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Clemency for Faln Members Hearings Committee on The S. HRG. 106±799 CLEMENCY FOR FALN MEMBERS HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON EXAMINING CERTAIN IMPLICATIONS OF THE PRESIDENT'S GRANT OF CLEMENCY FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES ON NATIONAL LIBERATION (THE FALN) SEPTEMBER 15, AND OCTOBER 20, 1999 Serial No. J±106±46 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary ( U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 68±017 CC WASHINGTON : 2000 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 14:50 Dec 13, 2000 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 SEPT15.TXT SJUD2 PsN: SJUD2 COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah, Chairman STROM THURMOND, South Carolina PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., Delaware JON KYL, Arizona HERBERT KOHL, Wisconsin MIKE DEWINE, Ohio DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California JOHN ASHCROFT, Missouri RUSSELL D. FEINGOLD, Wisconsin SPENCER ABRAHAM, Michigan ROBERT G. TORRICELLI, New Jersey JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama CHARLES E. SCHUMER, New York BOB SMITH, New Hampshire MANUS COONEY, Chief Counsel and Staff Director BRUCE A. COHEN, Minority Chief Counsel (II) VerDate 11-MAY-2000 14:50 Dec 13, 2000 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 0486 SEPT15.TXT SJUD2 PsN: SJUD2 C O N T E N T S STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS Page Hatch, Hon. Orrin G., U.S. Senator from the State of Utah............................ 1, 89, 92 Feinstein, Hon. Dianne, U.S. Senator from the State of California .................... 5 Leahy, Hon. Patrick J., U.S. Senator from the State of Vermont ............... 6, 105, 107 Thurmond, Hon. Strom, U.S. Senator from the State of South Carolina ........... 7, 117 Sessions, Hon. Jeff, U.S. Senator from the State of Alabama ............................. 59 Torricelli, Hon. Robert G., U.S. Senator from the State of New Jersey .............. 61 Grassley, Hon. Charles E., U.S. Senator from the State of Iowa ........................ 62 Abraham, Hon. Spencer, U.S. Senator from the State of Michigan .................... 66 Kyl, Hon. Jon, U.S. Senator from the State of Arizona ...................................... 71, 132 Specter, Hon. Arlen, U.S. Senator from the State of Pennsylvania .................... 135 CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES SEPTEMBER 15, 1999 Panel consisting of Rocco Pascarella, former New York City policeman, FALN victim, Washingtonville, NY; William P. Newhall, FALN victim, New York, NY; Donald R. Wofford, former FBI special agent assigned to New York City FALN Investigation, Wilmington, NC; Richard S. Hahn, former FBI special agent assigned to Chicago FALN investigation, Long Beach, CA; Gilbert G. Gallegos, national president of the Grand Lodge, Fraternal Order of Police, Washington, DC; Reverend Dr. C. Nozomi Ikuta, United Church of Christ, Cleveland, OH; and Hon. Angel M. Cintron Garcia, Majority Leader of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico, and Federal Affairs Coordinator for the Republican Party of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR .............. 19 OCTOBER 20, 1999 Panel consisting of Hon. Eric Holder, Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Depart- ment of Justice, Washington, DC; and Roger Adams, pardon attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC ............................................................ 96 ALPHABETICAL LIST AND MATERIALS SUBMITTED Abraham, Hon. Spencer: Letter and memo from Edison Misla-Aldarondo, Republican National Committee, San Juan, Puerto Rico, dated Sept. 13, 1999 ....................................................................................................................... 66 Adams, Roger: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 100 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 102 Cintron, Hon. Angel M.: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 49 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 51 Gallegos, Gilbert G.: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 35 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 37 Hahn, Richard S.: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 31 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 32 Holder, Hon. Eric: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 96 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 98 (III) VerDate 11-MAY-2000 14:50 Dec 13, 2000 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 SEPT15.TXT SJUD2 PsN: SJUD2 IV Page Ikuta, Rev. Dr., Nozomi C.: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 44 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 46 Letter to President Clinton, from Paul H. Sherry, United Church of Christ, dated Sept. 7, 1999 ............................................................... 48 News Communication, dated Sept. 8, 1999 ............................................. 48 Kyl, Hon. Jon: Prepared statement of Dr. Miriam Ramirez de Ferrer ................................. 73 Press Release: Puerto Ricans In Civic Action, dated Sept. 13, 1999 ............ 75 Anonymous prepared statement ...................................................................... 75 Leahy, Hon. Patrick J.: Letter to Hon. Janet Reno, Attorney General, dated Sept. 21, 1999 ........... 139 Letter from Jon P. Jennings, Acting Assistant Attorney General, dated Sept. 29, 1999 ................................................................................................ 139 Newhall, William P.: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 22 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 23 Pascarella, Rocco: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 19 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 21 Thurmond, Hon. Strom: Letter from Gilbert G. Gallegos, national president, Grand Lodge, Frater- nal Order of Police, dated Aug. 18, 1999 .................................................... 8 Letter from John J. Sennett, president, FBI Agents Association, dated Aug. 24, 1999 ................................................................................................. 9 Various Newspaper Articles ............................................................................ 11 Wofford, Donald R.: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 24 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 26 APPENDIX ADDITIONAL SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD OCTOBER 20, 1999 Hatch, Hon. Orrin G.: Letter and Various Documents ......................................... 149 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 14:50 Dec 13, 2000 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 SEPT15.TXT SJUD2 PsN: SJUD2 CLEMENCY FOR FALN MEMBERS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1999 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, Washington, DC. The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:40 a.m., in room SD±226, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Orrin G. Hatch (chairman of the committee) presiding. Also present: Senators Grassley, Specter, Kyl, Abraham, Ses- sions, Feinstein, Torricelli, and Schumer. OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. ORRIN G. HATCH, A U.S. SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF UTAH The CHAIRMAN. We are happy to begin this morning. I apologize for being just a little bit late. My whole morning has been like that. I have been here since a little after 6:00 a.m. On January 24, 1975, during a busy lunch hour, an explosion ripped through the historic Fraunces Tavern in New York City, killing four people and injuring 55 others. On August 3, 1977, dur- ing the morning rush hour, a powerful bomb was detonated in a busy New York office building, killing one man and injuring several others. In March of 1980, armed members of the FALN entered the Carter-Mondale campaign headquarters, bound and gagged women and men inside, and held them at gunpoint as they ransacked the offices. Now, credit for these and other criminal acts was proudly taken by a terrorist organization calling themselves the ``FALN,'' an acro- nym from a Spanish title meaning ``the Armed Forces for Puerto Rican National Liberation.'' In all, the FALN has been linked to over 150 bombings, attempted bombings, incendiary attacks, kid- naps, bomb threats, and others, which have resulted in the death of at least six people and the injury of at least 70 others. On August 11, 1999, President Clinton, who up to this point had only commuted three sentences since becoming President, offered clemency to 16 members of the FALN. This to me, and really al- most every Member of Congress, was shocking. And, quite frankly, I think I am joined by a vast majority of Americans in my failure to understand why the President, who has spoken
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