" <tpettit@caselombardi.com>, "Mark Burch" <burch@hawaii.edu>, "Laura Thielen" <dlnr@hawaii.gov>, "Michael Moore" <MMFlint@aol.com>, "John D Zalewski" <jzalewski@caselombardi.com>, "Robert M. Kohn" <rkohn@polhawaii.com>, "Haunani Apoliona" <info@oha.org>, "Malia Zimmerman" <Malia@hawaiireporter.com>, "CPCU Society Hawaii Chapter" <kkanehiro@gmail.com>, "Hawaii Independent Insurance Agents Assoc." <hiia@hawaii.rr.com>, "Hawaii Insurance Bureau Inc" <dpeters@hibinc.com>, "Hawaii Insurers Council" <apowershawaii@yahoo.com>, "Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press" <rcfp@rcfp.org>, "CND 48 Hours" <48Hours@CBSnews.com>, "American Bar Association" <dispute@abanet.org>, "Electronic Frontier Foundation" <information@eff.org>, "First Amendment Center" <info@fac.org>, "Council for the National Interest Foundation" <cnif@democracyinaction.org>, "Free to Know-Hawaii" <freetoknowhawaii@yahoo.com>, "ImpeachBush.org" <impeachbush@votetoimpeach.org>, "Wayne Madsen" <wmreditor@waynemadsenreport.com>, "National Whistleblower Center" <mc@whistleblowers.org>, "Editor New York Times" <managing-editor@nytimes.com>, "Greg Palast" <palast@gregpalast.com>, "Pension Benefit Guaranty Association" <participant.pro@pbgc.gov>, "Public Citizen" <publiccitizen@mail.democracyinaction.org>... more
Dear Mr. Farmer, Mr. Guttman, Ms. Muranaka & All Concerned:
Due to the discovery of NEW FACTS, I am updating the subject Exhibit and the witness information for U.S. Attorneys General Michael Mukasey and Alberto Gonzales, which you will find attached and on-line at:
http://www.kycbs.net/Freedom-To-Sing.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Mukasey-Michael.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Gonzales-Alberto.htm
As Judge David Ezra's Order constitutes a PRIOR RESTRAINT of my freedom of speech -- and that of all others who published their opinions in The Catbird Seat website, I regret that I must continue to submit each of these new and updated exhibits and witness descriptions for your review and approval in the event they may contain any prohibited "Protected Subject Matter". If you would like to avoid this approval process, then I would again suggest that we attempt a good-faith settlement of this case through confidential negotiation or mediation.
Your prompt reply will be appreciated.
Very truly yours,
Bobby N. Harmon, CPCU, ARM
Related internet references:
http://www.kycbs.net/911-COVERUP.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/911-COVERUP-2.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/911-COVERUP-3.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/AlliedWorldAssurance.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/Bishop.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/BlackstoneGroup.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CarlyleGroup.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/ChubbGroup.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/Confessions.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/ConnecticutConnection.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/Freedom-To-Sing.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/GoldmanSachs.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/Google-AIG.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/Google-AIG-PI.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/Henry-Paulson.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/Impeach-Bush.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/IndonesianConnection.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/JUSTICE.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/MarshBirds.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/PunaConnection.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/RICO-In-Paradise.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/TheMeadows.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/Thorns.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/Treasury.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/Zurich.htm
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The First Amendment Handbook
Prior Restraints
A prior restraint is an official restriction of speech prior to publication. Prior restraints are viewed by the U.S. Supreme Court as "the most serious and the least tolerable infringement on First Amendment rights." Since 1931, the Court repeatedly has found that such attempts to censor the media are presumed unconstitutional.
In the 1976 landmark case Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart, the Court addressed the constitutionality of an order prohibiting the media from publishing or broadcasting certain information about Erwin Charles Simants, who was accused of murdering the Henry Kellie family in a small town in Nebraska. This case pitted the First Amendment rights of a free press against the defendant's Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial.
To ensure that Simants received a fair trial, the Nebraska Supreme Court modified the district court's order to prohibit reporting of confessions or admissions made by Simants or facts "strongly implicative" of Simants.
On appeal, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the prior restraint order. The Court emphasized that the use of prior restraint is an "immediate and irreversible sanction" that greatly restricts the First Amendment rights of the press. "If it can be said that a threat of criminal or civil sanctions after publication `chills' speech, prior restraint `freezes' it at least for the time," Chief Justice Warren Burger wrote for the Court.
To determine whether the prior restraint order was justified, the Court applied a form of the "clear and present danger" test, examining whether "the gravity of the `evil,' discounted by its improbability, justifies such invasion of free speech as is necessary to avoid the danger."
In applying this test, the Court articulated a three-part analytical framework, which imposed a heavy burden on the party seeking to restrain the press. First, the Court examined "the nature and extent of the pretrial news coverage." Second, the Court considered whether other less restrictive measures would have alleviated the effects of pretrial publicity. Finally, the Court considered the effectiveness of a restraining order in preventing the threatened danger.
The Court found that the trial judge reasonably concluded that the "intense and pervasive pretrial publicity" in the Simants case "might reasonably impair the defendant's right to a fair trial." However, the trial judge did not consider whether other measures short of a prior restraint order would protect the defendant's rights. The trial judge should have considered changing the location of the trial, postponing the trial, intensifying screening of prospective jurors, providing emphatic and clear instructions to jurors about judging the case only on the evidence presented in the courtroom or sequestering the jury.
The Court also found that the effectiveness of the trial judge's prior restraint order to protect Simants' right to a fair trial was questionable. Because the prior restraint order is limited to the court's territorial jurisdiction, it could not effectively restrain national publications as opposed to publications within the court's jurisdiction.
Moreover, it is difficult for trial judges to draft effective prior restraint orders when it is hard "to predict what information will in fact undermine the impartiality of jurors." Finally, because this trial took place in a town of 850 people, rumors traveling by word of mouth may be more damaging to the defendant's fair-trial rights than printed or broadcasted news accounts. In short, the probability that the defendant's fair-trial rights would be impaired by pretrial publicity was not shown with "the degree of certainty" needed to justify a prior restraint order.
Because the "barriers to prior restraint remain high and the presumption against its use continues intact," prior restraint orders are rarely upheld. As a result, editorial decisions about publication of information the government deems sensitive are generally left solely to the discretion of news organizations. Nevertheless, government officials and private individuals occasionally attempt to stop publication....
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
© 2003 RCFP. 1815 N. Fort Myer Dr., Suite 900, Arlington VA 22209 (703) 807-2100
http://www.rcfp.org/handbook/c05p01.html
www.kycbs.net/Freedom-To-Sing.htm
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NEW DISCOVERY (09-19-08): More undisclosed conflicts of interests between parties named in Defendant’s RICO lawsuit and the U.S. Department of Justice (Plaintiff), Mark Bennett, Hugh Jones, Dorothy Sellers, Margery Bronster, Earl Anzai, Lyn Anzai, Henry Paulson, AIG, Chubb Group, ACE, Aon, Marsh & McLennan, Goldman Sachs, Henry Peters, Robert Kihune, Douglas Ing, Louise Ing, Aloha Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Joshua Gotbaum, Judge Kevin Chang, Faye Watanabe Kurren, The Nature Conservancy, Judge Barry Kurren, Judge David Ezra, James Nicholson, Linda Lingle, Ben Cayetano, John Waihee, OHA, AIPAC, David Farmer, Steven Guttman, etc:
CV05-00030 - David Farmer vs. Harmon -
Exhibit: "AIG: Buzz Yahoo story"
Friday, September 19, 2008 12:53 AM
From: "Bobby Harmon" <bobby_n_harmon@yahoo.com>iew contact details
To: "David Farmer" <farmerd001@hawaii.rr.com>, "Steven Guttman" <sguttman@kdubm.com>, "Carol K. Muranaka" <ustp.region15@usdoj.gov>
Cc: "Michael Mukasey <AskDOJ@usdoj.gov> ACLU Hawaii" <office@acluhawaii.org>, "All Representatives" <reps@Capitol.hawaii.gov>, "All Senators" <sens@Capitol.hawaii.gov>, "Andrew Walden" <hfpeditor@email.com>, "Andrew Winer" <winer@pacificlaw.com>, "Aon Insurance Managers" <mike_coulter@agl.aon.com>, "Arnold T. Phillips" <arnold.t.phillips@verizon.com>, "Arthur Rath" <imua@spamarrest.com>, "Barry M. Kurren" <richlyn_young@hid.uscourts.gov>, "Benjamin Kudo" <bkudo@imanakakudo.com>, "Blossom Tong" <blossom.d.tong@marsh.com>, "Bradley Tamm" <btamm@hawaii.rr.com>, "Brian E. Schatz" <teamschatz@gmail.com>, "Carl Morton" <ethics@hawaiiethics.org>, "Charles Goodwin" <HONOLULU@FBI.GOV>, "Charles Hurd" <mcp@mediatehawaii.org>, "Colbert Matsumoto" <service@islandinsurance.com>, "Craig Watanabe" <captiveins@dcca.hawaii.gov>, "Curtis B. Ching" <Curtis.B.Ching@usdoj.gov>, "Dane Field" <danefl@gucl.com>, "Dave Shapiro" <volcanicash@gmail.com>, "David A. Ezra" <theresa_lam@hid.uscourts.gov>, "Dee Jay Mailer" <ksinfo@ksbe.edu>, "Dorothy Sellers" <hawaiiag@hawaii.gov>, "Excecutive Office for U.S. Trustees" <ustrustee.program@usdoj.gov>, "Hugh Jones" <hugh.r.jones@hawaii.gov>, "Insurance Division Fraud Branch" <insfraud@dcca.hawaii.gov>, "J C Shannon" <Hapa1234@aol.com>, "James B Nicholson" <jamesbnicholson@aol.com>, "James B. Farris" <Farrisj@adr.org>, "James Cribley" <jcribley@caselombardi.com>, "James Duca" <jduca@kdubm.com>, "James Paul" <jpaul@pjpn.com>, "James Wriston" <jwriston@awlaw.com>, "Jeffrey Sia" <Jeff.Sia@excite.com>, "Jeffrey Watanabe" <jwatanabe@wik.com>, "Jim Dooley" <jdooley@honoluluadvertiser.com>, "Jo Ann Uchida" <rico@dcca.hawaii.gov>, "Joe Moore" <news@khon2.com>, "John D. Finnegan" <info@chubb.com>, "John Goemans" <wip@kamuela.com>, "Judge Lloyd King" <hib@hib.uscourts.gov>, "Judith Neustadter" <Judy@tiki.net>, "Judson Witham" <jurisnot@yahoo.com>, "Ken Conklin" <ken_conklin@yahoo.com>, "Kenneth Hipp" <khipp@marrhipp.com>, "Kevin S.C. Chang" <shari_afuso@hid.uscourts.gov>, "Lawrence Reifurth" <dcca@dcca.hawaii.gov>, "Linda Lingle" <governor.lingle@hawaii.gov>, "Louise Ing" <ling@hsba.org>, "Lyn Flanigan Anzai" <lflanigan@hsba.org>, "Margery Bronster" <info@bchlaw.net>, "Marsh Affinity Group" <prosecure@marshpm.com>, "Matt Tsukazaki" <mat@torkildson.com>, "Michael N. Tanoue" <mtanoue@paclawgroup.com>, "Michelle Tucker" <michelle@sterlingandtucker.com>, "Na Kumu Book Project" <nakumu@ksbe.edu>, "Nathan Aipa" <nathan@pitluck.com>, "Office of Inspector General Civil Rights Complaints" <inspector.general@usdoj.gov>, "Office of the U.S. Trustee District of Hawaii" <ustp.region15@usdoj.goV>, "Paul Alston" <palston@ahfi.com>, "Peter Carlisle" <emeguro@co.honolulu.hi.us>, "Randall Roth" <rroth@hawaii.edu>, "Rick Daysog" <rdaysog@honoluluadvertiser.com>, "Robert Bruce Graham" <bgraham@awlaw.com>, "Robert F. Miller" <info@robertfmiller.com>, "Robin Campaniano" <aigh001@aighawaii.com>, "Roy F. Hughes" <hthughes@hawaii.rr.com>, "Samuel P. King" <leslie_sai@hid.uscourts.gov>, "Susan Tius" <STius@rmhawaii.com>, "V K Durham" <vkdtdht@pionet.net>, "Valerie U. Katz" <clmrpt@islandinsurance.com>, "William K Slate" <Websitemail@adr.org>, "Jim Terrack" <tnthawaii@aol.com>, "Don Michak" <dmichak@journalinquirer.com>, "Rocco Sansone" <rocco.c.sansone@marsh.com>, "Ted Pettit" <tpettit@caselombardi.com>, "Mark Burch" <burch@hawaii.edu>, "Laura Thielen" <dlnr@hawaii.gov>, "Michael Moore" <MMFlint@aol.com>, "John D Zalewski" <jzalewski@caselombardi.com>, "Robert M. Kohn" <rkohn@polhawaii.com>, "Haunani Apoliona" <info@oha.org>, "Malia Zimmerman" <Malia@hawaiireporter.com>, "DC Bureau Office of Hawaiian Affairs" <mathar@oha.org>, "CPCU Society Hawaii Chapter" <kkanehiro@gmail.com>, "Hawaii Independent Insurance Agents Assoc." <hiia@hawaii.rr.com>, "Hawaii Insurance Bureau Inc" <dpeters@hibinc.com>, "Hawaii Insurers Council" <apowershawaii@yahoo.com>, "Manuel Valenzuela" <manuel@valenzuelas.net>... more
Dear Mr. Farmer, Mr. Guttman, Ms. Muranaka & All Concerned:
Due to the discovery of NEW FACTS, I am adding the subject Exhibit which you will find on-line at:
As Judge David Ezra's Order constitutes a PRIOR RESTRAINT of freedom of speech, I regret that I must continue to submit each of these new and updated exhibits and witness descriptions for your review and approval in the event they may contain any prohibited "Protected Subject Matter". If you would like to avoid this approval process, then I would again suggest that we attempt a good-faith settlement of this case through confidential negotiation or mediation.
Your prompt reply will be appreciated.
Very truly yours,
Bobby N. Harmon, CPCU, ARM
www.kycbs.net/Freedom-To-Sing.htm
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CV05-00030 - David Farmer vs. Harmon -
Exhibit: "AIG: Buzz Yahoo story"
Friday, September 19, 2008 12:53 AM
From: "Bobby Harmon" <bobby_n_harmon@yahoo.com>iew contact details
To: "David Farmer" <farmerd001@hawaii.rr.com>, "Steven Guttman" <sguttman@kdubm.com>, "Carol K. Muranaka" <ustp.region15@usdoj.gov>
Cc: "Michael Mukasey <AskDOJ@usdoj.gov> ACLU Hawaii" <office@acluhawaii.org>, "All Representatives" <reps@Capitol.hawaii.gov>, "All Senators" <sens@Capitol.hawaii.gov>, "Andrew Walden" <hfpeditor@email.com>, "Andrew Winer" <winer@pacificlaw.com>, "Aon Insurance Managers" <mike_coulter@agl.aon.com>, "Arnold T. Phillips" <arnold.t.phillips@verizon.com>, "Arthur Rath" <imua@spamarrest.com>, "Barry M. Kurren" <richlyn_young@hid.uscourts.gov>, "Benjamin Kudo" <bkudo@imanakakudo.com>, "Blossom Tong" <blossom.d.tong@marsh.com>, "Bradley Tamm" <btamm@hawaii.rr.com>, "Brian E. Schatz" <teamschatz@gmail.com>, "Carl Morton" <ethics@hawaiiethics.org>, "Charles Goodwin" <HONOLULU@FBI.GOV>, "Charles Hurd" <mcp@mediatehawaii.org>, "Colbert Matsumoto" <service@islandinsurance.com>, "Craig Watanabe" <captiveins@dcca.hawaii.gov>, "Curtis B. Ching" <Curtis.B.Ching@usdoj.gov>, "Dane Field" <danefl@gucl.com>, "Dave Shapiro" <volcanicash@gmail.com>, "David A. Ezra" <theresa_lam@hid.uscourts.gov>, "Dee Jay Mailer" <ksinfo@ksbe.edu>, "Dorothy Sellers" <hawaiiag@hawaii.gov>, "Excecutive Office for U.S. Trustees" <ustrustee.program@usdoj.gov>, "Hugh Jones" <hugh.r.jones@hawaii.gov>, "Insurance Division Fraud Branch" <insfraud@dcca.hawaii.gov>, "J C Shannon" <Hapa1234@aol.com>, "James B Nicholson" <jamesbnicholson@aol.com>, "James B. Farris" <Farrisj@adr.org>, "James Cribley" <jcribley@caselombardi.com>, "James Duca" <jduca@kdubm.com>, "James Paul" <jpaul@pjpn.com>, "James Wriston" <jwriston@awlaw.com>, "Jeffrey Sia" <Jeff.Sia@excite.com>, "Jeffrey Watanabe" <jwatanabe@wik.com>, "Jim Dooley" <jdooley@honoluluadvertiser.com>, "Jo Ann Uchida" <rico@dcca.hawaii.gov>, "Joe Moore" <news@khon2.com>, "John D. Finnegan" <info@chubb.com>, "John Goemans" <wip@kamuela.com>, "Judge Lloyd King" <hib@hib.uscourts.gov>, "Judith Neustadter" <Judy@tiki.net>, "Judson Witham" <jurisnot@yahoo.com>, "Ken Conklin" <ken_conklin@yahoo.com>, "Kenneth Hipp" <khipp@marrhipp.com>, "Kevin S.C. Chang" <shari_afuso@hid.uscourts.gov>, "Lawrence Reifurth" <dcca@dcca.hawaii.gov>, "Linda Lingle" <governor.lingle@hawaii.gov>, "Louise Ing" <ling@hsba.org>, "Lyn Flanigan Anzai" <lflanigan@hsba.org>, "Margery Bronster" <info@bchlaw.net>, "Marsh Affinity Group" <prosecure@marshpm.com>, "Matt Tsukazaki" <mat@torkildson.com>, "Michael N. Tanoue" <mtanoue@paclawgroup.com>, "Michelle Tucker" <michelle@sterlingandtucker.com>, "Na Kumu Book Project" <nakumu@ksbe.edu>, "Nathan Aipa" <nathan@pitluck.com>, "Office of Inspector General Civil Rights Complaints" <inspector.general@usdoj.gov>, "Office of the U.S. Trustee District of Hawaii" <ustp.region15@usdoj.goV>, "Paul Alston" <palston@ahfi.com>, "Peter Carlisle" <emeguro@co.honolulu.hi.us>, "Randall Roth" <rroth@hawaii.edu>, "Rick Daysog" <rdaysog@honoluluadvertiser.com>, "Robert Bruce Graham" <bgraham@awlaw.com>, "Robert F. Miller" <info@robertfmiller.com>, "Robin Campaniano" <aigh001@aighawaii.com>, "Roy F. Hughes" <hthughes@hawaii.rr.com>, "Samuel P. King" <leslie_sai@hid.uscourts.gov>, "Susan Tius" <STius@rmhawaii.com>, "V K Durham" <vkdtdht@pionet.net>, "Valerie U. Katz" <clmrpt@islandinsurance.com>, "William K Slate" <Websitemail@adr.org>, "Jim Terrack" <tnthawaii@aol.com>, "Don Michak" <dmichak@journalinquirer.com>, "Rocco Sansone" <rocco.c.sansone@marsh.com>, "Ted Pettit" <tpettit@caselombardi.com>, "Mark Burch" <burch@hawaii.edu>, "Laura Thielen" <dlnr@hawaii.gov>, "Michael Moore" <MMFlint@aol.com>, "John D Zalewski" <jzalewski@caselombardi.com>, "Robert M. Kohn" <rkohn@polhawaii.com>, "Haunani Apoliona" <info@oha.org>, "Malia Zimmerman" <Malia@hawaiireporter.com>, "DC Bureau Office of Hawaiian Affairs" <mathar@oha.org>, "CPCU Society Hawaii Chapter" <kkanehiro@gmail.com>, "Hawaii Independent Insurance Agents Assoc." <hiia@hawaii.rr.com>, "Hawaii Insurance Bureau Inc" <dpeters@hibinc.com>, "Hawaii Insurers Council" <apowershawaii@yahoo.com>, "Manuel Valenzuela" <manuel@valenzuelas.net>... more
Dear Mr. Farmer, Mr. Guttman, Ms. Muranaka & All Concerned:
Due to the discovery of NEW FACTS, I am adding the subject Exhibit which you will find on-line at:
As Judge David Ezra's Order constitutes a PRIOR RESTRAINT of freedom of speech, I regret that I must continue to submit each of these new and updated exhibits and witness descriptions for your review and approval in the event they may contain any prohibited "Protected Subject Matter". If you would like to avoid this approval process, then I would again suggest that we attempt a good-faith settlement of this case through confidential negotiation or mediation.
Your prompt reply will be appreciated.
Very truly yours,
Bobby N. Harmon, CPCU, ARM
www.kycbs.net/Freedom-To-Sing.htm
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August 27, 2008
VIA fax: 808-529-7177 &
e-mail: sguttman@kdubm.com
David C. Farmer, Esq.
Office of the United States Trustee
c/o Steven Guttman, Esq., Kessner Duca Umebayashi, et al.
220 S. King Street, Floor 10
Honolulu, HI 96813
Re: CV05-00030 - David C. Farmer, Trustee vs. Bobby N. Harmon
Exhibit: “Marsh & McLennan: The Marsh Birds”
Witnesses: Mark Bennett; Lawrence Reifurth; J.P. Schmidt; Rocco Sansone, etc.
Dear Mr. Farmer & Mr. Guttman:
Due to the new discovery of important FACTS related to this case, I am updating the information for the subject Exhibit and witnesses, which you will find on-line at:
http://www.kycbs.net/MarshBirds.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Bennett-Mark.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Reifurth-Lawrence.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Schmidt-JP.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Sansone-Rocco.htm
These facts clearly show that there are numerous conflicting professional, financial and political relationships between entities involved in this case which cannot be dismissed as being merely “phantom dots”, “conspiracy theories”, “political opinions”, or “protected subject matter”.
As I have previously advised, I intend to file a MOTION TO REOPEN this case unless you are willing to try to resolve this matter NOW through voluntary NEGOTIATION or, as an alternative, through non-binding MEDIATION.
If you are not open to either of these alternatives, then please let me know immediately if you intend to file any Objections to my reopening this case.
Very truly yours,
Bobby N. Harmon, CPCU, ARM
cc: United States Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey
E-mail: AskDOJ@usdoj.gov
Carol Muranaka, Assistant U.S. Trustee, Office of the United States Trustee
Fax: 808-522-8156 & E-mail: ustp.region15@usdoj.gov
Governor Linda Lingle, State of Hawaii, Fax: (808) 586-0006
Mark Bennett, Attorney General, State of Hawaii, Fax: (808) 586-1239
Hugh Jones, Deputy Attorney General, State of Hawaii, Fax: (808) 586-1477
Lawrence Reifurth, Director, Dept. of Commerce & Consumer Affairs
Fax: (808) 586-2640
Jeffrey P. Schmidt, Hawaii Insurance Commissioner, Fax: (808) 586-2806
Ed Kubo, U.S. Attorney, Hawaii, Fax: (808) 541-2958
Charles H. Hurd, President, The Mediation Center of the Pacific
Fax: (808) 538-1454 & Email: mcp@mediatehawaii.org
Website: http://www.mediatehawaii.org/
Keith W. Hunter, President & CEO, Hawaii Dispute Prevention & Resolution
Fax: (808) 537-1377 & E-mail: www.dprhawaii.com/Contact.aspx
Website: www.dprhawaii.com
Sheryl L. Nicholson, President, ACLU of Hawaii
Fax: 808-522-5909 & E-mail: office@acluhawaii.org
Website: www.acluhawaii.org
Janet L. Kamerman, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Email: HONOLULU@FBI.GOV
Judge Robert Faris, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, State of Hawaii
Fax: 808-522-8120 & Email: hib@hib.uscourts.gov
Judge David A. Ezra, U.S. District Court, State of Hawaii
Fax: 808-541-3575 & Email: theresa_lam@hid.uscourts.gov
Judge Kevin Chang, U.S. District Court, State of Hawaii
Fax: 808-541-1181 & Email: sa@hid.uscourts.gov
Judge Barry Kurren, U.S. District Court, State of Hawaii
Fax: 808-541-1181 & Email: richlyn_young@hid.uscourts.gov
Steven Katzman, American Arbitration Association, Fax: (619) 557-5339
Dee Jay Mailer, CEO, Kamehameha Schools, Fax: (808) 541-5305
James Cribley, President, P&C Insurance Co., Fax: (808) 523-1888
Nathan Aipa, Esq., Pitluck Kido Stone & Aipa, LLP, Fax: (808) 545-4015
Matt Tsukazaki, Esq., Torkildson Katz... (Attorney for Kamehameha Schools)
Fax: (808) 523-6001
James Wriston, Jr., Esq., Ashford & Wriston, jwriston@awlaw.com
Robert Bruce Graham, Jr., Esq., Ashford & Wriston, bgraham@awlaw.com
Rocco Sansone, V.P., Marsh & McLennan, Fax: (808) 585-3510
Jeffrey Sia, Esq., Ayabe, Chong... (Attorney for P&C Insurance Co.)
Fax: (808) 586-2806
Marion Higa, Hawaii State Auditor, Fax: (808) 587-0830
Roy Hughes, Esq., Hughes & Taosaka
Fax: (808) 521-7489 and E-Mail: hthughes@hawaii.rr.com
Valerie U. Katz, CPCU, ARM, VP, Claims, Island Insurance Co.
Fax: (808) 275-8222 & E-Mail: clmrpt@islandinsurance.com
James Kawashima, Esq., Kawashima Lorusso & Tom LLP, Fax (808) 544-8399
Thomas Kaulukukui and Patrick Yim, Trustees, Queen Liliuokalani Trust
Fax (808) 203-6151
Stuart Ho, President, Waialae Country Club, Fax: (808) 734-4791
Peter K. Hanashiro, Partner, KMH LLP, E-mail: phanashiro@kmhllp.com
Dennis Tsuhako, CPA, Fax: (808) 531-3433
John English, American Arbitration Association, Email: EnglishJ@adr.org
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August 21, 2008
VIA fax @ (808) 586-1239
and e-mail: hawaiiag@hawaii.gov
Mark Bennett, Attorney General
State of Hawaii
425 Queen Street
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
RE: CV05-00030 - Office of the United States Trustee vs Bobby N. Harmon
Request for Criminal Investigation into Alleged Racketeering Activities
Marsh & McLennan, Inc., Chubb Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Kamehameha Schools, Prudential, Zurich Financial and others; and
Request for Enforcement of Hawaii Revised Statutes Vol. 13, Chap. 634F
Dear Attorney General Bennett:
This is to inform you that I have not received an acknowledgment of, or response to, my letter you dated August 1, 2007, regarding the referenced matter. A copy of this letter, and related information, can be found on the Internet at:
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Hawaii-AG-8-1-7.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/Claims-Branch-Attorney-General.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/Confessions.htm
Since this information is necessary in order for the subject case to be finally closed, I ask that you provide to me, as soon as possible, an accounting of the settlement recovered for Kamehameha Schools and P&C Insurance Co., Inc. for the fraudulent overcharges which I reported beginning in November, 1996, and which may be continuing to this date.
Also, as a tax-payer, I ask that you provide to me. and to the general public, complete details– including reimbursement of premiums, damages for wrongfully denied claims, penalties, etc.– regarding the settlement negotiations and monies received which involved any and all claims made by the State of Hawaii against the insurance agents, brokers and carriers involved in your investigations and settlement negotiations.
Your immediate response is respectfully requested.
Very truly yours,
Bobby N. Harmon, CPCU, ARM
cc: Hugh Jones, Dorothy Sellers, and Lawrence Goya,
Office of the Attorney General, c/o Hugh Jones (hugh.r.jones@hawaii.gov)
Michael B. Mukasey, U.S. Attorney General (AskDOJ@usdoj.gov)
Ed Kubo, U.S. Attorney, Hawaii (fax: 808-541-2958)
Janet L. Kamerman, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Email: HONOLULU@FBI.GOV
Laurence Reifurth, Director, Dept. of Commerce & Consumer Affairs
(fax: 808-586-2640)
Jeffrey P. Schmidt, Hawaii Insurance Commissioner (fax: 808-586-2806)
Linda Lingle, Governor, State of Hawaii (fax: 808-586-0006)
Carol Muranaka, Office of the U.S. Trustee (ustp.region15@usdoj.gov)
David C. Farmer, Trustee. (fax: 808-529-8642)
James B. Nicholson, Trustee (jamesbnicholson@aol.com)
Steven Guttman, Esq, Kessner Duca.... (sguttman@kdubm.com)
Judge Robert Faris, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, State of Hawaii
Fax: 808-522-8120 & Email: hib@hib.uscourts.gov
Judge David A. Ezra, U.S. District Court, State of Hawaii
Fax: 808-541-3575 & Email: theresa_lam@hid.uscourts.gov
Judge Kevin Chang, U.S. District Court, State of Hawaii
Fax: 808-541-1181 & Email: sa@hid.uscourts.gov
Judge Barry Kurren, U.S. District Court, State of Hawaii
Fax: 808-541-1181 & Email: richlyn_young@hid.uscourts.gov
Steven Katzman, American Arbitration Association
Fax: (619) 557-5339
Charles H. Hurd, President, The Mediation Center of the Pacific
Fax: (808) 538-1454 & Email: mcp@mediatehawaii.org
Website: http://www.mediatehawaii.org/
Keith W. Hunter, President & CEO, Hawaii Dispute Prevention & Resolution
Fax: (808) 537-1377 & E-mail: www.dprhawaii.com/Contact.aspx
Website: www.dprhawaii.com
Sheryl L. Nicholson, President, ACLU of Hawaii