On
Sunday, June 11, I received an e-mail message from Ramola D, making
complaints about two (2) reports on my website, which she cited as
“defaming posts” to “slander” her.
Here
are the reports she cited:
http://barbarahartwellvscia.blogspot.com/2022/07/warning-zero-tolerance-for-gossip.html
http://barbarahartwellvscia.blogspot.com/2022/12/preposterous-sensationalist-boasts.html
She
stated:
"I
am very sorry you have both misread the intent and content of this
email and that you have made a public post in July accusing me of
things which are not true."
In
point of fact, I “misread” nothing. Words have meaning and the
words were very clear. She most certainly did accuse me of
“protecting operations”, there are no two ways about it. And I am
the only one who was accused of things which were not true.
For
the record, these reports contained no slander, nor any defamatory
statements. They were written in my own defense against falsehoods
promoted by Ramola D. I simply refuted the false accusations and
stated my opinion on other related issues connected to promotions by
her, which were also based on her own words.
There
was no “misreading” of anything, there was no speculation, only
my views made crystal clear, which I have every right to state in my
own reports. Just because she does not like what I have to say, and
does not “agree” with it, does not make it defamatory, or false.
Her opinions are meaningless to me and will not change the facts, nor
my position on those facts.
And
I issued a warning for her to stop meddling in my business and to
stop gossiping about me behind my back. That was all. She chose to
disregard the warning, which she is free to do. Just as I am free to
continue to defend myself against her defamation and insults to my
honor.
The
message she sent me (June 11) was not private, but openly copied to
two (2) individuals, thus making her accusations against me public,
and very possibly accessed by any number of additional recipients of
which I am unaware.
Thus,
I find it necessary to address this message publicly in order to
refute the falsehoods contained therein and to again set the record
straight in defense of my good name, which she has once again grossly
misrepresented to others.
She
requested that I remove these reports from my site. Here, her
statement:
"I
am extremely sorry you, my friend and sister in reporting CIA/DOD
persecution and COINTELPRO operations against both of us for so many
years, have taken this route–but it is not too late to address this
matter. I have extended my hand in friendship to you in great good
faith and warmth, and I have no desire to in any way slander or speak
ill of you in public at any time.
However,
for my own sake, and as a truth-journalist and avid advocate for both
humanity and animals—both of which species have been harmed in
these unlawful weapons-testing and neurotechnology and social
harassment operations for Artificial Intelligence, military, and
political repression purposes which have destroyed our lives,
careers, professions, families, relationships as well as greatly
harmed us physically, socially, psychologically—I will need to
address this, if briefly, in writing on my website should you feel
the need to keep these posts up on your site. Please feel free to
email me with your thoughts anytime, and please let me know you've
removed these posts."
No,
I have no intention of removing my reports. I stand by every word in
them, none of which were false or wrongful.
And
I have no intention of discussing this with her. This is not a negotiable
issue, as she seems to think. I stick to my guns and stand my ground
–always. It is a matter of honor, a matter of principles, which I
do not compromise for any reason. Principles before persons –always. Persons are often wrong --as in this case. Principles are never wrong.
First,
I should make it clear that due to her previous false accusations
against me (including of “protecting operations” she claimed
were being run against her), made behind my back to at least 2
of my friends, which grossly insulted my honor, I no longer consider
her a friend. And where is the “good faith” in making false
accusations to my friends behind my back? Nowhere to be found.
As
for a “sister”, the only persons recognized as such by me are
sisters in Christ. As Ramola is not a Christian, she is not a sister.
No true Christian would have treated me with such disrespect.
And
there is no such entity as “both of us” in relation to any
operations, any situations, not from where I stand. I was associated
with Ramola for 3 years, not “many years”. And I will not be
lumped in with people and issues which have nothing to do with me,
which she has repeatedly and continually done, as she misrepresents
so many aspects of my published work.
Furthermore, I have seen no indication that CIA ever had anything to do with what she is claiming happened to her. And I would see no reason for them to have any interest in her, much less harass her in any way. She is an ordinary civilian, who never had access to any information which could not be obtained by anyone who chose to search for it.
I speak from vast experience of many years, and from my professional expertise in counterintelligence operations. I have observed that many people like to make claims that CIA is involved in persecuting them, because they think it makes them look "important".
And
a very important point I must make is that I have no reason to
believe anything she says about events she claims are happening to
her. Not anymore. She has been wrong about so many things (including to do with
me), on so many occasions, that I cannot any longer attribute credibility to
her, especially when the claims are preposterous and
self-aggrandizing, such as that she is “The World's Pre-Eminent
Journalist” on various subjects, or that she deserves the attention
of everyone in the world, as being “The Story of the Century”.
Such statements, while sensationalist and absurd, are simply not true and anyone who believes them
lacks discernment and is not ruled by reason.
Note
that she lays the blame on me. She is “sorry” that I have
“taken this route”, as if there were something wrongful
about telling the truth and stating my opinions in my own defense.
She
repeatedly touts herself as a “truth journalist”, as if simply
affixing that label to herself would cover a multitude of
indiscretions and unprincipled actions. Not in my book.
And
again, she makes the unfounded claim of being a whistleblower, which
she is most certainly not. Again, words have specific meaning.
In
a number of her podcasts and articles posted at her site, she has
made these claims, not only about herself, but about any number of
others who are also not whistleblowers.
In
one podcast a few years ago, she made the definitive statement that
“all targeted individuals are whistleblowers”. Which means that
anyone, anywhere, could just come out of the woodwork (as many have
done) making all kinds of wild claims, seeking attention, and are automatically
accorded the status of whistleblower, a title they have not earned,
and for which they lack the credentials.
Just
as Ramola lacks the credentials. And yet she is claiming
“whistleblower retaliation” which cannot possibly happen to a
non-whistleblower. She is pretending to be something she is not, which legitimate whistleblowers will easily recognize.
What's
more, I know of not one former intelligence professional who would
believe that such a person, who lacks the background and the
credentials to make such a claim, is anything but an impostor, an
amateur wannabe, seeking accolades for herself at the expense of
legitimate, genuine whistleblowers who actually publish factual, verifiable information, from bona fide insider knowledge, rather than from FOIA reports or the testimony of third parties, no matter how much credibility they may have.
In
an example of true absurdity, there was one person (one of many such shady characters) she claimed was a
“whistleblower”, which showed just how false and off-base were her
standards. This was some criminal whackjob named Todd Giffen. He was
arrested (or some such thing, taken to a mental ward) after he sent
threatening and obscene messages to public officials. He was, in
fact, threatening violence and to “rape” them. And he also was
sending harassing, obscene e-mail messages to various women, which they
published in outrage. This is her idea of a whistleblower? Yet
she defended him, wrote articles promoting him, did podcasts about
him, all the while acting completely as his advocate. What the hell!
If
everybody, every Tom, Dick and Harry, that comes down the pike,
declaring their tales of woe, seeking public attention and sympathy,
is a “whistleblower”, then in reality the term has lost its
meaning, and nobody who makes the claim can be believed.
My
actions will not be determined by veiled threats of “addressing”
these issues on her site. I don't care, one way or another what she
does. She is free to publish anything she chooses. If she decides to
again misrepresent me, to falsely accuse me, to insult my honor, then
I am free to once again expose this unscrupulous behavior. Just as I
am doing now as a result of this latest missive attempting to pin
blame on me for non-existent offenses.
And
for the record, I am not involved in any way in most of the issues
into which she routinely drags my name. My case is entirely separate
and always has been. I have no involvement with groups, nor is it any
of my concern what other people think, or whether or not they agree
with my viewpoints. I don't ever waste my precious time arguing with strangers, or even acquaintances. It is only when they exploit or defame my good name that I will stand up in my own defense and refute the falsehoods.
In
her message she, as usual, drags in other third parties who have
nothing to do with her complaints against me. And since, unlike
Ramola, I respect their privacy, I will protect their identities.
However, if she chooses to invade their privacy, in additional public
statements in connection with my name, then they have only her to
“thank” for dragging their names into her drama. It has absolutely nothing to do with me.
And
since I am again being blamed and falsely accused, I find it
necessary not only to retain these reports on my website, but also to
provide more detail about the issues.
I
should begin by stating that I am, and have always been, a very
private person. In fact, I am a recluse. I have made it very clear,
publicly (including in NOTICES on my website) that I am a
fierce defender of my privacy and personal boundaries.
I
have also made this clear, in no uncertain terms, to anyone and
everyone with whom I have any dealings, including my friends. Nobody
who knows me personally can honestly say they are not aware of my
policies on privacy.
I
don't discuss my personal life in my public reports unless I find it
absolutely necessary, for my own reasons. I am not a participant in the Internet culture
of social media, which is basically just hordes of snoops and
busybodies, gossiping about other people's business.
I
have zero interest in interacting with strangers on the Internet. I
publish my material on my own website (nowhere else) and aside from
that, the only other venue is occasional appearances on radio
programs. The readers/listeners may make of my reports what they will. FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY.
This is how I first got to know Ramola. She invited me to
be a guest on her podcast.
From
what I observed, Ramola was almost diametrically the opposite of me
in her wide range of interactions with all sorts of people, most
notably those calling themselves “targeted individuals”.
This
was an observation, not a criticism. There are all kinds of people in
the world, and some are very different from others, including in
their values and their standards.
The
problem I began to encounter was that Ramola did not respect my
privacy and personal boundaries, but rather, projected her own
standards on me. This is very common for this type of person. They
seem to believe that everyone shares their values and their
standards, when nothing could be further from the truth. Basically,
they are collectivists who do not respect the rights of individuals
who opt out of their leftist political schemes, which involve
commingling of all sorts of unrelated issues. These are the kind of people who "appeal" to the evil UN, begging their intervention (as does Ramola), which to anyone who cares about liberty and justice, is anathema.
On
more than one occasion she appointed herself as an unwanted
intermediary between me and others, some of whom I knew, and others
who were total strangers.
This
was a form of meddling which I do not tolerate. She presumed to speak
about me, revealing information which was told to her in confidence,
and in some cases she presumed to speak for me.
Nobody
speaks for me. I speak strictly for myself and never presume to speak
for others.
In
one instance, she had contacted a woman (a stranger to me, but a
friend of hers) who had been exploiting my name, and asked her not to
use my name, then gave a totally false “reason”, which was based
on her own false assumptions, not on anything I ever said.
This,
simply because I had told Ramola that I wanted nothing to do with
this person and was outraged about my name being exploited. Instead
of respecting my wishes, she took it upon herself to feed false
information to a third party, misrepresenting me in the process.
There was no connection of any kind between me and this interloper,
and yet, Ramola took it upon herself to try to create one, against my
wishes.
Then,
when I told her that I do not use intermediaries, and again, that I
did not want her discussing me with this woman, she tried to
deny that she had done anything wrong, and claimed that I must be
“mistaken”. (Just as she claimed I had “misread” her clearly
stated comments falsely accusing me.)
In
another instance, she again appointed herself as an unwanted
intermediary, between me and a friend of mine, which was not her
place and very offensive to me. Again, she made assumptions about why
I had not been in contact with this individual. So she inserted
herself in the middle, sending e-mails to the two of us, in regard to
how we could get back into contact.
Nobody
asked for her opinion. It was none of her business! It had nothing
to do with her. I sent her an e-mail, politely explaining that my
relationships with other people were just that – my
relationships, and that I don't want a third party meddling where it
is not their place.
I
got a profuse apology from her, acknowledging that she had
overstepped her bounds and that she would not do such a thing again.
Of course, I forgave her and thought she understood.
But
as I later learned, she did not understand, or at least, she did not
think it was offensive to me that she continued using my name,
publicly and privately in connection with people I told her I wanted
nothing to do with, or gossiping about me with people who were my
friends.
And
later, I learned that she was talking to other third parties, making
claims that I had a “falling out” with this same friend,
something that was a total falsehood, and which stirred up trouble
between me and my friend. At this point, her meddling has done so
much damage that the relationship with my friend, for all I know, may
be irreparable.
Then,
as a last example of her indiscretions, I had mentioned to her that I
received a phone call at my unlisted, private phone number
from some stranger calling himself a “targeted individual”. I
don't know how this character got my phone number, and I was outraged
at the intrusion.
When
Ramola heard this, I was told that she knew the person who made the
call, and that she would speak to him about it. I said NO, please do
not speak to him. I want nothing to do with these characters and
don't want my name discussed with them.
But
she did it anyway, against my wishes, and with zero respect for my
privacy and personal boundaries. She told me she had called him,
because she was “curious”. She proceeded to criticize him for
making this call to me, and was acting as if I sanctioned it, which
I most certainly did not.
Clearly,
satisfying her curiosity was more important than respecting my
clearly stated wishes about my privacy. And clearly, she has no
concept of what boundaries are.
I
do not use intermediaries. No one speaks for me. She was way out of
line, and yet will not even admit that her behavior was wrongful and
unethical. It is not her place to interfere in my life, in my
relationships, or in accosting people who are strangers to me, with whom
I have no dealings and want none.
After
repeated incidents such as these, I finally realized that it would
not be possible to get through to her regarding the importance of my
privacy and personal boundaries being respected, though I did try, to no avail.
I
knew that I could not trust her with confidential information, as it
was being relayed to others, both known and unknown by me.
I
had no intention of getting into a conflict with her about these
issues. I do not allow conflicts in my life. She was in the wrong
with her meddling and gossip and it was intolerable to me.
So
rather than get into arguments with her when she tried to tell me
that I was “mistaken” (I most certainly was not) about
what she was doing, I decided to just quietly break off contact with
her.
I
had no animosity against her and don't have any now. I simply needed
to put an end to the interference and misrepresentations of my name,
as it was causing all manner of problems in my life, both publicly
and privately.
That
was about two years ago, in June 2021. I have not spoken to her or
communicated with her in all this time.
I
had never been anything but honest and straightforward with her
during the time I had an association with her. I have done nothing
wrongful to her, ever. I have respected her privacy, even when she
did not respect mine.
What
she thinks she can accomplish by sending me this unwarranted
complaint, copied to others, I do not know. I will not allow myself to get into any
arguments or conflicts with her. But I will stand up for myself and for
my integrity, no matter what.
There
is only one issue of concern to me and it is this: I will tolerate no
interference in my business, public or private. I will tolerate no
gossip and false accusations. Anyone listening to this gossip or
discussing me with this busybody is no friend of mine.
So,
if she decides to make an issue of this on her website, or on any of
her many social media gossip sites, by making more false accusations
against Barbara Hartwell, or dragging in third parties or irrelevant
issues about “targeted individuals” or other such topics, then I can't stop her.
But
I can guarantee there will be consequences, most certainly not to her
liking.
And
for the record, I must once again state that Ramola D, because of her false accusations
against me, which grossly insult my honor, is persona non grata to me, and not to be trusted or
believed in any claims she makes. I feel the same about anyone who
supports, promotes and endorses her.
Falsus
in uno, falsus in omnibus.
By
their fruits shall you know them.
Barbara
Hartwell
In
Defense of Truth and Honor
June
11, 2023
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