Lane von Herzen: Where Are the Documents?

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.

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Where Are the Documents?

OIG Hotline, this is to confirm that I still have no FOIA materials, no investigative materials, no letter from your Office, and no follow up regarding my case whatsoever.

The FBI appears to report that it is "working on" unlawful redactions and omissions of these documents at this time.

Meanwhile, my entire family is being endangered at FBI direction.

Does anyone see a conflict of interest present in the current situation?

I traveled to Washington, D.C. to facilitate a courier's delivery of these documents into my hands.

So, I know something about the appreciable challenges present.

This is not a case in which material could be placed in the mail or even placed in the hands of a courier without extensive communication with me as the intended recipient, and thorough security precautions provided regarding means of delivery.

Outreach is required -- outreach constituting real two-way communication regarding the secure and successful delivery of complete documents into my possession.

Please contact me so that this can be effectively accomplished without further delay that endangers my family.

My older son is beginning two classes with labs at a local community college this week, and already, I am receiving threats of kidnapping, trafficking, and further violence toward him, comparable to previous threats I have received from the FBI.

So we need intervention on our behalf in the form of direct outreach, and we need it immediately, please.

Most sincerely,