[GPSCC-chat] Brian Good's Relentless Attacks on Kevin Barrett

[Carol Brouillet]

Brian Good was banned from the Northern California 9/11 Truth 
Alliance meetings and our e-mail list.  He attended our last meeting, 
when Kevin Barrett and his wife, Fatna were there.  They had been 
invited to join us for a potluck dinner prior to the meeting.  Brian 
wore black and a giant V for Vendetta mask, and at some point rudely 
verbally attacked Dr. Barrett, and of course he gave his 
flyer/handout to all who would take them, when they left the meeting.

Brian's behavior surprised and shocked people.  Kevin didn't try to 
defend himself verbally, especially since he had spoken before Brian 
came and we had already had a lengthy dialogue with him, and whatever 
issues/questions the group had about Kevin's work had already been answered.

I felt badly about all the relentless attacks Brian has launched 
against Kevin and William Rodriguez, who have probably helped the 
truth movement more than Brian, who has probably harmed the truth 
movement more than they have.  I also was late for the dinner (which 
Ken Jenkins and I were hosting)  It took me an hour and forty-five 
minutes to get to Berkeley- so I was an hour late with much of the food...

I did go to Sacramento on Saturday to have brunch with Kevin and his 
wife, and local activists and to attend Kevin's 2nd talk at a private 
home in the suburbs of Sacramento organized by Sacramento's Peace 
Pyramid which was webcasted and is posted on 
<http://noliesradio.org/archives/14447>http://noliesradio.org/archives/14447 
No Lies Radio.

People in Sacramento were shocked when Brian came and leafletted 
outside of the library where Kevin Barrett spoke on Friday night, but 
they were even more shocked when he showed up to leaflet in front of 
the private home where Kevin gave his 2nd talk.  That event was also 
a potluck, and I went with a local organizer and Kevin's wife and we 
were a bit late- it started at 5 pm.  They had already contacted the 
police and it was legal for Brian to leaflet on the sidewalk where he 
stood from before 5 pm to probably 1 am in the morning (when it was 
freezing cold).

People felt that he was mentally disturbed.

Kevin, his wife Fatna, organizers from Sacramento, after everyone 
left the event, went out and tried to speak reasonably with 
Brian.  They realized he was a very lonely guy and obviously obsessed 
with his delusions.  They were compassionate and Brian was very rude, 
to say the least, although Brian did manage to talk Kevin out of the 
last copy of the new edition of Questioning the War on Terror: A 
Primer for Obama Voters (Kevin had run out of books- people who had 
attended the Saturday night event had had to order them through 
Fatna) - so Brian actually got Kevin's only last hard copy, but Brian 
made a nasty joke about "Musliming Kevin down" on the price and 
giving him $5 instead of the $10 standard price.

In response to Brian's behavior, a couple of people advised me to get 
a restraining order against Brian.  Fatna, Kevin's wife, had, during 
the stressful time of Kevin's run for Congress taken out a 
restraining order against Kevin (which Brian was quick to blast all 
over the internet).  Fatna explained to me that she had done it to 
keep Kevin away, because she loved Kevin still and knew if he spoke 
to her, he would woo her back, which is precisely what happened, he 
sent her flowers and she ended up getting back together with 
him.  This was her first tour with him, where she had a chance to 
meet a lot of the other activists and she was favorably impressed 
(despite Brian) and has even said that she would allow Kevin or 
support him to run for Congress again.  She is quite a strong, 
powerful, wonderful person and you can hear her in the webcast of the 
Sacramento event (probably) as she also spoke at that event.  She 
told me what a pain in the neck the restraining orders are, and how 
one must tell the police every time whoever is given the restraining 
order attempts communication, or whoever issues the restraining order 
is legally in trouble.  My husband urged me to call the police when I 
was getting death threats, and I really didn't like having to go over 
the whole experience with the police, and the follow-up.  I also 
didn't take legal action when the police pulled me over when I was 
driving south on 101, held my 16 year old son and me at gunpoint, 
handcuffed me and held me in the back of a police car for 5- 10 
minutes, while trying to figure out whether my son (still in braces) 
and me had committed armed robbery at midnight in Santa Rosa (just 
following the 4th night of the successful premiere of Barrie 
Zwicker's documentary- The Great Conspiracy- The 9/11 News Special 
You Never Saw.  Barrie had also had the resource guides that he had 
shipped to me intercepted at the border, to be replaced by hardback 
books in Russian entitled "Paradise Lost."  Barrie and I figured that 
the interception of materials and the handcuffing were not too subtle 
messages from those who had the ability to quench dissent to let us 
know that our actions were being monitored and were not appreciated. 
(I organized the first Citizen's International Inquiry into 9/11 in 
the US, and Barrie organized the 2nd one in Toronto).  I don't want 
to have to deal with police/the courts unless I have to- it's a 
colossal drain on one's time and energy.

A lot of people think Brian is Cointelpro- although I don't, but I 
think he does "behave" that way and should be getting a stipend from 
whatever division in the government that in charge of neutralizing dissent.

It should be pretty clear to those on this list that I have stopped 
going to Green Party meetings/events because I don't want to see or 
have to deal with Brian, because of his delusions, his complete lack 
of trust of me, his relentless persecution of Kevin and 
William.  Certainly I would have run for Congress again, if it wasn't 
for him and his obsessive monitoring of my every action and 
words.  It's hard enough for me to challenge militarism without 
having to fight with the people I work with, so I am only doing my 
activism where I feel comfortable/safe with the people I am working 
with.  I realize that the Green Party will not oust a volunteer nor 
am I asking it to oust Brian, but I will do my political work where I 
don't have to run into him, whenever possible.  It infuriates me when 
he stalks me and photographs me when I'm trying to table.

I wish the moderators would not allow him to use this list to vent 
his animosity towards Kevin Barrett and William Rodriguez, which I 
still believe is rooted in his feelings/not his brain.  I think 
Brian's judgement is very questionable and I have no doubt that he 
condemns me for most of my judgements/actions.  I'm sure he'll 
respond to this email- but I don't want to waste any more of my time 
on him.  I plan to continue to ignore/avoid him, as best I can.

My apologies to the group for not attending the meetings- if Brian 
does stop attending them - I might start going again.

Carol Brouillet
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