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... GL@BAL NEWS ... NEWS Coleman and his lawyers can read why they quashed his conviction. Reporting restrictions also ensured the case received little attention in the United States. Coleman's research purports that an American intelligence-controlled drug-run- ning operation had facilitated the loading of a bomb on Pan Am flight 103. Coleman was ostracised by his bosses and found himself facing charges of apply- ing for a passport in a false name and com- mitting perjury in an action heard some years before. The passport application, he said, had been made under orders from his bosses at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). When he found he could not reach his superiors, he decided to flee the coun- try. He and his family were granted politi- cal asylum in Sweden in 1990. In 1994 they moved to Spain. The American authorities went to great lengths and huge expense to discover his whereabouts and to seek his extradition. Eventually Coleman decided in 1996 to return to the United States of his own voli- tion to face charges. After months of imprisonment, he was released last year after a guilty plea and a fine of $30,000. (Source: The Times, UK, 13 June 1999; ) crisis into a market of scarce resources... (Source: From an article by physicist Vandana Shiva, published in The Hindu, New Delhi, India, 1 May 1999; posted at ) was an investigator and gunslinger for the Criminal Investigation Division of the IRS—now regards his former employer. His conclusion is based in part on a per- sonal two-year investigation into the agen- cy's history and purpose—an investigation he began somewhat reluctantly, never expecting he'd reach the conclusion he did. His research led him to question the very legality and constitutionality of the IRS. Deeply disturbed by his discoveries, he summarised these in a report which, in February, he sent to his supervisors, asking them to respond to three allegations: 1. That the filing of federal income tax returns is voluntary, and the filing of feder- al income tax returns is not required; 2. That the 16th Amendment to the US Constitution was never ratified; 3. That income taxes are not used to pay for daily government operations, but to pay the interest on the national debt. "All the time I was doing my research, I looked for snags—looked for things that would prove that everything I was reading and finding out was wrong," Banister told WorldNetDaily. "Thad taken this job thinking I'd be wearing the white hat, and I slowly found out I was not wearing the white hat. So something had to change." The change came quickly last month [February] when the IRS accepted Ly uu purpuow un INDUSTRY-FUNDED ASPARTAME he began somewhat reluctantly, neve STUDIES FLAWED expecting he'd reach the conclusion he did. Sees questions have been raised about —_ His research led him to question the very the reliability of industry-sponsored __ legality and constitutionality of the IRS. studies of the safety of synthetic chemi- Deeply disturbed by his discoveries, he cals. Aspartame in particular has been the summarised these in a report which, in focus of significant ongoing controversy. February, he sent to his supervisors, asking Studies of aspartame in the peer- them to respond to three allegations: reviewed medical literature were surveyed 1. That the filing of federal income tax for funding source and study outcome. Of returns is voluntary, and the filing of feder- the 166 studies felt to have relevance for _al income tax returns is not required; questions of human safety, 74 had 2. That the 16th Amendment to the US Nutrasweet®-industry-related funding and —_ Constitution was never ratified; 92 were independently funded. 3. That income taxes are not used to pay One hundred per cent of the industry- _ for daily government operations, but to funded research attested to aspartame's _ pay the interest on the national debt. safety, whereas 92 per cent of the indepen- "All the time I was doing my research, I dently funded research identified problems looked for snags—looked for things that with aspartame. would prove that everything I was reading A bibliography supplied by the and finding out was wrong," Banister told Nutrasweet® Company included many — WorldNetDaily. studies of questionable validity and rele- "Thad taken this job thinking I'd be vance, with multiple instances of the same —_ wearing the white hat, and I slowly found study being cited up to six times. out I was not wearing the white hat. So (Source: Dr Ralph G. Walton, The Center something had to change." for Behavioral Medicine, Northside Medical The change came quickly last month Center, 500 Gypsy Lane, Youngstown, Ohio [February] when the IRS accepted 44501, USA, e-mail ) 00 ) q7—~ FORMER IRS $1) 0} | =~ AGENT SAYS INCOME TAX IS ILLEGAL lhe US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is everything the so- called tax protesters say it is: non- responsive, unable to withstand scruti- ny, tyrannical, and oblivious to the rule of law and the Constitution. That's how Joseph Banister—a certified public accountant who, until last month, MONSANTO PLANS TO CONTROL WATER RESOURCES Tensnational giant Monsanto has iden- tified a new business opportunity because of the emerging water crisis and the funding available to make this vital resource available to people. As it states in its strategy paper: "First, we believe that discontinuities (either major policy changes or major trendline breaks in resource quality or quantity) are likely, particularly in the area of water, and we will be well-positioned via these busi- nesses [owned by Monsanto and men- tioned earlier in the paper] to profit even more significantly when these discontinu- ities occur. "Second, we are exploring the potential of non-conventional financing (NGOs, World Bank, USDA, etc.) that may lower our investment or provide local country business-building resources." Thus, the crisis of pollution and deple- tion of water resources is viewed by Monsanto as a business opportunity. For Monsanto, "sustainable development" means the conversion of an ecological NEXUS 7 AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 1999