Did john mark dugan get asylum? RTD Russian: John Dugan. Escape from the USA. Mark, why exactly Russia
Police officer John Dugan fled the United States to Russia in 2016. At home, the FBI hunted him. The reason is simple: Dugan began publicly talking about the violations of his colleagues, including those from the anti-narcotics department. When he was fired from the police, he founded PBSOTalk, where anyone could anonymously report security violations. The site quickly gained popularity. FBI officers came to search Dugan's house.
John Dugan fled to Russia from political persecution
John Mark Dugan in the editorial office of the newspaper "Evening Moscow" a day after his flight to Russia
Zakhar Artemiev
EXCLUSIVE "VM". An unusual person contacted the editorial office of “VM”. American John Mark Dugan, a former deputy sheriff from sunny Florida and a successful businessman, fled from the United States to Russia. He was prompted to take a desperate step by the police persecution in his homeland, where Mark is active in human rights protection and reveals the crimes of his former colleagues from law enforcement agencies. Sounds fantastic? Yes. But today this person is with us, in Moscow. And he has nowhere else to go.
We sat down at a table in the editorial buffet. John Mark Dugan, a short, short-haired man with tired eyes, smiled broadly at me and immediately attracted sympathy. A citizen of the United States, a country that cared so much about human rights in the rest of the world, secretly fled his homeland.
And where - to the very Russia, which, according to the regularly appearing statements of the American authorities, infringes upon these very rights and freedoms of the individual in every possible way.
John's biography is impeccable. Born in Florida, the son of a Vietnam War veteran with the highest awards of the United States Marine Corps. The patriotic young man followed in his father's footsteps and also enlisted in the Marines. After the end of the contract, he served as deputy sheriff of Palm Beach County, then went into business, including with Russia. On your head ...
From the personal archives of John Dugan While serving as Deputy Sheriff for Palm Beach County, Florida. Mark poses with money confiscated from the drug mafia
Communication with Russia as compromising evidence
First of all, John asked for coffee:
I covered nine thousand miles in two days. Drove from Florida to Canada ...
Tired? - I ask sympathetically when making an order.
Yes very. And he is happy that he escaped to Moscow. I succeeded almost miraculously.
He tells his story excitedly, almost avidly, without lowering his voice in the American way.
I was a good cop. And he could not help but see the crimes committed by colleagues.
They sadistically beat and tortured the detainees, mostly blacks, although everyone got it. As an excuse, a sidelong glance or a bad mood from the policeman was enough.
Without hesitation, they boasted of photographs of muzzled people, most of them innocent. During my service, county police have killed unarmed people who have not been proven guilty more than once.
John's patience ran out when a young guy was shot, who aroused the suspicion of the cops by not parking his car well.
I collected the material and contacted the Internal Investigation Department. And what do you think?! Instead of getting things going, they started covering up known criminals.
We got the information out to Sheriff Rick Bradshaw. And I was "survived" from the service.
John went into business in internet technology. He had a talent for a programmer.
His company Badger Aero was doing well. But John's conscience could not remain silent, and he launched his website PBSOTalk.com (PalmBeachSheriff’ sOfficeTalk- Stories about the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office. - "VM" .) , where he and other honest police officers, current and former, began to "pour" information about the crimes of people in uniform. This activity sparked the anger and hatred of Sheriff Bradshaw.
I met with Russian programmers - they are very talented guys. I contacted Pavel Borodin about business in Russia. And Sheriff Bradshaw used my connection with the Russians against me, accusing me of almost having connections with the Russian mafia.
Threatened to be imprisoned for decades. And you know, in light of our legislative changes (I mean the "Patriotic Act" adopted after the events of September 11, 2001, which endowed the power structures with enormous rights. -"VM" .) their threats are not just empty words.
From the personal archives of John Dugan "5 minutes to the Canadian border" - a selfie of Mark in a wig
Had to go blonde
Three weeks ago, the police department went for broke. On Dugan's website, someone anonymously posted a list of 20,000 names of FBI agents and US federal judges.
The list, by the way, was compiled from open sources. But the authorities didn't care - the FBI got involved, my bank accounts were frozen. It was a blow - I am not a poor person. Fortunately, they did not have time to pick up the passport.
And I was on the run. This list alone is enough to accuse me of information terrorism. Today in the US it is easier to send a person to jail than to crush a possum on a freeway.
The escape story is like a detective story. There are few options to escape from the "home of the free and the homeland of the brave" (words from the US anthem): Mexico in the south, Canada in the north.
I thought about taking a boat and giving up to Cuba, but changed my mind, - says Mark. - I got behind the wheel and drove north to the Canadian border, which is less guarded. I rented a small plane, the Cessna.
He told the pilot that I was a writer and looking for inspiration. In the air, I "felt bad with my heart", and we landed at a tiny airport. In Canada. From there - a bus to Toronto and a flight to Moscow. I love your country. And yet - I would be better here than serving a life sentence in a US federal prison.
For the success of the escape, John used a disguise - a wig with a blonde and makeup. It's funny. Fearfully. And, oddly enough, believable.
Here he was met by friends who advised him to go to the media.
All ahead
From John Dugan's personal archive He has a lot to lose: driving his own $ 110,000 sports car outside his own home
I sit and look into his eyes.
Should I believe everything he says? His whole appearance inspires confidence: John arrived in one jacket, with a thousand dollars in his pocket, a passport and a watch for three thousand.
Alas, I could not take any more.
The facts speak in his favor: he was never arrested, and of the fines - only two for insignificant speeding. There is also a lot of documentary evidence: audio recordings in which FBI agents openly threaten him and accuse him of having links with the "Russian mafia." The state journalist community also tried to intercede for him - dozens of articles about his history were published in various Florida media. For verification, I call up the journalist of this newspaper, Joes Lambiet. An overseas colleague confirms John's story.
And half an hour after our conversation, he writes in his blog: “John is in Russia! He is free and will continue to write the truth! " And still incredible! John is confident that he can become a part of our society. He is a skilled programmer, enterprising businessman, brave and life-loving.
John, I still can't figure it out. You had a gorgeous home, a well-fed life, a lot of money, parents, brothers and sisters, two children, a reputation.
Why would you go against Sheriff Bradshaw? - I am an honest person. So brought up. Believe me, there are a lot of them in America and, I know, in Russia. I just couldn't look at all this hell that the cops had unleashed in my county. I'm not some naive fool, I understand that this is not heaven either. But today's Russia has hope for freedom, for the triumph of good.
And America is rapidly transforming into a totalitarian state. Where the life and freedom of a person depend solely on the will of a person in form. And this will is often bad.
While John was staying with friends. On the very first evening, they found him a small part-time job - the American does not want to mess around. In the coming days, he intends to apply to the official bodies of Russia with a request for political asylum. How this is done, he does not yet know. But he prefers freedom here to dungeons there. John Mark Dugan is confident in his actions. And he believes that everything will work out.
From John Dugan's personal archives John Mark Dugan talks about police abuse during a TV interview with Florida WPBFnews
Americans call such people "truth seekers"
Edward Lozansky, Professor, President of the American University in Moscow:
People like Mark do not fit into the category of ordinary people, they are called here whistle blowers (in Russian "truth-seekers"). Many people say and write about the fact that the police often exceed their powers, but Mark went much further, developing large-scale activities against a specific and powerful sheriff.
I can only wish him good luck in his new place and a quick reunion with his family.
AMERICANS WHO RECEIVED CITIZENSHIP OF THE USSR AND RUSSIA
■ Lloyd Patterson(1911-1942) actor, artist. Soviet citizenship since 1932. In the USSR he worked as a translator, radio announcer, and then with his wife, a Ukrainian, at the Moscow Film Studio. Killed in Moscow in 1942 during an air raid.
■ Arnold Lokshin(b. 1938), biochemist and oncologist. Russian citizenship since 1992. In 1986 he asked for political asylum for himself and his family due to persecution for his communist beliefs. Author (with his wife) of Silent Terror: A Story of Political Persecution of a Family in the United States (1989).
■ Jeff Monson(born 1971), athlete. Russian citizenship since 2015. In 2014, the American announced that he wanted to obtain Russian citizenship. “My dream is to enter the ring under the Russian anthem and under the Russian flag,” the athlete said.
■ Philip Georgievich Staros(1917-1979), American engineer. In 1956 Staros moved to Leningrad for political reasons. In Leningrad, he headed the laboratory SL-11. In 1969 he was awarded the USSR State Prize.
■ Edward Snowden(b. 1983), CIA and NSA technician. According to US intelligence, Snowden stole nearly two million classified files that he shared with the media. On August 1, 2013, he was granted asylum in Russia. Now his whereabouts are hiding for security reasons.
John Mark Dugan, former American police officer
kommersant.ru / 09.10.2017
Fugitive for the truth
A former American policeman asked for Russian asylum. And the story is this ... Over 6 years of work, an officer from Palm Beach (Florida), John Mark had to deal with a violation of the law by his fellow policemen more than once. And colleagues also liked to post photos of their "exploits" on the social network. Dugan didn't put up with it for long and filed a report with the Internal Investigation Department and ... he was fired. In civilian life, he created the PBSOTalk website, where anyone, while maintaining anonymity, could report unlawful actions by the security forces. And he was informed! There were documents, photos, and eyewitness accounts. In 2012, quantity turned into quality: documents were posted on John Mark's website proving that Palm Beach County Sheriff Rick Bradshaw spent taxpayer money on dinners in restaurants with his campaign sponsors, some of which had a criminal background. A serious scandal broke out, but Dugan was again the victim: "well-wishers" posted on his website the names of several thousand FBI agents and federal judges. The site was blocked, and the air smelled of prison. Dugan did not wait: he put on a wig, glasses and rushed to the Canadian border, which he crossed on a private plane, with transfers he reached Moscow, where he requested political asylum! In Russia, the first thing an American did was to resume the work of his PBSOTalk. The main thing is that they do not start spreading information from Dugan's new homeland to him, otherwise it is far from the Canadian border.
Statement of John Mark Dugan's intention to obtain political asylum in the Russian Federation / Evening Moscow / Anton GerdoStatement of John Mark Dugan's intention to obtain political asylum in the Russian Federation
Anton Gerdo, "Evening Moscow"
We sat down at a table in the editorial buffet. John Mark Dugan, a short, short-haired man with tired eyes, smiled broadly at me and immediately attracted sympathy. A citizen of the United States, a country that cared so much about human rights in the rest of the world, secretly fled his homeland.
And where - to the very Russia, which, according to the regularly appearing statements of the American authorities, infringes upon these very rights and freedoms of the individual in every possible way.
John's biography is impeccable. Born in Florida, the son of a Vietnam War veteran with the highest awards of the United States Marine Corps. The patriotic young man followed in his father's footsteps and also enlisted in the Marines. After the end of the contract, he served as deputy sheriff of Palm Beach County, then went into business, including with Russia. On your head ...
Thomas R. Julin, attorney
PHOTO: Zakhar Artemiev, "Evening Moscow"
COMMUNICATION WITH RUSSIA AS A COMPROMA
First of all, John asked for coffee:
I covered nine thousand miles in two days. Drove from Florida to Canada ...
Tired? - I ask sympathetically when making an order.
Yes very. And he is happy that he escaped to Moscow. I succeeded almost miraculously.
He tells his story excitedly, almost avidly, without lowering his voice in the American way.
I was a good cop. And he could not help but see the crimes committed by colleagues.
They sadistically beat and tortured the detainees, mostly blacks, although everyone got it. As an excuse, a sidelong glance or a bad mood from the policeman was enough.
Without hesitation, they boasted of photographs of muzzled people, most of them innocent. During my service, county police have killed unarmed people who have not been proven guilty more than once.
John's patience ran out when a young guy was shot, who aroused the suspicion of the cops by not parking his car well.
I collected the material and contacted the Internal Investigation Department. And what do you think?! Instead of getting things going, they started covering up known criminals.
We got the information out to Sheriff Rick Bradshaw. And I was "survived" from the service.
John went into business in internet technology. He had a talent for a programmer.
His company Badger Aero was doing well. But John's conscience could not remain silent, and he launched his website PBSOTalk.com (PalmBeachSheriff’ sOfficeTalk- Stories about the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office. -"VM" .) , where he and other honest police officers, current and former, began to "pour" information about the crimes of people in uniform. This activity sparked the anger and hatred of Sheriff Bradshaw.
I met with Russian programmers - they are very talented guys. I contacted Pavel Borodin about business in Russia. And Sheriff Bradshaw used my connection with the Russians against me, accusing me of almost having connections with the Russian mafia.
Threatened to be imprisoned for decades. And you know, in light of our legislative changes (I mean the "Patriotic Act" adopted after the events of September 11, 2001, which endowed the power structures with enormous rights. -"VM" .) their threats are not just empty words.
John Mark Dugan talks about police abuse during a TV interview with Florida WPBFnews
HAD TO BECOME BLONDE
Three weeks ago, the police department went for broke. On Dugan's website, someone anonymously posted a list of 20,000 names of FBI agents and US federal judges.
The list, by the way, was compiled from open sources. But the authorities didn't care - the FBI got involved, my bank accounts were frozen. It was a blow - I am not a poor person. Fortunately, they did not have time to pick up the passport.
And I was on the run. This list alone is enough to accuse me of information terrorism. Today in the US it is easier to send a person to jail than to crush a possum on a freeway.
The escape story is like a detective story. There are few options to escape from the "home of the free and the homeland of the brave" (words from the US anthem): Mexico in the south, Canada in the north.
I thought about taking a boat and giving up to Cuba, but changed my mind, - says Mark. - I got behind the wheel and drove north to the Canadian border, which is less guarded. I rented a small plane, the Cessna.
He told the pilot that I was a writer and looking for inspiration. In the air, I "felt bad with my heart", and we landed at a tiny airport. In Canada. From there - a bus to Toronto and a flight to Moscow. I love your country. And yet - I would be better here than serving a life sentence in a US federal prison.
For the success of the escape, John used a disguise - a wig with a blonde and makeup. It's funny. Fearfully. And, oddly enough, believable.
Here he was met by friends who advised him to go to the media.
ALL AHEAD
"5 minutes to the Canadian border" - Selfie of Mark in a wig
PHOTO: From the personal archive of John Dugan
I sit and look into his eyes.
Should I believe everything he says? His whole appearance inspires confidence: John arrived in one jacket, with a thousand dollars in his pocket, a passport and a watch for three thousand.
Alas, I could not take any more.
The facts speak in his favor: he was never arrested, and of the fines - only two for insignificant speeding. There is also a lot of documentary evidence: audio recordings in which FBI agents openly threaten him and accuse him of having links with the "Russian mafia." The state journalist community also tried to intercede for him - dozens of articles about his history were published in various Florida media. For verification, I call up the journalist of this newspaper, Joes Lambiet. An overseas colleague confirms John's story.
And half an hour after our conversation, he writes in his blog: “John is in Russia! He is free and will continue to write the truth! " And still incredible! John is confident that he can become a part of our society. He is a skilled programmer, enterprising businessman, brave and life-loving.
John, I still can't figure it out. You had a gorgeous home, a well-fed life, a lot of money, parents, brothers and sisters, two children, a reputation.
Why would you go against Sheriff Bradshaw? - I am an honest person. So brought up. Believe me, there are a lot of them in America and, I know, in Russia. I just couldn't look at all this hell that the cops had unleashed in my county. I'm not some naive fool, I understand that this is not heaven either. But today's Russia has hope for freedom, for the triumph of good.
And America is rapidly transforming into a totalitarian state. Where the life and freedom of a person depend solely on the will of a person in form. And this will is often bad.
While John was staying with friends. On the very first evening, they found him a small part-time job - the American does not want to mess around. In the coming days, he intends to apply to the official bodies of Russia with a request for political asylum. How this is done, he does not yet know. But he prefers freedom here to dungeons there. John Mark Dugan is confident in his actions. And he believes that everything will work out.
He has a lot to lose: driving his own $ 110,000 sports car outside his own home
PHOTO: From the personal archive of John Dugan
AMERICANS CALL SUCH PEOPLE "SEEKERS FOR TRUTH"
Eduard Lozansky, pProfessor, President of the American University in Moscow:
People like Mark do not fit into the category of ordinary people, they are called here whistle blowers (in Russian "truth-seekers"). Many people say and write about the fact that the police often exceed their powers, but Mark went much further, developing large-scale activities against a specific and powerful sheriff.
I can only wish him good luck in his new place and a quick reunion with his family.
AMERICANS WHO RECEIVED CITIZENSHIP OF THE USSR AND RUSSIA
■ Lloyd Patterson(1911-1942) actor, artist. Soviet citizenship since 1932. In the USSR he worked as a translator, radio announcer, and then with his wife, a Ukrainian, at the Moscow Film Studio. Killed in Moscow in 1942 during an air raid.
■ Arnold Lokshin(b. 1938), biochemist and oncologist. Russian citizenship since 1992. In 1986 he asked for political asylum for himself and his family due to persecution for his communist beliefs. Author (with his wife) of Silent Terror: A Story of Political Persecution of a Family in the United States (1989).
And he asked for political asylum in Russia in 2016.
Dugan served in the police force from 2003 to 2009. After witnessing many incidents of human rights violations, John Mark Dugan left his police job and took up private counseling. In 2009, he launched several websites, including PBSOtalk, that report on criminal activities and human rights abuses by US security forces. He is only the fifth American to seek political asylum in Russia. The first was in 1932.
The main method of these websites was developed to collect information from anonymous sources to create open (public) records of requests from readers and anonymous sources of this website. In 2012, he received information, as well as public records, that the Palm Beach County Sheriff's elect was using taxpayer money to take on campaigns of contributors linked to organized crime. After filing a complaint in Florida (some kind of commission, literally on ethics, but needs to be clarified), the sheriff was acquitted (meaning ignorance) because he did not know that it was a violation of the law. "However, this commission said, that the money he used to receive these people was "incompatible with the proper performance of his public duties"
Shortly after the complaint was filed, the Palm Beach County Deputy Chief filed a SLAPP (Strategic Action Against Public Participation) lawsuit against Dugan after the sheriff's office unsuccessfully tried to acquire a website from Dugan.
Called the dirtiest electronic day in Palm Beach County history, a letter was sent to the main Palm Beach County voter list from BurtAaronson.com, a domain owned by Dugan. The email sent on the eve of the election was without the name of the sender, meaning it was from BurtAaronson.com, after which the sheriff did not approve as a candidate, and instead supported another candidate in the race. The real Bert Aronson, who was the chief commissioner at the time, said he was outraged and had nothing to do with the email. He accused Dugan of identity theft and tried to arrest him. The Palm Beach County Attorney's Office was identified in the service as Dougan owned the domain, identified from the time Dugan created the site, he used it legally, however the Chief Commissioner called the letter "outrageous behavior," and noted that the laws did not keep up with everything that is happening with the Internet.
2015, Dovgan created an operating system to record evidence of the involvement of law enforcement agencies in criminal activities. He posted a collection of audio recordings of conversations by law enforcement officials who thought they were talking to a wealthy banking heiress who was traveling in a private jet. This woman was actually Dugan. By changing his voice through a special program, recording conversations through a special telephone system abroad, the plan worked and Dugan spent more than 15 hours of telephone conversations with investigators.
The tapes revealed real retaliatory measures and investigations against political opponents, including Dugan, who also criticized the sheriff, FBI agents and other government / officials. In audio tapes Dugan made, the investigator confessed to illegal information spying on Dugan, he spied on Dugan's phone during time of his trips to Russia and he is able to create digital evidence in order to arrest innocent citizens.
In 2016, Dugan was also charged with hacking into FBI computers, in particular, receiving and posting more than 12,000 confidential reports from FBI agents.
On March 14, 2016, the FBI conducted a search of Dugan's house, explaining that he posted the very audio recordings that were considered wiretapping and accused him of posting confidential information. Dugan claimed that this was just an excuse to hijack his computers and try to find the sources of his information, as well as to shut down his website, however reliable information was revealed by Gawker Magazine that the agent who bragged that Dugan was hacked was hacked in response by the hacker. named BadWolf, which turned out to be Dugan's hacker name. ...
On March 14, 2016, law enforcement officers invaded Dugan's house, after which he stated that the FBI was harassing his family, so he decided that he needed to leave the FBI and flee the country.
He managed to escape with the help of a disguise: he used a wig of white hair and glasses. Dugan rented a plane to sneak into Canada without having to go through American customs (he suspected he was already on the travel ban list). From Toronto, Dugan flew to Istanbul, where he made a transfer to a flight to his final destination - Moscow.
An anonymous source told José Lambietu, a self-investigating reporter for Extra, that GoDaddy shut down Dugan's PBSOTalk.com site under pressure from law enforcement. The agent later admitted that he lied to GoDaddy to get the site down. The site was moved to Russian hosting and became available at PBSOTalk.ru. When the site was restored, one of the first posts contained the phrase: "Thank you, Mother Russia, for enabling Americans to exercise their right to freedom of speech."
John Dugan currently lives in Moscow.
Notes (edit)
- Pravda, Yuri BELYAT | JSC Publishing House "Komsomolskaya American police officer seeking asylum in Russia: We have blackmail, corruption and corrupt courts in the States(Russian) (unspecified) . JSC Publishing House "Komsomolskaya Pravda"... Pravda News.5 May 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- American police officer fled to Russia from US arbitrariness(Russian) (unspecified) . REN TV(April 12, 2016). Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- Apostate. John Dugan fled to Russia from political persecution (unspecified) . Evening Moscow... Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw chided for using tax money, The palm beach post.
- Aaronson seeks investigation into faux email blasting Bradshaw ..., The palm beach post.
- Florida Sheriff's Internal Affairs Investigator Duped Into Revealing All on Secretly Recorded Conversations With Random Woman He’d Never Met, PINAC News.
- EXCLUSIVE - Secret Recordings of Palm Beach County Sheriff's Detective Reveal Harassment, Computer Hacking, Investigations Into PBSO Critics And Their Families. ... ... MIAMI FBI LOOKING INTO IT! , Gossip Extra.
- Deputy who said he went after Bradshaw "s enemies investigated, The palm beach post.
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