My Thoughts: As I only hear one side of every story and maybe not the total story I think that Brandon should have done more searching about the laws and what a church can and cannot do with medical marijuana and for religious reasons. Did he sell to someone else, 1 do not know! Even if the state has medical or even recreational marijuana legal, it is still illegal by the Federal Government. I know the Feds can scare you and coerce you into a plea deal even if you are not guilty, and he may have thought he was not guilty, but I believe that he knew he was in a gray area. I think one year, and two years’ probation would be appropriate.
Tuesday, January 23, 2018, got up around 7:30 am and took a shower, and fixed my coffee. I went to the rec room and weighed. I weighed one hundred and eighty-one pounds and my goal is one hundred and seventy-five pounds with no clothes on. The clothes I had on weighs about four pounds, so I need to lose around five pounds. I have lost about eight pounds since I have been here so as the weather gets warmer out and does more exercise by playing a little basketball, running or whatever I do not think that will be a problem. I will work with the barbells to build up my arms. I cannot much pressure my back and legs because of my bulging disc at my TIO level.
I feel like that this is a vacation that I can write and lose weight and exercise to get in shape. Also, it has been of a good experience as I have met some amazing people in here that have "Brilliant Minds" and some great stories, well I mean great in that it is stupid that some are here that are not guilty or maybe just made a mistake.
Nothing much went on before dinner and just chilled. At dinner, I ran into Brandon again and he forgot to tell me that after they arrested him; he found out that the neighbor that shot his dog was an FBI agent, What luck.
I sat down for dinner with Willy to eat; I have eaten with him before and talked to him but not about why he was here. Willy is a stocky black man around forty-two years old and about five foot ten inches tall, he looks like he could handle himself very well. I assumed that he was here on drugs charges. I asked him what he did, and he said the government uses you as a scapegoat is corrupt. He was a policeman in Mississippi and was in here on bribery charges. I said that I would like to set down and interview him and hear his story, and he said that he had a good one. I told him that I would get with him soon.
After dinner Lee, Cisco, John, and myself played cards. Lee wanted to play Texas Hold’em, and we played for stamps. Stamps are the currency here to buy things like food. The food service workers bring back, gamble, items such as shoes when someone leaves, and much more. Anyway, I was the first out and I lost ten stamps which are three dollars. The stamps are old stamps, not new mailing stamps.
Wednesday, January 24th, 2018 Today starts my fourth month here at the camp and it seems like it is going fast, but not fast enough. I am always trying to stay busy and that makes time go faster it seems. I am always getting asked to play cards and when the weather is good, I will do more outside.
I met Major soon after I first got here, and we have become good friends. We call him Major because he was a Major in the Army. Major is a tall, very distinguished black man, about fifty-five years old and very fit. He is also a physical trainer, and he has helped me in stretching. Major has been working on appeals and not having much luck. In the next few pages is his story. He says that he is innocent of the charges and was railroaded and coerced into a plea deal. They indicted his wife and his sister as they had money and his sister and his wife had a business and Major was not part of that business, but the government does not care, when they go after someone they try to get everyone around them, and that was his wife and sister. The government took all their money and assets and their business. His wife and sister both got six months in prison and were charged with no restitution. They are both out now, but not in a business and trying to make ends meet. Waiting for John to return home.
Here is a report on Major: Superb performance of duty in a challenging wartime assignment as Deputy Commander of Southwest Asia Contracting Command Kuwait. Major is the number one Major in this Command. Major served dual roles: one as Deputy Commander and two as a Contracting Officer. John took the lead in transitioning Camp Ariana and Kuwait Naval Base from LOGCP to Sustainment Contracts and saving the government twelve million dollars annually while providing improved quality of life support for the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Through his contracting expertise, Major was able to successfully coordinate the requirements of 14 base camps through the Advanced Acquisition Planning Board. His tireless efforts resulted in anticipating warfighter requirements, developing more efficient contracting instruments, reduced cost and significantly improving contracting support to the warfighter. Major dedicated himself to this command his peers, and subordinates ensuring the utmost commitment was always given to the warfighter Major performs as a seasoned professional and as an outstanding leader. Major is an extremely talented officer and has unlimited potential for increased responsibility. Major must be given the toughest assignments in the Global War on Terrorism. Promote early to Lieutenant Colonel and select for Battalion level command.
Here is Major's story: I was charged with, Bribery, but I bribed no one. The money was freely contributed in recognition' for my having reported on criminal activities that would have prevented them from contracting under the blacklist, and on the criminal activities that would have illegally canceled their contracts and impacted their livelihoods, I was charged with money laundering, but none of the money entered, passed through me, or to the United States. The overseas companies who gave or pledge their own money to an overseas charity as benevolence after my Whistle Blowing and for my previously exposing an illegal "blacklist" is an area of interest, but it is not a crime by definition, as described by the government prosecutor’s indictment. It is conducted unbecoming; however, the case may be, and I accept full responsibility for this conduct. But this conduct does not rise to bribery by legal definition, so no felony crime was committed. In fact, government prosecutors cannot produce any of the documents they reference in the Indictment.
NOTE: the prosecutors were without an Authority to prosecute according to Title 28 U.S.C. 541, 546, 547 as Washington, D.C. Trial' Attorneys having no case or controversy in the Western District. of
NOTE: I, Major was never discharged according to Title 10
As you can see Major was an outstanding officer