Rocky flats grand jury book

Report for the rocky flats environmental technology site appendix a. Ryan grenoblehuffpost artist jeff gipes sculpture cold war horse complete with a gas mask and bright red hazmat suit overlooks rocky flats from the south. Parts of the rocky flats wildlife refugewhich is located on the site of a former nuclear weapons plantwill soon open to the public for recreational use. They said the book is worth the risk of jail for violating. Grand jury secrecy and the rocky flats scandal jonathan.

Grand jury inslaw scandal, the octopus book by kenn thomas and jim keith investigates the alleged us government coverup that involves a runaway grand jury. How the justice department covered up government nuclear crimes and how. Free copy of book a free pdf version of the ambushed grand jury nonfiction and nonprofit book available from embedded link. Colorado federal district court report of the federal district special grand jury, 892 january 24, 1992. A 19891992 grand jury investigation into the rocky flats nu. How the justice department covered up government nuclear crimes and how we caught them red handed. The book was written by wes mckinley, the foreman of a grand jury that investigated activity at rocky flats, and attorney caron balkany. So were going to be talking about the book and her role with the grand jurys investigation and the implications for rocky flats.

The bravery of the rocky flats grand jury should be applauded. The fbi agent who raided the facility in the 1980s says the area isnt safe. Department of justice cant find files from rocky flats. Brever forward to the board, as well as representatives from the colorado department of public health and.

In 1997, wes mckinley, the foreman of the rocky flats grand jury, and his volunteer lawyer started a citizens investigation of the justice departments actions during the rocky flats grand jury investigation. Judge finesilver almost gave the rocky flats grand jury a. The registered agent on file for this company is balkany caron. Signups are for 15minute time slots with each book.

Grand jury members learned not only about the crimes commited at the weapons plant but the possible identity of the individuals who commited them. The ambushed grand jury is the true story of four citizen investigators who uncover the justice departments coverup of deadly radioactive contamination at rocky flats nuclear weapons plant. Brever began working in the plant in 1982 at age 25, but by 1988 after fearing for her health and safety, according to reports she acted as a whistleblower in the fbi investigation of rocky flats. The rocky flats ambushed grand jury, llc is a florida domestic limitedliability company filed on may 9, 2020. The struggle to remember the nuclear west high country. The ambushed grand jury is currently in its second printing. Nuclear weapons are no longer produced near denver, but highly toxic plutonium remains. The archives of the congressional wolpe committee 1992 are a valuable source of documents, as are those of doe contractors who worked at rocky flats after the shutdown and prior to the accelerated cleanup. A new book cowritten by the foreman of the grand jury that investigated the rocky flats nuclear weapons plant from 1989 to 1991 accuses the government of lying and covering up.

Also at the news conference was the grand jury foreman, wes mckinley, coauthor of the ambushed grand jury, a book published this spring alleging a doe coverup of. Agency, multiagency radiation survey and site investigation manual. Former rocky flats operators trying to prevent jury foreman from testifing. A panel discussed the book the ambushed grand jury. Living library for facing rocky flats exhibit check out and speak oneonone with a living book for. Radioactive contamination from the rocky flats plant. Rocky flats war eine kerntechnische anlage des usamerikanischen kernwaffen programms im bundesstaat colorado, ca. A 19891992 grand jury investigation into the rocky flats nuclear weapons plant in colorado concluded that the plant had been engaging in illegal plutonium burns that contaminated the area with radioactivity, but the u. Judge finesilver almost gave the rocky flats grand jury a big twentieth birthday present. The second event is the 30th annual peacemaker of the year award ceremony, being held at 5 p. Cspan ambushed grand jury tattered book cover store youtube. Former grand jury foreman mckinley chronicles his experiences in the 2004 book he coauthored with attorney caron.

In 1997, four ordinary americans formed a citizens investigation and wrote the ambushed grand jury, a true story proving the justice department coverup of dangerous environmental crimes at rocky. The grand jury also wrote a report, intended for the publics consumption per their charter, lambasting the conduct of doe and rocky flats contractors for engaging in a continuing campaign of distraction, deception and dishonesty and noted that rocky flats, for many years, had discharged pollutants, hazardous materials and radioactive matter. Rocky flats grand jury records may show hidden radioactivity. Growing up in the nuclear shadow of rocky flats crown, answered that for me.

Exfbi agent charges feds with radioactive coverup at. Rocky flats nuclear weapons plant, colorado, united. In the case of rocky flats, 23 grand jury members learned a lot about what happened at the weapons plant. Grand jury accuses justice department of rocky flats nuclear coverup may 4, 2004 we speak with wes mckinley, a colorado rancher and the foreman of a grand jury that investigated activity at rocky flats about the charges he makes in his new book the ambushed grand jury. This book is written very well im sure it was not easy to transform this complex story. More than 60 boxes of documents from the rocky flats grand jury probe have gone missing. Unforgetting the american chernobyl by chris roberts 072719 9. Justice department shut down the grand jury and their findings were sealed. He worked with the authors of the ambushed grand jury, a book that chronicled an alleged. I had to file a federal whistleblower case myself, representing sewage plant workers when we found that there was a plan to flush plutonium from the lowry landfill superfund site into public sewer lines where coors and rocky flats had dumped waste for years. On march 23, 2004 denver tattered cover book store hosted the ambushed grand jury nonfiction and nonprofit panel discussion and public release of the book. Information about the rocky flats nuclear weapons plant, golden, colorado criminal investigation from 1987 to 1992 with source references and more. Next month, lipsky will be party to a lawsuit against doj in conjunction with wes mckinley, the former leader of the rocky flats grand jury, and jacque brever, a. It wasnt chernobyl, but the story about rocky flats exploded just.

The companys filing status is listed as active and its file number is l20000126039. More than 60 boxes of rocky flats grand jury documents lost. The result was bryan abass the secret story of the rocky flats grand jury, published september 30, 1992, in westword. On august 1, 1989, colorado impaneled its firstever special grand jury, charging two dozen colorado citizens to consider evidence seized. Kristen iversen, who is now the director of the mfa creative writing program at. The grand jury specifically rejects the notion that government employees should be allowed to hide behind the illreasoned logic of a government attorney at the plant and other doe attorneys in washington, d. Retired fbi agent helped close nuclearweapons site. Special guests will include jon lipsky, who led the fbi raid on rocky flats in june 1989, and wes mckinley, the foreman of the grand jury that examined evidence against the corporation that operated rocky flats. Grand jury accuses justice department of rocky flats. According to the ambushed grand jury, a book by lawyer caron balkany and former colorado state representative wes mckinley, brevers. The saga of rocky flats nuclear weapons plant and what. Ambushed grand jury book, and the archives of nongovernmental organizations including the arvada collection 1979. The jurors become known as the rocky flats 23, the first grand jury in history to risk incarceration for revealing information critical of the justice department. Rockwell subsequently pleaded guilty to charges of illegally storing and disposing.

Iversen is the author of a new book on the subject full body burden. Jonathan turley is the republican legal expert who appeared before the house judiciary committee on december 4 as part of the impeachment inquiry into president donald trump. How the justice department covered up government nuclear. Rocky flats grand jurors were silenced and now files are gone. Nearly 30 years after a grand jury began investigating criminal activity at the former rocky flats nuclear weapons plant, attorneys for seven. Homepage for the ambushed grand jury nonfiction nonprofit book. Rocky flats workers no longer must prove cancers are work. His testimony is at the heart of a recent book about rocky flats, the ambushed grand jury, which chronicles a plea agreement between the federal government and rockwell that put an end to.

Department of justice identify where it has stored case records from the 1989 1992 special grand jury investigation into criminal actions at the former nuclear weapons factory at rocky flats. Rocky flats citizens advisory board meeting minutes april. This is a synopsis, reconstructed from an internet archive. Deceived by the justice departments coverup, relying on false assurances that rocky flats wasnt as contaminated as everyone had thought, public. Growing up in the nuclear shadow of rocky flats, is in part a memoir about her troubled family, and also an. Also, well probably be talking about the impact that all this has on the wildlife refuge thats planned for the rocky flats area. Leaders of rocky flats community groups today filed a motion in federal court demanding that the u. Former rocky flats operators trying to prevent jury. How the justice department covered up government nuclear crime.