Jeff Smurlick 's name appears here(below) back in 2006, too.
So what does this Facebook guy have to do with ERHC?
Friday, June 16, 2006
Proposed Order Asks Judge To Return ERHC Docs, Enjoin Feds' Review And Unseal Griffin Affidavit
A proposed order offered by ERHC Energy attorneys Brewer & Pritchard of Houston would have a Federal judge order the FBI and U.S. Attorney's office to return copies of all documents seized on a search warrant May 4, not to review them and open the sealed affadavit from FBI Special Agent Dana Griffin that underlies the warrant, according to a June 9 court filing.
The affidavit, along with any recent new research by the FBI, may be comprised largely of the special report of the Attorney General of Sao Tome and Principe, who last Fall requested a Dept. of Justice and Securities Exchange Commission investigation of its claims, which were not supported by evidence. All of those claims were rejected "in their entirety" by both the Nigeria and Sao Tome governments.
The Court has not adopted the order. It is in draft form for the judge's signature, probably after counsel was asked by the judge to prepare it. In this case, oral arguments have yet to be sscheduled on the order. A source told ERHC On The Move a hearing must occur before it takes effect, if ever. The judge can modify the order as he chooses.
We received the document from Jeff Smurlick with the subject header, "ERHC to get DOCS and Computers back." That was an error we repeated in an earlier post, regrettably.
Many have written to ask me for my opinion of the merits of the case. Without more information, I cannot say with any certainty.
