17 year old marriages are few and far between these days, and for mine I am extremely grateful and lucky. Our courtship of nine months and first three months of marriage were heaven on Earth. But then Uncle Sam decided that they wanted my "cooperation" and could not take "no thank you" for an answer. That is when the "for better or worse" clause kicked in, and my innocent wife began enduring a life of hell on Earth. A law abiding Canadian girl who never even got a parking ticket before was now seeing and feeling the ugly fear and intimidation of a corrupt government. Where and how we met was very special but that story is a book or movie material. We both knew we were meant to meet on that fateful day abroad.
It started with nasty calls that threatened to kill our family when she was only a few months pregnant. Why would these evil strangers want to kill a sweet girl they never even met and an unborn child? What did she do to deserve these threats? In time the calls would escalate to people shooting up our family home and car and then leaving more threats on the family answering machine. Agents would wave guns in her face and threaten her with deportation.
Neither one of us could sleep wondering what would be next and what kind of world our son would grow up in. We decided Canada would be a safer place to live in after one of my business associates (Al Chalem) was found shot in the head - five times. He too had been asked to "cooperate", and said "yes". He was told he would be under 24/7 surveillance when he agreed to wear the microphone.
We went to my stay with my in-laws in Canada to seek sanctuary and I wrote a 2 page later to Amnesty International asking for help in Toronto. A few weeks later a man who the feds agreed killed Chalem showed up on our doorstep in Canada with a dinner invitation and some "advice".
We never even had our honeymoon and now we were wondering if sanctuary could not be found in Canada - where? My wife had just finished the pilot video for her own television show but instead of having a bright future doing what she does best, a swat team of 12 men and 1 Immigration Canada official were the next to visit our home. Even though I entered Canada legally under my own name and passport (as I have at least 25 times in my life) I was "detained" (arrested) illegally for 10.5 months and for over a month no explanation was provided. Our infant son was now wondering where his father went.
We then learn that the Canada Immigration thing was a ruse requested by the U.S. government that still wanted that "cooperation" without saying exactly what "cooperation" they wanted. I was being kept in maximum security confinement (23 hour lock down in a 2 by 3 meter cell) As a former federal agent whistle blower I was being treated like a terrorist and my only contact with my wife were expensive collect calls once a day and a weekend visit for an hour separated by a sheet of thick glass. Strangely I was not charged nor indicted for any crime in Canada nor America. We learned that the American government was infuriated that I filed a refugee claim in Canada. Perhaps that was a bit embarrassing for them.
My loving wife endured this madness not knowing what would become of me. She was openly called "a cunt" and threatened with deportation by crooked cops who did not even know she was a Canadian citizen. She defended me and my name as if it was her own and helped me find two lawyers (one great one and one referral that would lead us deeper into hell) I could have burned alone and frankly I expected her family to force her to abandon me. The feds were hoping for exactly that and fed her a pile of lies. Yet somehow she knew I was telling the truth and stood by my side like a magnet.
For the next 16 years she endured hell on Earth and learned first hand all about corruption. She did not even know what an "Enron" or government "cut out company" was. Looking back I regret not telling her about my past whistle-blowing days, but they had come to an end two years before I met her. I truly thought the war was over. I was wrong - so very wrong. But my wife never stopped loving, never stopped believing we'd soon have a normal life again. But today I am exiled in China and she back home in Canada, raiding our two sons. Our second boy is now 5 and diagnosed autistic. So the burden upon my wife is now double.
By now you must think there is something I am not telling you. You are right. Here it is... If you report crimes of high level government officials, they will stop at nothing to silence or discredit you - even bribe your own attorney if they have to. The Gestapo mentality now dominates Washington and these links explain why my wife and I can't raise our family together in peace without threats and harassment.
http://whyunclesamhatesbruce.blogspot.com
http://lawsocietyofuppercanada.wordpress
Despite all of this BS, I thank God every day for blessing me with the best wife a man could ever hope for. I hope all of you understand that what is happening to us, can just as easily happen to YOU. They want us all to fear them. People should have a right to "cooperate" or not, especially when the truth will get you killed. Go ask Al Chalem and John Pierre Gonyou, and Cliff Baxter for their opinion on this subject.
