Today, I will begin the story of how the American government takes innocent victims, uses them in some nefarious scheme and then destroys the victim.

I have changed all the names and people involved in these heinous crimes to protect the innocent and to prevent any lawsuits. So here it goes:

Torture and Terrorism In America
Chapter I

It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents
men from living freely and nobly. - Bertrand Russell

In January 1976, I answered an employment wanted advertisement in the chemist's trade
magazine, Chemical and Engineering News. At the time I could never have realized what
a dramatic effect that single action would have on my life. Since I was unhappy in my
present position, I was actively seeking employment elsewhere and I would frequently send
off a form letter to any company that advertised a potentially promising opening. Thus,
when I routinely answered the Gamma Supplies' advertisement for a research chemist, I had no great expectations.

I had lived in Florida and taught at the University of Florida prior to my present position with
a northeast coast chemical company. The drastic change in lifestyle and job responsibilities from
my Florida teaching position were a major contributor to my discontentment with my current job and I wanted to make a change before I became too settled in my present position. So after a little more that a year and a half with my present company, I had made the decision to move
on. The longer I spent in my present position, the harder it would become to move on. Since the
job market for PhD Chemists with industrial experience in plastics was becoming strong in the
spring of 1976, I felt no real urgency to leave my present job, but I also didn't want to spend any more time there than necessary.

One evening in March, 1976, I received a call from Ravi Sardess, who described himself as
the Technical Director with Gamma Supplies. We primarily discussed my background and qualification and after a lengthy conversation, he told me he would like to pursue employment opportunities further. Ravi suggested we meet at the American Chemical Society (ACS) national meeting which was being held in New York City a few weeks later. I agreed to meet with him there and he said he would call me back with complete details on how I was to meet
with him. A couple of days later, I received another call from Ravi and he gave the
directions and time to meet him at a hotel in Manhattan instead of meeting him at the ACS
employment clearing house site.

The scheduled interview with Gamma Supplies representatives fit well into my plans since I had already made arrangements to attend the ACS meeting in order to use their Employment
Clearing House. The Employment Clearing House is a service provided by the ACS
which allows prospective employers to browse through hundreds of resumes and then
schedule interviews with prospectives employees in a gymnasium type atmosphere over a
period of two or three days. An interested employer can interview numerous candidates
for any number of openings and the potential employees can talk to representatives from
several companies, large and small, from all over the country in the span of several hours.
I had always felt this was one of the more useful services the ACS provided for its
members, and I used it whenever necessary.