Freedom

 1.  It's July 4th, yet your human rights have not yet been defended appropriately by the United States, nor have your family's.

Answer:  I think we can celebrate the freedoms of the United States in a historical context, which is different for varying groups of people.  Frederick Douglass wrote so movingly about July 4th, for the very reason that it was celebrating a freedom that wasn't his.  But what he taught me is that freedom can live within.  He was such a noble and honorable person, he was destined to become free.  He insisted on his freedom with such dignity and moral strength that the world ultimately had to bend to his will.  

2.  Is it significant that some Americans feel deeply deprived of their freedom on this day?

Answer:  I think it's profoundly and overwhelmingly significant.  Freedom can never really last if our neighbors and friends are deprived of it.  So we need to listen to one another compassionately and soulfully and attentively, and we need to understand what some Americans are saying.

3.  What are they saying?

Answer:  That they are not experiencing freedom, even though they cannot relinquish the hope that they one day will.

4.  What is the central debate surrounding the freedom of mankind?

Answer:  The central debate remains whether mankind deserves to belong to itself.  It's the dichotomy presented by Cecil B. DeMille at the introduction to The Ten Commandments:  whether men ought to be ruled by God's law, or whether they are to be ruled by the whims of a dictator, like Rameses.  Are men the property of the state or are they free souls under God?  

This is the disagreement in which we are still engaged.

5.  Why does this conflict persist?

Answer:  Because some people feel they have the right to subjugate others, to enslave them wrongfully, and to harm them at will.

6.  Is the FBI's "target of interest" program a form of human enslavement?

Answer:  I will answer that question by responding to you that my family members and I have been unwillingly relegated to enslavement and harm by the "target of interest" program.  Yes, we are experiencing a complete loss of freedom and human rights.

7.  Meanwhile, others are profiteering from your enslavement, are they not?

Answer:  They most definitely are.

8.  So this represents a devastating moral failure, doesn't it?

Answer:  Without question, yes.

9.  What will the end result be for the United States if the FBI is allowed to continue to expand this initiative?

Answer:  I don't believe it's permissible to answer that question publicly anymore.  I hope readers have had the chance to access my previous writings on this subject.

10.  Are you currently experiencing physical harm within Canada as a direct result of false accusations by the FBI?

Answer:  Decidedly so.

11.  Has the FBI promised to prevent you and your dogs from perishing of heart disease over the short term, as has been their recent threat?

Answer:  I have been receiving threats all day, with barely a respite.  So, it certainly doesn't seem as though the FBI is apologizing at this juncture.

12.  There has been no intermediary to reach out to you to discuss resolution of your case to date.

Answer:  None whatsoever.

13.  No one has discussed the restoration of your health and the health of your pets with you.

Answer:  Absolutely not.

14.  No one has discussed the necessity to provide you with safe food and water.

Answer:  No.

15.  So, your most basic needs are simply not being met as of this time.

Answer:  They are not.

16.  What does freedom mean to you in this situation?

Answer:  Freedom means that I can still make decisions for myself, even under extremely arduous circumstances.  Freedom means that I can still advocate for the rights of others, even when my own rights are being appallingly violated.  Freedom means that I can take joy in small things, even when some of those surrounding me are demonstrating corruption and predation at every possible turn.  Freedom means that I have still preserved my gratitude for the day, my faith in a Creator, and my love for others -- despite the astonishing crimes of the FBI and FBI affiliates.  Freedom means that I don't have a handler telling me what to say and do, and I will never accept a handler telling me what to say and do.  Freedom means that my values and principles and ethics and soulfulness are all intact, in place and thriving.  That's freedom as I can currently define it.

17.  Are there any others to whom you would wish a happy July 4th?

Answer:  Oh, yes.  I want to wish a joyful July 4th to the OIG Hotline and to its investigators, to my family and friends, to all those Americans whose futures I still hold dear, and all those beyond our borders whose futures I uphold every day.

18.  Please keep us up to date on how you and your family members are maintaining your health.

Answer:  Thank you for your concern.  I certainly will.

Lane MacWilliams