Core of Corruption series cancelled

[Magda Hassan]

This is really disappointing. I hope he reconsiders even if low budget or passes all the material on to others who can finish it. If funding is the issue has he thought of crowd sourcing? I am quite sure he would be able to raise a good amount of money and there are often people who are prepared to donate in kind with skills etc too.

[Anthony Thorne]

All good and thoughtful suggestions Magda but I should probably make clearer what I maybe didn't make clear enough in my earlier post - the entire film is - I could be wrong, but this is the impression I have - apparently already finished and doesn't need any further funds or technical assistance for completion. Jonathan (if his Facebook comments can be believed) finished the entire film (including final cut, audio and graphics) in mid to late March of this year and was preparing to upload it. He was excited about it and posted links to the trailer on various friend's pages, including Peter Dale Scott's. Then - after some three years of work - something happened to change Jonathan's mind about releasing it, and to convince him to throw all that work away. What is being abandoned is not just three years of documentary work, but three years of investigative work into the event. Jonathan also mentioned in an interview a year or two ago that various whistleblowers were present in the film - I don't know if he was referring here to folks already on the record like Sibel Edmonds, William Rodriguez etc or new folk that hadn't yet been made public, but he mentioned there were over a dozen that were to be featured in ECHOES OF TREASON and further sequels.

Digging around, some materials for the film are still online. This is the 2009 era trailer for the sequel, ECHOES OF TREASON, which offered the first hints about its content. Jonathan made reference to the audio transcript featured in this clip in a later interview as being of notable importance. I agree but would have liked to have seen where he was going with it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thdA1MZAFnM

Jonathan has also been training in motion graphics (he mentioned he was going to do graphics for the new film himself) and this Vimeo clip is a collection of four or more different promotional pieces he designed to promote the film, and also promote his own skills as a video designer to other companies. Most of this clip is just flashy graphics (much slicker than those from the first film, and you'll feel the repetition when you watch it) but in a couple of spots references are made to chapters of content from the movie itself. He also mentions a release date during this clip. These type of motion graphics showreels usually have upbeat music and are perhaps geared more towards viewing by production companies than the general public, and this one is no exception. The 'missing' trailer was quite different though.

http://vimeo.com/36364135

The 'missing trailer taken offline was composed entirely of clips from the movie. It was sombre, enticing, and quite gripping. A link to that 'missing' trailer is still present at the bottom of the following link (it's the Youtube clip with a listed running time of 15 minutes, and features a shot of a religious ceremony at Ground Zero) but clicking on it marks it as private and unwatchable.

http://911debunkers.blogspot.com.au/2012...eason.html

One major contributing factor towards Jonathan's decision to abandon his documentary seems to be his role in the arrest and conviction of Arapahoe Sheriff Pat Sullivan. Jonathan Elinoff played a major part in Sullivan's arrest, and briefly uploaded a detailed, transcript and Youtube video testimony-heavy page of data regarding the background of Sullivan's crimes and what it may have been linked to. The pages - at NewWorldOrderReport.com - have now been taken down, and I really regret not copying all the text and data from it while it was still online. Elinoff was granted interviews with (or interviewed himself) various witnesses, and his info page had a great deal of disturbing data that never appeared in mainstream media reports (what a surprise). If you search Youtube for general mainstream stories about the Pat Sullivan arrest, Jonathan Elinoff is featured in more than one interview giving details about his role in the saga. (Elinoff's role in the story was surreal to watch at the time, as he had 'privately' broken some of the details on the Kevin Barrett show - in a tense interview where he sounded incredibly stressed - weeks before the story broke widely, or before Sullivan was even arrested.) Some of the events, and Jonathan's now removed info page, are discussed at the following link -

http://holyhexes.blogspot.com.au/2012/05...andal.html

Jonathan mentioned that Sullivan had placed a former male prostitute and drug abuser in a role as security guard at a local school, and that he'd also seen video footage of Sullivan raping underage children. Some victims, now adults, appeared in the Youtube clips on the removed info page. Elinoff also mentioned by name various witnesses and Sullivan accomplices that had turned up dead, floating in a river, murdered etc at various points, and also that various authorities had deliberately avoided going after Sullivan. There was a suggestion that Sullivan had placed the aforementioned crim in charge of security at a local school both for drug-dealing, and for an unmentioned role in steering 'troubled' youths into the hands of particular authorities, or worse. The above 'Holy Hexes' site mentions child trafficking, and Elinoff mentioned this on his info page, plus in some Facebook posts, and in private conversation. If Sullivan was running child trafficking, or protecting it and allowing it to occur, it could explain his own 'protected' status (care of his superiors who condoned the practice for reasons awful to contemplate). Jonathan mentioned the Franklin Scandal as a reference in private conversation.

Circa this period (and just prior to the completion of the documentary) Jonathan mentioned his server had been hacked, though he didn't specify what was lost, and it's unclear to me whether the hack was likely related to his film, to the Sullivan investigation, or both. Also around this time, (and Jonathan never gave additional details), a gun was pulled on him in one encounter, (possibly by an edgy witness, or an accomplice to same - that's a guess though and I could be wrong about who it was). Elinoff was pulled into the Sullivan story when some Sullivan victims approached him after hearing Elinoff help talk - live on air - an armed fugitive to give himself in at a police station, when Jonathan was working on the Tom Martino(?) show in Colorado. Martino also briefly featured at the beginning of the withdrawn ECHOES OF TREASON trailer, giving his endorsement to the film and asserting that he found Elinoff's belief in a conspiracy to be credible.

On the Kevin Barrett show, Elinoff mentioned that part of his film discussed the story of Delmart Vreeland, the oddball figure profiled earlier in Ruppert's CROSSING THE RUBICON and the Sander Hicks THE BIG WEDDING volume. With the above Pat Sullivan story in mind, I note on Vreeland's Wikipedia page that Vreeland was sentenced in 2008 to life in prison for inducement of child prostitution, luring boys to have sex on camera and distributing cocaine. Quite a coincidence. Elinoff was investigating the Vreeland story, or had already investigated it and possibly gathered new evidence (Elinoff had spoken to whistleblowers in various locations and travelled to Florida to dig up dirt) when - by a coincidence of events - he was pulled into the Pat Sullivan saga and became a major figure in Sullivan's arrest. Sullivan served 30 days in jail, not exactly the hoped for result after Jonathan had gone on the record as the main figure responsible for his arrest.

Around this time Jonathan mentioned how unhappy he was that the mainstream media had neglected to follow up the links and testimony and evidence he had collected, at great personal risk, concerning Sullivan's activities as a potential murderer and child trafficker. Why would the above pursuade Jonathan to pull his documentary on 9/11? Some of the answers are speculation, but I speculate simply as Jonathan told me some additional details in private, and the details he gave me suggest that the two, very seperate investigations listed above may have eventually converged. I'll post some final details shortly.

[Peter Lemkin]

WOW! Interesting and important information......I'll have to re-read a few times for all the details to sink in and make the neural connections. Some initial responses: You obviously know him and have been following all this closely. I've not until very recently. I was MUCH impressed with part I and have it downloaded. I saw on the internet that one could order the other two parts, so seemingly to confirm your remark that they were finished. I'm not naive to the other things you have alluded to, including threats, guns flashed, MSM not doing their job [it is their job to not do their job] which might have given him more protection on the 'other' [non-911] matters. All that said, to have it done, complete, likely on CD, but if not, that can be done in the blink of an eye, and to NOT put it out is such a loss. I'm sure I don't need to tell you nor he that 911 and the Big Lie behind is the most essential fulcrum we have to stop the decent into a neo-fascist hell in America now. Dallas used to be and still is - but 911 is more recent, more dramatic, and raises more emotion in people now.

You and those who are his friends, it seems to me, must do two things almost simultaneously - find him a safe haven away from harm AND urge him to move ahead or [since it is complete] turn the distribution over to someone else. He's done his work and now the World must see the evidence and evaluate it.

The other two matters are interesting, and on the surface not connected; but might have been used to entrap or corner him on the 911 matter [wouldn't be the first time such was done to others].

Please do complete your thoughts on this. It seems as if you are privy to some details you don't care to share - but whatever you can would be appreciated. This is a most important matter!!!!! Maybe, THE most important matter for Americans to come to terms with [911 - and what it was really all about!]. In my own mind and research, I'm quite satisfied what 911 was all about - but most Americans are still in confusion and urgently in need of just such a project. To loose it would be a tragic loss. Lastly, I think his safety will be enhanced, not jeopardized by a complete disclosure now [even if he spends some time in Argentina (or some-such) until things cool down].

Oh, and thanks for the information.

[Lauren Johnson]

Lastly, I think his safety will be enhanced, not jeopardized by a complete disclosure now [even if he spends some time in Argentina (or some-such) until things cool down].

Sadly, Peter, this is not necessarily true. For example, threatening his family members can easily win cooperation. There is so much we do not know. Remember how Chip Tatum thought he had inoculated himself and how that turned out?

[Jan Klimkowski]

Jonathan mentioned that Sullivan had placed a former male prostitute and drug abuser in a role as security guard at a local school, and that he'd also seen video footage of Sullivan raping underage children. Some victims, now adults, appeared in the Youtube clips on the removed info page. Elinoff also mentioned by name various witnesses and Sullivan accomplices that had turned up dead, floating in a river, murdered etc at various points, and also that various authorities had deliberately avoided going after Sullivan. There was a suggestion that Sullivan had placed the aforementioned crim in charge of security at a local school both for drug-dealing, and for an unmentioned role in steering 'troubled' youths into the hands of particular authorities, or worse. The above 'Holy Hexes' site mentions child trafficking, and Elinoff mentioned this on his info page, plus in some Facebook posts, and in private conversation. If Sullivan was running child trafficking, or protecting it and allowing it to occur, it could explain his own 'protected' status (care of his superiors who condoned the practice for reasons awful to contemplate). Jonathan mentioned the Franklin Scandal as a reference in private conversation.

Circa this period (and just prior to the completion of the documentary) Jonathan mentioned his server had been hacked, though he didn't specify what was lost, and it's unclear to me whether the hack was likely related to his film, to the Sullivan investigation, or both. Also around this time, (and Jonathan never gave additional details), a gun was pulled on him in one encounter, (possibly by an edgy witness, or an accomplice to same - that's a guess though and I could be wrong about who it was). Elinoff was pulled into the Sullivan story when some Sullivan victims approached him after hearing Elinoff help talk - live on air - an armed fugitive to give himself in at a police station, when Jonathan was working on the Tom Martino(?) show in Colorado. Martino also briefly featured at the beginning of the withdrawn ECHOES OF TREASON trailer, giving his endorsement to the film and asserting that he found Elinoff's belief in a conspiracy to be credible.

On the Kevin Barrett show, Elinoff mentioned that part of his film discussed the story of Delmart Vreeland, the oddball figure profiled earlier in Ruppert's CROSSING THE RUBICON and the Sander Hicks THE BIG WEDDING volume. With the above Pat Sullivan story in mind, I note on Vreeland's Wikipedia page that Vreeland was sentenced in 2008 to life in prison for inducement of child prostitution, luring boys to have sex on camera and distributing cocaine. Quite a coincidence. Elinoff was investigating the Vreeland story, or had already investigated it and possibly gathered new evidence (Elinoff had spoken to whistleblowers in various locations and travelled to Florida to dig up dirt) when - by a coincidence of events - he was pulled into the Pat Sullivan saga and became a major figure in Sullivan's arrest. Sullivan served 30 days in jail, not exactly the hoped for result after Jonathan had gone on the record as the main figure responsible for his arrest.

Around this time Jonathan mentioned how unhappy he was that the mainstream media had neglected to follow up the links and testimony and evidence he had collected, at great personal risk, concerning Sullivan's activities as a potential murderer and child trafficker. Why would the above pursuade Jonathan to pull his documentary on 9/11? Some of the answers are speculation, but I speculate simply as Jonathan told me some additional details in private, and the details he gave me suggest that the two, very seperate investigations listed above may have eventually converged. I'll post some final details shortly.

Anthony - I read this, and shivers run down my spine.

The echoes with the genesis and suppression of "Conspiracy of Silence" seem beyond coincidence.

Those of us who investigated Franklin remain scarred to this day.

From The Godfather Part 2:

CUT TO: Inside a Fredo's club. FREDO and TOM walk in and shake hands with the manager.

MANAGER

Freddie, good to see ya.

TOM

How is he?

MANAGER

He's okay -- he's in the back.

[They walk to the back of the club.]

Come on girls, take a hike.

(then)

In this room here.

TOM

I want to talk to him alone first.

MANAGER

Come on; Huh.

[TOM walk in to a room alone.]

TOM

I thought I could help you SENATOR.

GEARY

Hagen.

[TOM nods.]

Listen, I did not --

TOM

I know, you're alright.

GEARY

I didn't do anything.

TOM

It's okay. You're very lucky -- my brother FREDO operates this place, he was called before anyone. If this had happened someplace else, we couldn't've helped you..

GEARY

I -- when I woke up, I was on the floor -- and I don't know how it happened.

TOM

You can't remember?

GEARY

I passed out.

[He stands up and moves over the bed where we see a bloody dead girl.]

I -- I'll fix it.

[He unties the girl's hand from the bed post.]

Just a game.

[He takes a towel and begins to wipe up the blood that is all over her. He looks at the towel and wipes off his hands.]

Jesus, Jesus.

[He begins to cry. As he does, TOM looks over at NERI who is wiping his hands in the bathroom.]

Jesus, God -- Oh, God. I don't know -- and I can't understand -- why I can't remember.

TOM

You don't have to remember -- just do as I say. We're putting a call into your office -- explain that you'll be there tomorrow afternoon -- you decided to spend the night at Michael Corleone's house in Tahoe -- as his guest.

GEARY

I do remember that she was laughing...we'd done it before -- and I know that I couldn't've hurt -- that girl

TOM

This girl has no family -- nobody knows that she worked here. It'll be as if she never existed. All that's left is our friendship.

[Lauren Johnson]

Those of us who investigated Franklin remain scarred to this day.

Referring back to Father MM in another thread, at the end of Hostage to the Devil, Martin talks about the men who are excorcists and what their lives are like after the worst of their encounters. (I loaned my copy out many years ago and never got it back or I would quote it.) He describes these persons as always looking past the reality that most of us know toward another reality. They are always aware of the horror of that reality and are on guard against its assaults, for the excocist risks his very soul in the excorcism.

There have been more than a few moments in some of your posts when that very paragraph pops into my mind. 'May the peace that passes all understand keep your heart and your soul.'

[Anthony Thorne]

I've been short on time and haven't yet put up all the remaining details about this story. As a loose update though, Jonathan posted some comments (old and new) on his Facebook page.

"The whole story is like a Hollywood movie. There were bath houses, sex brothels and drug distribution networks, there was alleged human trafficking, there were crooked sheriff deputies and abuse of the system targeting at risk school children while parading around acting like they are getting them off Meth, but secretly feeding it to them to get them to do sex acts, you have your conspiracy blogger, you have cartels and date rape drugs, I dealt with gangs and white supremacists threatening a lot of peoples lives, including mine, believe it or not, the FBI and DPD worked closely on this and members of the Department of Homeland Security came out because of this investigation.

There were "handler" like suspicious characters attempting to set people up all the time, then there was FBI safe streets task force which I worked undercover with at their classified location in the warehouse district up North. Like literally right out of a movie type scene. I didn't sleep for weeks.

The FBI Safe Streets Task Force was the same FBI task unit that was used to investigate the Penn State scandal, there were other people of influence and wealth involved, then there were all the bodies being found floating in rivers and a young boy's body found decomposing in a suitcase buried in a field.

Sean Moss was an ex-gay porn star who Sullivan hired as a security guard at Cherry Creek Schools while Sullivan was head of security. Moss was found dead, floating in the Platte river the morning after he was last seen with Sullivan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lD-41rQl70

Sullivan's family babysitter was found dead, floating in the Platte River 20 years ago. She was, from what I had discovered from people's statements, a sweet girl. Sullivan had involved himself in the investigation of the death, even though it was outside his jurisdiction. It was a clear conflict of interest investigation. All I know is that the girl's alleged boyfriend said that Sullivan had made sexual advances on her at the time before she was found dead.

To have 2 bodies that are "dumped" and naked in a river, similar circumstances and the exact same river, investigators refer to this as a frame of pattern. It suggests a common person is the killer, and there is a common person between the two deaths. The case of Sullivan's dead babysitter was unsolved and remains so to this day. Just like Sean Moss, who was last seen with Sullivan, found dead, floating in the Platte River, with a date rape drug in him.

All I know is this, the courts tried their hardest. There isn't anything more that I could do. I did my part, and I did more than anyone before me. I was asked to investigate the story because of my skill-set and the fact that I didn't have the same "Red tape" that police officers and FBI had investigating this. As a private investigator and investigative journalist, I had certain advantages. The experience will forever be with me, it changed my life. I don't have any of the same opinions or beliefs that I once had. I am just glad to be moved on to new things now.

Most of the nights I was working the case, I was dealing with 3 and 4 man teams, usually unidentified, all on a first name basis, and we were all issued bullet proof vests.

Believe it or not, this whole investigation started because I was used in a negotiation coordinated by the ATF and Denver PD one night before all this started just to get one of Colorado's most wanted criminals to turn himself into police after he ran from cops on foot and was chased with helicopters. And, yet again, believe it or not, the accused perp said he was framed for armed robbery and manslaughter, as well as all kinds of other very serious charges, and there may have been a case for that. [NOTE - Jon posted the audio link to this onetime on his Facebook page, and it's pretty much as he describes it].

It goes on and on and on. It was literally like a Hollywood movie, and I was at the center of it from the beginning. I was diagnosed with a slight form of PTSD and I suffered anxiety attacks after all this, which was quite a new experience.

The non-disclosure agreements I was asked to sign, the political impact the story could have inflamed, the whole thing, it was a lot. I don't know what to make of it.

It is very weird to digest. I am asked about the video tape all the time. This video tape:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyEPOUKuJEw

I will say this again, as I have said it before: "Sullivan could not be positively identified on the tape." That is my statement.

I think the weirdest thing about the whole Sullivan story is that most people don't really know he was a close personal friend of both Clinton and Bush Sr., not to mention that he was in the Clinton Administration and was pivotal in passing the Brady Bill. He was a famed sheriff who campaigned on his solid career helping kids get off drugs and that won him "Sheriff of the Year" as well as Colorado giving his name placed on a jail. And, on the exact same jail I got him sent to. I literally put a sheriff in his own multi-million dollar county jail named after him. He was not just some ordinary sheriff. He led a meth task force and tried to present himself as a person leading a program getting kids off meth, when in reality everything was a lie.

My life was threatened multiple times while working the story, and I still wake up in the middle of the night in cold sweats remembering the victims he gave HIV to and the young men he molested:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv-EMZUHZgQ&t=1m9s

I did everything I could to help these people, I did. Almost no journalists in town wanted to touch this story except Julie Hayden at FOX, Jeremy Jojola at NBC, and Brian Moss at CBS, and I. We all worked closely to get info and interviews. I wouldn't be carrying the torch by myself...

CBS covered the story and my interviews with victims

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpTKRgXfMek&t=52s

FOX covered a detailed story about my work and interviewed me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmSgsWZkvMY&hd=1&t=3m5s

NOTE - I asked Jon yesterday if his lengthy article on the matter would be re-uploaded to the web at some point

"Anthony, to answer your question, nope, sorry. I took everything off the net. EVERYTHING. I am not ever going to be associated with conspiracy theory pop culture again and I will never have an interest in discussing the story. I put everything I think I need to in the statement before your comment here, and it is all that needs to be said for people to understand what I went through and still, from time to time, go through echoes of. I really don't care about the story. Sullivan was not found guilty, so that is the end of the story. That is all that matters. I have better things to do and move on to. I was in the middle of something much bigger than me, and something that I involved so many other factors that were never mentioned. Most people don't know the Department of Homeland Security came out here as apart of the 22 person task force. All I know is it isn't my battle. It never was. But some people don't always have an easy choice and I was put in very testing situations that pushed me to the extremes of my mental abilities. I have no interest in doing work like that again, in all honesty"

...........

As I mentioned, Jon was at the tail end of a 2 year (or greater) investigation into the deep background of the 9/11 attacks when he was pulled into the Sullivan saga above. There is still even more to this story though and I'll try and post the remaining details soon. The story - and I have not yet posted the most-hair-raising details Jon gave me in private - gets very tangled from here, and it does involve 9/11. More soon, hopefully.

[Magda Hassan]

...........

As I mentioned, Jon was at the tail end of a 2 year (or greater) investigation into the deep background of the 9/11 attacks when he was pulled into the Sullivan saga above. There is still even more to this story though and I'll try and post the remaining details soon. The story - and I have not yet posted the most-hair-raising details Jon gave me in private - gets very tangled from here, and it does involve 9/11. More soon, hopefully.

Thanks for keeping us updated Anthony. I look forward to more of this story when you get the chance. It is all quite extraordinary and I can't blame Jonathan for choosing to do other things.

[Anthony Thorne]

Of related note, this is a Kevin Barrett interview from late last year where Elinoff discussed the case, his film and other related topics. The talk with Jonathan occupies the first hour of the show.

http://www.americanfreedomradio.com/arch...111611.mp3

I'll try and post the final key details reasonably soon.

[Anthony Thorne]

I returned to this story in the comments section of a recent article at 911Blogger today. I've reprinted the pertinent info below.

"As an additional note (and the full details are way too complicated to get into here right now - this is really the tip of the iceberg ) CORE OF CORRUPTION director Jonathan Elinoff mentioned to me a few months back that he had uncovered links between the Colorado sheriff Pat Sullivan scandal and 9/11. Elinoff mentioned some things in private, others publically on his Facebook page, and other parts of the story through news links that he cryptically posted on Facebook before deciding to pull the plug on his long-in-the-works sequel ECHOES OF TREASON. The story involved Sullivan (who Elinoff accused of being a protected figure involved in child sex trafficking), Offutt Air Force Base (which 9/11 Blogger regulars should be aware off for its role on the day), the Franklin Scandal (which John De Camp, in his book on the subject, notes was heavily linked to, again, Offutt Air Force Base - De Camp also notes in his book that Offutt at the time had a bigger contingent of CIA personnel on the premises than Langley, making Offutt a key candidate for the base of 'shadow' CIA activities) and Delmart Vreeland, the much derided figure who features in both Ruppert's CROSSING THE RUBICON and Sander Hicks' THE BIG WEDDING, and who in recent years went to prison in Colorado for alleged child sex offences. Vreeland, you will recall, ostensibly knew of the 9/11 plot prior to the attack and allegedly wrote a Richard Case Nagell-style note warning officials of what was to come. Hicks (and others) would later link Vreeland to the Franklin scandal.

Elinoff (and this is really the tip of the iceberg of the story he alluded to) mentioned that the ongoing Franklin blackmail scheme - which Sullivan was likely a part of - had been used by the CIA to implicate 'Iran Contra figures', so that the agency (he didn't elaborate why) could use those very figures to initiate COG. Elinoff also reminded me of Offutt's role on the day in launching the E4B planes that were seen at all locations of attack on the day. Sullivan was likely acting as a 'procurer' of abused children, young drug addicts and the like. Vreeland (who seemed to be on the periphery of such a circle - read through the Sullivan case and Vreeland's own to note similarities between the crimes of the former and the alleged offences of the latter, right down to both of them being regular crystal meth addicts) may have heard of the 9/11 plot through those very same circles. Indira Singh made mention of child trafficking in an interview some years back. Elinoff mentioned that it was when he started reinvestigating the Vreeland story - at the same time that he was neck-deep in the Sullivan story - that he started receiving threats, had his server hacked, and read the writing on the wall - possibly, I would assume, when links between the two separate investigations became clear to him, and he contemplated expanding the material covered in ECHOES OF TREASON.

Jonathan posted numerous links on Facebook - mainstream news stories - that depicted numerous authority figures (and some celebrities) in Colorado being arrested on child sex charges just when the Sullivan story began to break, with a general 'get out of town' vibe being shown by the retirement of certain law enforcement personnel that he named. The Sullivan story was the tip of the iceberg, and Sullivan spent less than a month in jail despite a lot of damning evidence and testimony. Certain people wanted the mainstream investigation into Sullivan to go so far, and no further."