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(Revised Thu, Sep 02, 2004)

Jury Foreman in Law School with Prosecutor, concealed from the court.
Skinner is now awaiting trial in Tulsa on the kidnapping and torture charges.
Skinner has been sentenced to 4 years in jail for distributing ecstasy at Burning Man in Nevada.
Motions have been filed for Appeal. See list of issues for Appeal.
Government informant Gordon Todd Skinner, along with his wife Krystle Ann Cole Skinner and William Ernest Hauck, an Oklahoma truck driver, have been charged with kidnapping, conspiracy to kindnap, torture of a teenager, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and drug trafficking. Allegedly the trio kidnapped a Broken Arrow 18 year old from a Tulsa hotel on or about July 4th. The teenager was a former companion of Ms. Skinner while she and her husband Gordon Todd Skinner were separated. The teen was held captive for 6 days in Oklahoma and Texas, beaten and injected with drugs as an act of revenge. See charges filed in Oklahoma. Gordon Todd Skinner was also arrested for unrelated charges in Nevada having to do with drug trafficking. Skinner was apprehended after attending Burning Man at Black Rock, Nevada. See AP wire story Sept 12. Also AP wire Story Sept 20. Several articles also appeared in the Tulsa World and are available as fee based downloads as follows:
1. Teen tells of six days of drugged torment MATT ELLIOTT World Staff Writer, 09/14/2003 Tulsa World (Final Home Edition), Page A19 of News
  Three have been charged in his alleged abduction and assault in July.
  The 18-year-old awoke in a pasture after six days of alleged torture.
  Vomiting, disoriented, bloodied and insect-bitten, he tried to make sense of his surroundings.
  He had spent the night wrapped in a blanket...
2. Suspect in kidnapping case surrenders MATT ELLIOTT World Staff Writer, 09/20/2003
  Tulsa World (Final Home Edition), Page A17 of News
  A man charged in a Tulsa kidnapping and torture case surrendered to police on Friday.
  William Ernest Hauck was booked in to Tulsa jail at 11:19 a.m. in connection with kidnapping and conspiracy charges. Bond was set at $100,000 for each of the two charges.
3. Abduction case figure surrenders Staff Reports, 09/24/2003
  Tulsa World (Final Home Edition), Page A15 of News
  A woman who is charged in a kidnapping and torture case surrendered to police Tuesday.
  Krystle Ann Cole Skinner, 22, was booked into the Tulsa Jail on kidnapping and conspiracy charges about 4:45 p.m. Tuesday after reportedly turning herself in, jail records show.
The rental vehicle Leonard drove was crushed and discarded, although the truck carrying the lab was not (see photo)
Extensive allegations of government misconduct arose during and after the trial. (See Government Misconduct).
The prosecution took 8 weeks to present its case. The defense was prevented from presenting its case after less than three weeks, and the proceedings were ordered terminated. At least four defense witnesses were not allowed to testify (See Unusual Events At Trial)
In a closed hearing outside the presence of the jury, primary government witness Skinner - called by the defense and under immunity - testified that:
1. Government agents instructed him to set up laboratory items around the missile base so that agents could 'discover' them on their walk through and obtain probable cause from the magistrate.
2. Agents physically opened a can of E.T. during the walk-through, and agents/Skinner forklifted 34 military containers with the suspected lab for many hours "in preparation" for obtaining a warrant. The forklifting was later confirmed upon cross-examination of agents, who had neglected to inform the magistrate who issued the warrant of their illegal inquiry.
3. Agents installed video/audio surveillance before having a warrant to do so.
4. Agents refused to consider documents indicating Leonard had standing to challenge constitutional violations concerning search and seizure. (See Order1 on revised suppression motion)
5. Many agents remained at the base for days before the warrant was served.
6. In order to obtain consent to enter, the permanent resident at the base (and the title holder of the property) was deceived by agents concerning their identity, although agents may employ deception against a suspect, they may not do so against a private citizen not under suspicion.
7. Agents were on the property by the consent of their own immunized government agent Skinner, raising another Fourth Amendment issue. Although Skinner "voluntarily" went to the DEA, he was a government agent at the time of the consent to enter on October 27, 2000. He had previously occupied the property and put items in plain-view for the walk-through (for more See Government Misconduct).
The court ruled that Skinners testimony on government misconduct was not credible, but Skinner's testimony against Leonard was not thrown out. Agents denied all of their primary informant's assertions of their misconduct. However, Skinner was not charged with perjury. Agents have threatened Skinner with perjury charges to influence his testimony. However such charges are unlikely due to their effect in the event of a retrial.
Other testimony concerning government misconduct was made outside the presence of the jury, including:
1. Leaking of defense strategy to the prosecution by a court employee.
2. Violation of sequestration orders by agents.
3. Attempts to influence Skinner's testimony by agents/prosecution.
In a 'serious' act of government misconduct, Leonard's computer address book was manipulated before being printed out and submitted to the jury. 25 references and history of contact with DEA personnel for policy research were purposely removed by government agents before being made into a jury exhibit. Upon discovery of this manipulation of evidence, the court ordered the records produced, and decided the government deception was then 'not prejudicial'. No other sanctions against the government for manipulation of exhibits were considered. (See Court's Order1 and Order2).
Similarly, records of casino activity concerning Skinner's laundering of at least '$750,000' at the Bellagio, Paris and Mirage Casinos in Las Vegas were produced but the copies of 'funds paid out' from this activity were removed by the prosecution before the exhibit was presented to the jury, even though the defense repeatedly challenged the prosecution to produce such records as exculpatory. (See reply from Bellagio). As another example of the government manipulation of exhibits, Skinner's American Express activity was submittted to the jury but the period from late September until mid November after the lab seizure was altered and removed (See American Express records)
The jury was prevented from viewing a videotape of Skinner in a Seattle court room, posing as an MD and addiction specialist before a judge in August, 2002.
Skinner admitted he has 'lied to the DEA" about his possession of the bulk of the LSD precursor for months after initiating the arrest of Leonard.
Skinner's trial date for $100,000 stereo theft from AudioF/X has been moved to June 30th, 2003.
The prosecution revealed only in mid-trial Skinner's extensive activity as an informant, and only after discovery by the defense and order by the court.
Motions for the new trial based on cumulative error and misconduct have been submitted and denied. Motions for reconsideration of the motion to suppress for the illegal activity by government agents at the base have also been submitted and denied
(Revised Sat, Sep 06, 2003)
Read the Topeka Capitol-Journal articles from during the trial. (Please send us links to any media reports we may not have listed, inclcuding newsgroups and e-zines)
Skinner has pending charges on the similar theft of a $40,000 crane from Ricjard Dawson's, Wichita, KS.
Skinner's father, a chiropractor from Tulsa, was recently arrested for holding his girlfriend hostage for several hours and pistol whipping her. There was a stand off with the Tulsa police for several hours and the incident was reviewed in the Tulsa world and local TV. State of Oklahoma v Gordon Henry Skinner Case CF-2003-74 Tulsa County (Father of Gordon Todd Skinner) filed 01/08/03 for aggravated assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, pointing a weapon, kidnapping, possession of a firearm while in commission of a felony, threatening a violent act, etc. Local sheriffs discovered a tunnel beneath the elder Skinner's house, leading to a neighbors backyard.
The state of Washington issued a cease-and-desist order for Skinner to stop pretending to be a medical doctor. Skinner had written prescriptions to at least 10 or 15 individuals.
In Memoriam of Bob Wallace who passed away on Friday Sept. 20, 2002. Articles in the Seattle Times and the Marin Independent Journal best express his life and dedication to consciousness as well as his contribution to the software industry.
The prosecution is attempting to prevent this website from distributing information about the case, but all information herein is available from court records or independently acquired by the defense.
The prosecution is trying to prevent Skinner's history from being known to the jury.
The missile base has been purchased at a Sheriff's auction after foreclosure because of the $700,000.00 debt accumulated by Skinner. See "What to do with a missile silo site?"The Manhattan Mercury Sept. 22, 2002
Numerous witnesses have stated that 'agents were all over the base' due to Skinner's criminal activity, prior to his 'calls to D.C.'. This is in opposition to the prosecution's description of events. Such activities may be constitutionally proscribed.

(Revised as of August 8, 2002)
The informant Gordon Todd Skinner was arrested by Seattle police in July, 2002, for possession of stolen property. Skinner was released on $10,000 bail and is facing similar charges in Kansas.
When Skinner was arrested, he and his associates were occupying four penthouses in a downtown Seattle high-rise, where Skinner routinely paid cash for his rent. Skinner has no known legitimate source of income. Click here for a tour of the penthouses.
Skinner had leased the penthouses under an assumed name, and was posing as a ‘world-famous addiction specialist”, with a ‘youth serum’ and a ‘cure for AIDS’. While providing injections to his new associates, he stated that he held a British medical license and was permitted to practice in the United States.
Skinner was found in possession of a $100,000 stereo he acquired by fraud from Audio F/X of Sacramento, California.
Upon Skinner’s release on bond, one of his associates, who identified himself as Skinner’s ‘bodyguard’, was arrested outside the penthouse carrying an AR-15 assault weapon. Police later removed a .45 caliber handgun from the penthouse. Again, Skinner was not arrested even though a serious charge of ‘ex-felon with a firearm’ is routinely made in such cases.