Path: g2news2.google.com!news4.google.com!news2.volia.net!hwmnpeer01.ams!news.highwinds-media.com!newsrouter-eu.astraweb.com!news.astraweb.com!router1.astraweb.com!news.alt.net!news.dizum.com!sewer-output!mail2news From: Anonymous via the Cypherpunks Tonga Remailer Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology Subject: Keith Henson the fugitive bomb expert, pedophile incest molestor and KOOK Message-Id: <20060614230510.664C61706A@mail.cypherpunks.to> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 01:05:10 +0200 (CEST) Mail-To-News-Contact: abuse@dizum.com Organization: mail2news@dizum.com http://www.religiousfreedomwatch.org/extremists/henson1.html KEITH HENSON Keith Henson is an explosives expert and a convicted hate criminal. On July 19, 2000, he was arrested by the Riverside County, California, Sheriff's Office for making terrorist threats on the Internet against the Church of Scientology. On April 26, 2001, a jury found Henson guilty of having committed a hate crime under section 422.6 of the California Penal Code. Henson was scheduled to appear for sentencing on May 16, 2001, but failed to appear and the Judge was forced to issue a warrant for his arrest. He soon surfaced in Canada where he was arrested by Immigration authorities for having failed to disclose his conviction in the United States. Toronto police were not fooled by Henson's pretense of harmlessness: "We get notified by Scientology, we check, and he's an undesirable," Toronto Police Fugitive Squad Detective Phil Glavin said of Henson. "We look on the Internet, and he's a self-proclaimed bomb expert." Henson was released on bail in Canada pending a final disposition of his case and is restrained from coming within 100 feet of any Scientology Church. Meanwhile, on July 20, 2001, the Riverside County Judge sentenced Keith Henson in absentia to one-year in county jail. As an alternative, the Judge ruled that Henson could accept a six-month jail term, three years probation, and pay a $2,000 fine. He would be restricted from going near the Church he had harassed and be subject to search for explosive devices. The Judge also stated that when Henson returns to the United States he will, in addition, face up to half a year in jail and a $1,000 fine, plus penalty assessments, for having failed to appear at the sentencing hearing on May 16, 2001. At this writing, Henson remains a fugitive from justice. HATE THREATS ON THE INTERNET Following are some samples of the threats Henson has made against the Church on an anti-religious newsgroup: August 6, 1995 "That is why we are out to *break* the CoS [Church of Scientology]." August 13 1995 In response to a posting in which an extremist wrote about Scientology "=2E..I will see it in ruins," Henson wrote: "Ahh, I love the smell of gunpowder drifting on the morning breeze. Keith Henson." August 14, 1995 "PS, And thanks for being a punching bag. We, of course, are in training for a considerably larger event, and CoS [Church of Scientology] makes a nice expendable sparing [sic] partner." April 20, 1997 "PPS Killing the organization off entirely is the best way to change the future of Scientology." August 8, 1998 "From where I stand, the spread of my legal shotgun takes in [name of Church member] *and* the [Church] lawyers." June 5, 2000 (IRC Chat Channel) Henson: "heh. see my posting on the Mt. view picket? brent and I kicked ass ..." "I am going to [church location] some time thiss [sic] week for several dasy [sic] picket till they starve. ..." Henson: "... it is fairly safe but we don't have too long to do it they are growing trees which will make the road invisible from inside." Lianna: "Keith: release some termites on their trees" Henson: "agent orange lia" July 4, 2000 "My only option to get back in the work force is to destroy scientology root and branch." July 7, 2000 "barb wrote: ... GPS readings of Gold Base is a good start..." "And a good topo map. The approach is clear from the south. Keith Henson" July 10, 2000 "Modern weapons are accurate to a matter of a few tens of yards. The terminal guidence [sic] ones are good to single digits (Keith Henson)" HENSON'S EXPERTISE WITH EXPLOSIVES The following postings evidence the extent of Henson's expertise and interest in explosives: June 22, 1997 From: [name removed] Re: Keith Henson "Keith Henson, an explosives enthusiast since the early 1960's, was describing to us last night at a Silicon Valley party just how accurate the instructions were in the transcripts of the McVeigh trial, as the experts pointed out the steps needed to make the liquid explosive 'Astrolight' (or 'Astrolite'). Keith pointed out that most of the "lay" reports had repeated some of the usual lay errors about ammonium nitrate and fuel oil bombs, but that the full court transcript "got it right" on the conversion of the precursors to the more effective liquid form." July 9, 2000 From: Keith Henson "If you are interested in large firecrackers, go ask how to make them in rec.pyrotechnics. Though, it is simple enough, cardboard tube, gunpowder, and fuse. You can make the tubes from rolled newspaper." The following quote about Keith Henson is drawn from the book "Great Mambo Chicken and the Transhuman Condition; Science Slightly Over The Edge" by Ed Regis. Henson was featured in this book as an individual who indulges in fringe sciences. The author also documents the extent of Henson's expertise with explosives. "But he knew how to do it, of course, and so he took a two-hundred-pound lard can and put three pieces of primacord inside, looping them around so they completely covered the bottom. Then he poured the ammonium nitrate into the can, inserted sticks of dynamite all around the perimeter, and ran the primacord fuse up to a blasting cap on top of it all. The cap would fire the primacord, which in turn would set off the dynamite, which would crush the mass of ammonium nitrate until the necessary pressure was reached - a true implosion device, just like the atom bomb." Pg.50 Click these pages from the book for further documentation: http://www.religiousfreedomwatch.org/extremists/images/mambo1.jpg http://www.religiousfreedomwatch.org/extremists/images/mambo2.jpg KEITH HENSON'S ANTI-SCIENTOLOGY ACTIVITIES One of Henson's first postings to a Usenet anti-religious newsgroup is dated February 21, 1995. Since then Henson has posted thousands of hate messages to this group. Since February 1998 he has conducted hundreds of hate marches (he calls them "pickets") against various Scientology Churches and parishioners. Henson plotted to have the Church's tax-exempt status revoked by the IRS yet, having failed to do so, subsequently sued the IRS on December 31, 1998. The suit was dismissed on August 30, 1999. Henson appealed it but the appeal was denied in late 2000. KEITH HENSON'S TROUBLE WITH THE LAW On October 31, 1997 Keith Henson was placed under a permanent injunction in Los Angeles for his harassment and physically violent behavior toward a Scientology parishioner. On November 1 and 26, 1997, Henson was arrested in Los Angeles for violating the restraining order that had been issued against him. Henson was also found to have infringed upon a Scientology copyright. Following is an excerpt of the final judgment issued on May 14, 1998, against Henson by United States District Judge Ronald M. Whyte: "Upon the decision of the court entered on April 15, 1997 granting in part and denying in part plaintiff's motion for summary judgment and upon the unanimous verdict of the jury published on May 12, 1998, final judgment is hereby entered in favor of plaintiff Religious Technology Center and against defendant H. Keith Henson that said defendant willfully infringed plaintiff's copyrighted work known as NOTs 34, and that said defendant shall pay to plaintiff the sum $75,000 in statutory damages pursuant to 17 U.S.C. =A7 504 (c). Defendant is also permanently enjoined from engaging in infringing activities as set forth in the court's permanent injunction dated June 16, 1997 and amended order on ex parte motion for emergency relief dated April 27, 1998." On June 22, 1999, Henson was found in contempt of Court by United States District Judge Ronald M. Whyte, who ruled as follows: "On June 22, 1999 this court issued its findings of fact and conclusions of law finding defendant in civil contempt and awarding $7,500 in attorney's fees. Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that H. Keith Henson is adjudged in civil contempt and shall pay plaintiff Religious Technology Center the sum of $7,500 towards its attorney's fees incurred." BACKGROUND INFORMATION In 1982, as part of the divorce proceedings between Henson and then wife Carolyn Meinel, Carolyn filed a signed affidavit of her expenses that Henson needed to cover as part of his spousal support. Listed under medical expenses were: "$6,000 since May 1981 includes [an] operation and four-day hospital stay [for one of his daughters]; ... psychological counseling for [two of his daughters] as a result of father's sexual molestation of them." Also in the case file was a note that Henson molested his two oldest daughters, at the time 12 and 13. Carolyn requested that Henson be jailed if he did not receive psychological counseling on the matter. In 1987 Henson developed an interest in cryonics (the practice of freezing dead bodies in the belief that scientists will revive them sometime in the future). Henson, his wife and his two-year old daughter signed up with Alcor Life Extension Foundation, the organization that handles the freezing and storage of bodies or heads. Henson himself took part in the procedure of freezing people's bodies. In that same year, Henson founded the Far Edge Committee. The group's sole purpose was to plan the "Far Edge Party", a gathering of "downloaded multiple selves" (assuming one could make many copies of oneself and download them into space) that was to be held in the far-off future on the other side of the Milky Way. KEITH HENSON'S ALLIANCE WITH THE ANTI-RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT Keith Henson claims that his attacks on the Church of Scientology began in 1995 after an upset he had regarding an Internet newsgroup. However, investigation has shown that Henson had set his sights on attacking Scientology years prior to this. On June 14, 1988 Henson paid for a membership in the Cult Awareness Network (CAN), an organization which spread scurrilous allegations about new religious movements and acted as a referral house for deprogrammers. CAN declared bankruptcy after a $1.8 million judgment against them for their participation in the kidnapping and attempted deprogramming of a member of the Pentecostal faith. ================================================================ http://www.religiousfreedomwatch.org/extremists/henson_cn1.html CANADA ACTS TO DENY ANTI-RELIGIOUS TERRORIST SAFE HARBOR An apparent scheme by anti-religious extremist Keith Henson to avoid incarceration in the U.S. by seeking political refugee status in Canada appears to be backfiring. In April 2001, the California jury that convicted Henson of a hate crime failed to reach a consensus on the additional charge of terrorism brought against him by the Riverside District Attorney. Evidence that Henson had for years stalked and harassed Scientology parishioners and made repeated threats -- all while being a self- described explosives expert -- was, at that time, deemed insufficient to earn Henson the label of "terrorist." Then came September 11th and, just as the man on the street opened his eyes to the heinous potential of individuals consumed by hatred, so did governments worldwide. Henson's bid to remain in Canada, thereby avoiding a California jail sentence, has only brought his extremist activities under closer scrutiny -- but this time, by a Canadian government determined to ensure that their country can never be used as a safe harbor by terrorists of any variety. According to Canada Immigration documents released on the Internet, after Henson fled to Canada in May, 2001, he was arrested and ordered conditionally deported due to his fugitive from justice status in the U.S. A Toronto Immigration Review Board Adjudicator thereafter released Henson on a $10,000 Immigration bond with numerous conditions. One of the considerations for his release was the UN policy on the detention of refugee claimants. Henson had applied for refugee status under the UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, an agreement to which Canada is signatory. However, subsection F(b) of Article 1 of that Convention reads: "The provisions of this Convention shall not apply to any person with respect to whom there are serious reasons for considering that: (b) he has committed a serious non-political crime outside the country of refuge prior to his admission to that country as a refugee." It seems largely due to this glaring lack of qualification in Henson's claim that on March 20, 2002, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada announced his intention to intervene in the Convention refugee proceedings of the claimant, stating: "The nature of the offence for which Mr. Henson was convicted is one of implied violence directed toward a particular group, with the means to carry out the threat. The Canadian equivalent for that offence is likely that of 'willful promotion of hatred' at subparagraph 319(2) of the Criminal Code or that of subparagraph 319(1), 'public incitement of hatred.'" However, most telling is the following statement which indicates just how seriously such offenses, and those who perpetrate them, are now being regarded by Canadian officials, post-September 11th: "Although the present Canadian legislation only provides for a maximum term of imprisonment of two years, the Minister will argue that it constitutes a serious offence, when viewed within the totality of the evidence, and in view of the proposed Anti-terrorism Act." With regard to the proposed Anti-terrorism Act, the Minister specifically cited several proposed amendments to the Criminal Code of Canada, one of which would: "...create a new offence of mischief motivated by bias, prejudice or hate based on race, religion, color, or national or ethnic origin, committed against a place of religious worship or associated religious property. This offence would be subject to a maximum penalty of 10 years when prosecuted on indictment, or to a maximum penalty of eighteen months on summary conviction." The Minister urged the Panel to "take these proposed amendments into consideration when assessing the nature and quality of the claimants' actions in the USA in determining whether exclusion is warranted." The Minister's Counsel, acting on his behalf, further stated "...there is extensive information which shows that Mr. Henson had engaged in many activities which would comprise other offences under the Criminal Code of Canada, namely: 81(1) using explosives; 82(1) possession of explosives without lawful excuse 176(1) obstructing or violence to clergyman 176(2) disturbing religious worship or certain meetings 181 spreading false news 264(1) criminal harassment 264.1(1)(a) utter death threats 265(1)(b) attempts/ threatens assault 318(1) advocating genocide 346(1) extortion "The Minister's position is that the claimant's persistence, his single-mindedness exhibited against a particular group, the failure to cease harmful actions despite legal prohibitions, the impact statements of the members of the group, when viewed together, show that the claimant committed a serious, non-political crime prior to entering Canada. "The Minister's position is that, the specific nature of Mr. Henson's actions are such that they could be regarded as offences under Canadian criminal law, and their cumulative effect sufficiently egregious to warrant exclusion under F(b) of Article 1 of the Convention." In further asserting the "non-political" nature of Henson's crime, the Minister's Counsel stated: "Evidence exists that Mr. Henson had embarked upon a pattern of activity designed to cease the operation of the Church of Scientology in the USA. While he may characterize his actions as being politically-motivated, the Minister's evidence shows that the US criminal and judiciary systems found no basis for his allegations against the Scientology foundation. "Indeed, the California court effectively found that Mr. Henson's actions constituted a dangerous form of harassment rather than the exercise of free speech. His actions against the organization were legally characterised as a common criminal offence, rather than political ones. "Other than exercising free speech, there is no compelling evidence that Mr. Henson attempted to use the democratic systems in order to effect change. There is information to indicate that his activities were a hobby, a means of self-expression, motivated by a need for publicity and for personal gain rather than a genuine, political aim." The Minister also found Henson's refugee claim to lack credibility, stating: "Mr. Henson's Convention refugee claim is based upon alleged harassment by the Scientology foundation in the USA. However, the converse was found in a court of law in the USA: that Scientology members were criminally harassed by Mr. Henson.... "...Moreover, information in the Minister's possession indicates that the claimant did not enter Canada with the intention of making Convention refugee claim, but only did so upon the advice of his friends. Mr. Henson is attributed as saying, 'I actually came up here for a different reason. I came up here to picket for another cause. And there was so much trolling and so much interest that we said, 'why not' [May 23, 2001, Internet article by [name redacted]]." Such scams are not new to the anti-religious extremist movement. Honesty is not the stock-in-trade of those who associate with racists, such as close Henson associate, Arnaldo Lerma, who is himself allied with Neo-Nazi leader Willis Carto, and United Anarchist Party leader, Bill White. The Minister indicated with the following statement that a darker motive may lie behind Henson's harassment of Scientology: "There is also an issue about whether the claimants' statements and activities in relation to his stance on Scientology is actually leverage to compel funds from that organization." A close associate of Henson is "deprogrammer" Rick Ross, who has been convicted of felony Grand Theft Embezzlement. Attempts by extremists and extremist organizations to extort money from the Church of Scientology is covered on the Anti-Religious Extremist section of this site (see Gerald Armstrong, Graham Berry, Michael Pattinson, Steven Fishman, Larry Wollersheim, most of whom are also close Henson associates.) But it is in recognizing Henson's actions as terrorism that the Canadian government takes a bold, decisive step toward ensuring both the personal safety of its citizens and their right to freedom of worship. In an opinion with regard to Keith Henson and the legal definition of terrorism, Counsel for the Department of Justice, Canada, Immigration Law Section, stated: "Under this definition [C-36, the Anti-terrorism Act I, Clause E] ...Henson's actions can be seen to be for a religious or ideological purpose. The actions could also be seen to be intentionally committed for the purpose of intimidating a segment of the public - the Church of Scientology. The threat to blow up the Church of Scientology and to kill the organization may be seen as a serious threat to cause death, bodily harm, and a risk to health or safety, property damage and/or a serious interference with an essential service so as to constitute terrorist activity." [Note: Per the prior opinion, 83.2001(1) of the Anti- terrorism Act, which defines "terrorist activity," came into force on December 18, 2001.] In summary, the Minister's Counsel stated that "It is the Minister's position that the present claim is an effort to elude the administration of justice in the USA and as such may be viewed as a claim of convenience." In acting swiftly and decisively to recommend excluding Keith Henson from refugee status consideration, due to his non-qualification under the Convention and with regard to his terrorist status, the Government of Canada demonstrates its commitment to religious freedom and sets an example for democratic nations world-over. http://www.religiousfreedomwatch.org/extremists/henson_cn1.html