VA "SPYGATE": VET GROUPS MISTAKEN FOR IRANIAN TERRORISTS

COVERT SPY OPERATIONS AGAINST VETERANS TRYING TO SAVE THEIR PARK FROM CROOKED DEVELOPERS – THE DVA RESPONDS:

"WE DO IT ALL THE TIME"

By Gordon Duff  STAFF WRITER

Read it yourself.  This is the email:

"From: Tillman, Ralph D xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Incident on June 28, 2009
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 2:01 PM

Commander Martin:  It was a pleasure meeting with you yesterday.  We appreciate your willingness to bring to our attention an incident that concerned you.  As requested, we have reviewed the incident over the weekend including a review of police reports and discussions with the officers involved. 

We, once again, confirm that surveillance activities were occurring during the weekend, primarily due the Iranian election protest adjacent to our property. 

(EDITORS NOTE:  NOT ADJACENT/HALF A MILE AWAY) As you can imagine, the first and foremost responsibility for our VA police is to assure the safety and well being of the veterans and staff that are on our campus.(SPYING ON PTSD PATIENTS?)  The situation with the demonstration at the Federal Building was potentially very serious. (DEMONSTATORS WERE PRO-AMERICAN ACTIVISTS) When the car you were riding in drove across the grass in an aggressive manner and your group confronted our police officer (DRESSED AS A GARDENER AND CARRYING A RAKE AND SHOVEL), we had no way to ascertain what your intentions were. (GARDENING ADVICE?) The response from the officer in the surveillance van (?????)and the subsequent responding officers was very measured (ILLEGALLY DETAINING VETERANS GROUP LEADERS ON VETERANS LAND) and appropriate considering the situation as it unfolded.  However, we do regret any inconvenience this may have caused.(ILLEGAL SPYING AND DETENTION IS "INCONVENIENCE?")  Please know that our goal is the meet the needs of our veterans.  If I can be of further service, please do not hesitate to call.  Ralph Tillman/Acting Chief Public Communications/DVA"  

• THE IRANIANS BEING WATCHED WERE ACTUALLY AMERICAN VETERANS NOWHERE NEAR THE PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTS
• THE VA LATER ADMITTED TILLMANS STATEMENT NOT ACCURATE – SPYING WAS ON VETS

HOW DO WE TELL WHO ARE LEGITMATE VA EMPLOYEES WHEN GROUNDS KEEPERS ARE POLICE SPIES AND DELIVERY VEHICLES ARE BORROWED FROM HOMELAND SECURITY?  THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A MINUTE… 

Instead of getting the answers veterans need, we only get more questions.  Lets look at a few of them now:

1. WHAT FUNDING LEGAL AND FUNDING AUTHORIZATON DOES THE VA HAVE TO RUN SURVEILLANCE OPERATIONS ON PATIENTS AT THEIR HOSPITALS?
2. WHEN DID THE SPYING START AND HOW WIDESPREAD IS IT?
3. WHY IS THE VA DOING THIS?
4. WHAT DO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS SAY ABOUT THIS NOW THAT THE INFORMATION IS PUBLIC?
5. IS THE SPYING JUST AT HOSPITALS OR ARE PATIENTS FOLLOWED HOME?
6. IS SPYING SIMPLY VIDEO OR IS THE VA WIRETAPPING AND PERFORMING BREAK-INS AND SEARCHES OF VETERANS HOMES AND CARS?
7. IF SURVEILLANCE TEAMS DRESS LIKE MAINTAINENCE STAFF, ARE THEY ALSO DISGUISED AS DOCTORS AND NURSES ALSO?
8. DOES DOCUMENTATION SUPPORT ORGANIZED TERRORISM AGAINST VA FACILITIES BY 80 YEAR OLD VETERANS?
9. WHAT IS THE TRAINING AND BACKGROUND OF VA "COVERT OPERATIONS UNIT" MEMBERS?  HOW ARE THEY RECRUITED?  GITMO?  CIA?  PRISONS?
10. WHY ARE VA MEDICAL FACILITIES THE ONLY HOSPITALS TO HAVE SPIES DRESSED AS STAFF FILMING AND RECORDING PATIENTS?  ARE AGING VETERANS A THREAT?
11. WHERE DOES AN ORGANIZATION WITH YEAR LONG CLAIMS BACKLOGS AND ENDLESS PATEINT CARE SCANDALS BUT NO FUNDING GET THE MONEY FOR SURVEILLANCE VANS?
12. ARE PSYCHIATRIC APPOINTMENTS RECORDED AND FILMED?
13. ARE PATIENT RECORDS ACCESSED FOR POLICE PURPOSES IN VIOLATION OF  HIPA? (HEALTH INFORMATION PROTECTION ACT)
14. WHERE ARE PATIENTS FILMED?  WHO SEES THE FILMS?
15. WHAT JUDGE HAS AUTHORIZED THIS SURVEILLANCE?  IS THIS BEING DONE UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF F.I.S.A. AND THE PATRIOT ACT INTENDED TO PROTECT US FROM TERRORISM?

This is a film of the protest that supposedly drove the VA into spying on the Military Order of Purple Heart:

ARE PRESIDENT OBAMA AND GENERAL SHENSIKI AWARE OF THIS?  WOULD THEY ALLOW IT?  SOMEONE HAS TO STEP UP AND TAKE RESPONSBILITY FOR THESE BIZARRE AND ILL ADVISED ACTIONS.

Gordon Duff is a Marine combat veteran and regular contributor on political and social issues.

Gordon Duff

Gordon Duff posted articles on VT from 2008 to 2022. He is a Marine combat veteran of the Vietnam War. A disabled veteran, he worked on veterans and POW issues for decades.

Gordon is an accredited diplomat and is generally accepted as one of the top global intelligence specialists. He manages the world’s largest private intelligence organization and regularly consults with governments challenged by security issues.

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