DOES ROY ESSAKOW DIG YOU “MIDDLING” [SIC] IN HIS DIGGINGS?

By coincidence, I came across a message you wrote (http://nextraterrestrial.com/pdf/676-681.htm) in which you state that “David clearly getting tremendous joy at putting Roy Essakow down, someone I understand who has donated some of his-Marc Rich’s “ill-gotten” gains to the Orthodox Jewish Synagogue where I said, David, I believe, remains the president, in good standing.”

I am only concerned with your personal comments. The fact that Roy Essakow worked for Marc Rich is Switzerland after Mr. Rich’s questionable activities (Marc RIch was never tried, let alone found gulty of anything) in the United States does not mean that the money that Roy earned while working for Marc Rich in Switzerland for some 10 years was ill gained.

The only reason that I bothered to write to you is that I met Roy severals years ago here in Israel through Beit Issie Shapiro, an organization that assists children with developmental delay and Roy spoke quite openly about having worked with Marc Rich before emigrating to the United States.  I think it would be fair to presume that had Roy been involved in something illegal (as you have openly stated), 1) he would have refrained from mentioning his association with Marc RIch and 2) as Marc Rich was a fugitive from the U.S., had there been ongoing illegal activity, it probably would have been impossible for Roy to immigrate to the U.S.

Unless you have some very specific proof, I suggest you write a letter of apology to all those people mentioned in your message with a copy to me.

C. Wolff