Lane von Herzen: Threat of False Witness Statement by Norman MacWilliams

My Third Novel's Conclusion, My Heartbreak

My heart begins to break when I think about completing this particular book -- because this narrative has sustained me like no other story I've known. It's both more personal and more universal than my other works. But beyond memory and archetype, it's a cri-de-coeur about needing to become the person one is destined to be. And in the writing, I have met my own life's work, my own fated journey -- having the sense all the while that the pages are suffused with a resonance, an energy, an electrified field that defies explanation. Writers hope and pray to be overtaken by a work in this way -- to be conscripted into passionate service of a profound story. To experience it even once in a lifetime seems a great privilege. I still have several months before this novel is complete, and this constitutes my reprieve. Because I'm not ready for the beauty to end.

Monday, January 1, 2024

Threat of False Witness Statement by Norman MacWilliams

OIG Hotline, please be apprised that I received the following message sent to my iPhone, appearing to pertain to a risk of a falsified witness statement.

This appears to correspond to the fact that my husband's brother Norman just initiated a phone call with him approximately 15 minutes ago at between 4:30 PM and 4:45 PM on Monday, January 1. 2024.

While this call is being documented, the FBI has likely scripted topics of conversation to be misreported by Norman MacWilliams, leaving our family in a terribly vulnerable position.

It's New Year's Day, and notaries are not likely to be available to us, in contrast to the in-house notaries who are available to coerced FBI informants 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.

We would appreciate protective intervention under these circumstances.

Thank you in advance for shielding us from apparent ongoing attempts by the FBI to falsely justify a law enforcement raid at our home.

Most gratefully,