TENNESSEEGATE
The local US Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Harry S. Mattice, during his tenure, refused to move against Foxworth for his major crimes, and even allowed his assistant US Attorney, Guy Blackwell, to lie in open federal court to Senior Tennessee Federal Judge R. Allan Edgar regarding Foxworth's major crimes. Mattice wouldn't move against Foxworth in order to protect the reputations of over a thousand companies including McKee Foods Corporation (Little Debbie In response to my correspondence to Vice President Gore over a period of several years during the dumping operation, I received four letters. Each letter acknowledged my investigation into illegal dumping activities in Chattanooga, but stated that the Vice President's office could not become involved in my investigation. The last letter from the Vice President stated: ..."As you were told in a letter from then-Senator Gore in January of 1992, neither he nor any member of his staff is in a position to assist you. Likewise, neither the Vice President nor any member of his staff will attempt to intervene in the matter at this time...." Why was no quick, immediate action taken to stop the spread of a documented public health crisis in Chattanooga? My investigation began in 1990, when I first uncovered evidence of illegal toxic dumping in Chattanooga. As a scientist and member of the American Public Health Association, I could not sit back and watch as the health and welfare of innocent people was put at risk so that a few businessmen and politicians could get a little richer. I had already acted as a whistle blower in Michigan in 1977, where I convinced the new governor to force the director of police out of office nine years later. (132 Michigan Appeals 558). The state police headquarters laboratory where I worked were engaged in sloppy practices that had the potential not only to compromise the good name and record of the Michigan State Police, but the real chance of compromising evidence being improperly handled, could have jeopardized criminal trials and violated the rights of persons charged with drug crimes. I refused to be part of this or remain silent and got fired for my efforts. Eight years later however, an honest judge in Lansing, Judge James Giddings, agreed with me, and ordered the state police to reinstate me with full back pay and seniority. It was time to blow the whistle again in Chattanooga.
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) and Walmart. US Attorney Harry S. Mattice was recently nominated by President George W. Bush, confirmed by Congress, and is now a sitting federal district judge in Chattanooga. I can prove absolutely, that Harry S. Mattice, while serving as the US Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, conspired with his assistant US Attorney Guy Blackwell and Chattanooga criminal defense lawyer Jerry Summers, to lie in open court to Senior Federal District Judge R. Allen Edgar in order to protect the reputation of McKee Foods Corporation (Little Debbie
