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Opening Statement, April 18, 2000
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Narco-Bankers Sue The Free Press
The Drug War on Trial
The Facts of Banco Nacional de Mexico vs. Narco News et al.
Narco News Beats Banamex!
Scroll down for full history of the case
Read the Court's Historic Decision
It will be in Law School Textbooks
for Generations to Come
for Generations to Come
"Narco News, its website, and the writers who post information, are entitled to all the First Amendment protections accorded a newspaper-magazine or journalist... Furthermore, the nature of the articles printed on the website and Mr. Giordano's statements at Columbia University constitute matters of public concern because the information disseminated relates to the drug trade and its affect on people living in this hemisphere..."
-- Supreme Court of the State of New York
December 5, 2001
-- Supreme Court of the State of New York
December 5, 2001
"Traffic" is
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The CaseThe Exhibits attached to the Banamex (now Citigroup) Lawsuit:
Read the Lawsuit:
Banamex v. Menéndez, Giordano, & Narco News (August 9, 2000)
Strange Events Prior to the Case:
Part I: Narco Spies v. Por Esto! and Narco News (September 14, 2000)
Narco Spies Part II: The Empire Strikes Back About The Plaintiffs:
Two Banamex Officials Snared for Money Laundering in "Operation Casablanca"
More Info at Money Laundering Alert UNESCO Report on "Operation Casablanca" Federal Reserve Board's "Cease and Desist" Order vs. Banamex and other Banks 1998 Order Stayed in Place until 2000 Andrés Oppenheimer on the $750 million dinner PBS Frontline: Murder, Money and Mexico The Bank's Attorneys - Akin, Gump, Straus, Hauer & Feld:
Washington Post: Narco Lobbyists on the Hill
Arianna Huffington: Plan Colombia's Lobbyists Newsweek: Agents of Colombian Government NY Times: Espionage in Food Lion Case About The Defendants:
Por Esto!
Mario Menendez: Interview by José Martinez Narco News Backround on Narco News by Howard Kurtz in Washington Post Al Giordano: Audio Interview by Steve Rendall and Janice Jackson, Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting Interview by Dan Kennedy, Boston Phoenix Interview by Preston Peet, Disinfo.com Interview by Beatriz Fregoso, La Crisis Examples of Defendant's Defense of Free Speech of Others: Abbie's Road (April 24, 1989) Ohio Seven, Not Guilty (December 4, 1989) Under the Persian Rug (February 7, 1991) The Free Speech Legal Team:
Marty Garbus:
Chapter One of Tough Talk CJR Review of Tough Talk A Modern Day Daniel Webster Court TV Transcript on Lenny Bruce Tom Lesser: The Sam Lovejoy/No Nukes Victory Motions to Dismiss Banamex Lawsuit:
Memorandum by Council for Narco News (April 25, 2001)
Pro Se Memorandum by Al Giordano (April 24, 2001) The Big Apple Bites Back - More Documents Submitted by the Defense:
Affidavit of Karen Thatcher (April 14, 2001)
Affidavit of Al Giordano (April 14, 2001) Affidavit of Al Giordano with respect to The Narco News Bulletin (April 14, 2001) Narco News Legal Memorandum in Reply to Banamex (July 17, 2001) Giordano submits Mexico Papers with Sworn Affidavit (July 17, 2001) Electronic Frontier Foundation Amicus Brief in Support of Narco News (July 17, 2001) In Defense of Narco News: A Letter From Gary Webb (March 16, 2001) "Make no mistake. This court fight isn't about any particular story NarcoNews has done. It's about ALL of them, and all of the ones yet to come. And it's a battle over the continued independence of Internet journalism as well. The silencing of Al Giordano and NarcoNews isn't a theoretical possibility that might happen a couple years from now. It's already happening. Al and his volunteer lawyers are hip-deep in it right now. And they need our help."
- Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist Gary Webb
A Letter From Peter Gorman (June 14, 2001) "Sean launched into a story about how Al had helped put his boss, a regional DEA chief who trafficked cocaine, behind bars. Sean also said Al had called him 'The dirtiest DEA agent in the US' on his radio show - a claim Sean said was off base. But instead of being angry at Al, Sean had the utmost respect for him."
- Peter Gorman
Iquitos, Peru Correspondent
A Letter From Cynthia McKinney (September 6, 2001)
"A respected journalist telling the truth, at risk to his own safety, should not be facing a lawsuit meant to silence him."
- U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Georgia)
Dec. 5, 2001: CASE DISMISSED!
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