SLIDE 1 It is a fine thing to belong to a private club based on rejec6on and difference. I’ll go a step further. Excoria6on is the true measure
James Lee Burke, 2012
SLIDE 2 PO Box 1507, Studio City, CA 91614-1517 | (323) 650-6667 | www.OMSJ.org
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Successfully defended 52 civilians and military personnel accused of exposing others to HIV
SLIDE 3 PO Box 1507, Studio City, CA 91614-1517 | (323) 650-6667 | www.OMSJ.org
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2015 OMSJ Changed Military Law
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces unanimously
- verturned David GuNerrez’s
convicNon for exposing sex partners to HIV The decision reversed 25 years
- f military legal precedence
SLIDE 4 PO Box 1507, Studio City, CA 91614-1517 | (323) 650-6667 | www.OMSJ.org
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Clark Baker Founder, CEO Nancy Banks, MD Baron Coleman, Esq. Rodney Richards, PhD Defendant
SLIDE 5 PO Box 1507, Studio City, CA 91614-1517 | (323) 650-6667 | www.OMSJ.org
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- 37 US states have HIV-specific criminal laws*
- USA prosecuted >400 HIV cases**
- >250 convictions**
- Penalties range from 90 days to 30 years, per incident**
* Kaiser Family Foundation, Criminal Statutes on HIV Transmission (2010) ** Stats from AIDSMap, HIV Law & Policy, LAMBDA
HIV Criminal Law Overview
SLIDE 6 PO Box 1507, Studio City, CA 91614-1517 | (323) 650-6667 | www.OMSJ.org
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- ELISA and western blot
- Not approved for this purpose, and…
- Do not detect the actual presence of HIV
HIV Has Not been Detected in People!
SLIDE 7 PO Box 1507, Studio City, CA 91614-1517 | (323) 650-6667 | www.OMSJ.org
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- Ohio does not require HIV antibody
and viral load testing
- Defendants only have to believe
they “have HIV” to be convicted
OMSJ Stayed Out of Ohio
SLIDE 8 PO Box 1507, Studio City, CA 91614-1517 | (323) 650-6667 | www.OMSJ.org
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- Our victories made prosecutors aware of the legal
problems with the antibody tests, so…
- Prosecutors began claiming HIV viral load proves a
person is infected with HIV
- FDA specifically warns that HIV viral load assays are not
to be used to screen for HIV or as a diagnostic test to confirm the presence of HIV infection
HIV Viral Load
SLIDE 9 PO Box 1507, Studio City, CA 91614-1517 | (323) 650-6667 | www.OMSJ.org
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- TEM gold standard for the unbiased detection and
characterization of viruses since the 1950s
- All viral types, including retroviruses, have been well
characterized by TEM
- Viruses present in pustules, sputum, blood, urine,
feces, and tissues are directly observable by TEM
Electron Microscopy
SLIDE 10 PO Box 1507, Studio City, CA 91614-1517 | (323) 650-6667 | www.OMSJ.org
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Greg Hendricks at UMass Medical School Performed TEM for HIV Heinrich Gottlinger provided cultured, infectious HIV (NL4) as TEM reference
2012 OMSJ Began Providing TEM Analysis
SLIDE 11 HIV-1 Strain B, NL4, NIH AIDS Research & Reference Reagent Program Cultured by Gottlinger University of Massachusetts Worcester
19k X Buffer only
SLIDE 12 HIV-1 Strain B, NL4, NIH AIDS Research & Reference Reagent Program Cultured by Gottlinger University of Massachusetts Worcester
92k X Buffer only
HIV 110–120 nm
SLIDE 13 PO Box 1507, Studio City, CA 91614-1517 | (323) 650-6667 | www.OMSJ.org
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Randy L Stevens USN Court Martial 2012 Was among the first to provide plasma samples for TEM analysis
SLIDE 14 HIV 110–120 nm
Randy Stevens, first plasma sample
No HIV detected
Numerous particles, probably AAV
AA virus 26–28 nm
SLIDE 15 ! Randy Stevens, 2nd plasma sample
No HIV detected
Numerous particles, probably AAV
AA virus 26–28 nm
SLIDE 16 Stevens’ 2nd plasma was spiked with
HIV-1, NL4 cultured by Heinrich
Gottlinger University of Massachusetts Worcester 34k X
SLIDE 17 Randy Stevens’ plasma spiked with
HIV-1, NL4 cultured by Heinrich
Gottlinger University of Massachusetts Worcester 49k X
SLIDE 18 Randy Stevens’ plasma spiked with
HIV-1, NL4 cultured by Heinrich
Gottlinger University of Massachusetts Worcester 92k X
SLIDE 19 PO Box 1507, Studio City, CA 91614-1517 | (323) 650-6667 | www.OMSJ.org
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2013 Court MarNal of Gavin Atchak Ended Access to Academic TEM
Sheila Peel, Director of HIV Diagnostics at Walter Reed Hospital, was prosecutor’s viral load expert She “deduced that the defense seeks to conduct [TEM] on Atchak’s plasma and present the findings as proof that he is not infected with HIV”
SLIDE 20 PO Box 1507, Studio City, CA 91614-1517 | (323) 650-6667 | www.OMSJ.org
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Prosecutor Capt. Rosenow Pressured Umass to Stop Hendricks From “Diagnosing HIV” Hendricks said his was not diagnosing or treating HIV, as Peel claimed He used TEM to determine if HIV could be detected at the current viral load UMass Medical School agreed with Hendricks Not being a full professor, Hendricks said to continue to do TEM for OMSJ would be career suicide
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The judge concluded Rosenow had exerted “unlawful command influence” and directed the government to locate and fund a another TEM expert for the defense
Witness Tampering in Atchak’s Case
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The judge concluded Rosenow had exerted “unlawful command influence” and directed the government to locate and fund a another TEM expert for the defense
Witness Tampering in Atchak’s Case Peel Got What She Really Wanted Academic TEM was closed to OMSJ
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Plea Bargain Led to Peel’s First HIV Victory But… Atchak’s convicNon was dismissed in 2015 after a military panel applied the Gutierrez ruling to his case
SLIDE 24 PO Box 1507, Studio City, CA 91614-1517 | (323) 650-6667 | www.OMSJ.org
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Plea Bargain Led to Peel’s First HIV Victory But… Atchak’s convicNon was dismissed in 2015 after a military panel applied the Gutierrez ruling to his case
SLIDE 25
TEM Company Was Formed
SLIDE 26
How Many HIVs Are There?
SLIDE 27
2017 HIV Sequence Compendium
748,589
SLIDE 28
2017 HIV Sequence Compendium
748,589
Only 3 InfecNous & Culturable HIVs IIIB Gallo
SLIDE 29
2017 HIV Sequence Compendium
748,589
Only 3 InfecNous & Culturable HIVs IIIB Gallo LAV=LAI=BRU Montagnier
SLIDE 30
2017 HIV Sequence Compendium
748,589
Only 3 InfecNous & Culturable HIVs IIIB Gallo LAV=LAI=BRU Montagnier NL4 Hybrid of IIIB and LAV
SLIDE 31
2017 HIV Sequence Compendium
748,589
Only 3 InfecNous & Culturable HIVs IIIB Gallo LAV=LAI=BRU Montagnier NL4 Hybrid of IIIB and LAV
Gallo and Montagnier viruses are the same
SLIDE 32
Chris Rold, PhD, consultant 18 years experience culturing and purifying HIV for vaccines Only infecNous HIV cultured around the world is the Montagnier-Gallo virus
Only 1 InfecNous and Culturable HIV
IIIB=LAV=LAI=BRU=NL4
SLIDE 33
2015-2016 qb3 in Berkeley Not allowed to have HIV in lab
First Home
SLIDE 34
Spent 6 months designing BSL-3 lab to culture HIV Killed at last min.
JOINN North of Berkeley
SLIDE 35
JSNN Greensboro, NC June 15, 2017
SLIDE 36 JSNN Had Everything
SLIDE 37
OperaNonal October 2017
SLIDE 38
OperaNonal October 2017
But!
SLIDE 39
JSNN Greensboro, NC June 15, 2017 UNCG A&T
SLIDE 40 VF Supporters
John Merrill ExecuNve Director of GURP Jim Ryan Founding Dean of JSNN
SLIDE 41
Without warning or explanaNon, VF’s lease was terminated
SLIDE 42 AIDS Mafia
Will Taylor, UNCG
25 years HIV research Contacts with CDC Christopher Kepley
SLIDE 43
Viral Forensics
April 7, 2015 August 31, 2017
Electron Microscopy Company
Dogma Cauterizes Our PotenNal As a Species
