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Subject: CRYONICS Appology to Brian, reply to Saul.
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 01:19:49 PST

In message #1520, Brian Wowk writes:
 
>        Keith, I know you had your hands full, but I'm truly shocked 
>that you would say I wasn't "in cryonics" during the Dora Kent crisis 
>(Dec. 1987 - early 1988).  I have been a cryonics activist since 1986 
>(my first articles for Cryonics magazine appeared that year), and became 
>Alcor's 95th Suspension Member in May 1987.  Mike Darwin and I were 
>deeply involved in writing the new Blue Book when the crisis began.  I 
>spoke with you and your wife frequently by phone during the crisis, and 
>worked closely with you on a project to get the Coroner's office 
>harassed by the State Department.  Also at your request, I joined as a 
>Plaintiff in the successful Electronic Communications Privacy Act 
>lawsuit launched against Riverside County in 1990.  I was eligible to do 
>so because communications of mine were seized during the Coroner's Jan. 
>1988 raid on the Alcor facility.  Finally, I contributed about two 
>thousand dollars toward Alcor's legal defense during the crisis (which 
>was not tax deductible here in Canada).  To have helped Alcor during its 
>time of need, and then be forgotten this way is quite unfair.

Mia culpa.  Very much sorry Brian.  My chagrin is only slightly 
reduced in that some other long time Alcor members who saw the posting 
didn't catch it either.  So much went on during that time that I had 
almost forgotten the State Department caper. 
 
>        Moreover, you have used your forgetfulness to undermine my 
>credibility.  Despite your posting, I have been involved in cryonics 
>about just as long as you,

Close.  I joined two years earlier. 

>                            and have known Saul Kent personally for that 
>same length of time.  I have also been following Saul's work and writing 
>for the past ten years, which I doubt you have.

Let's see, I met Saul for the first time at Barbara Marx Hubbard's 
place in Washington sometime in the late '70s.  But I cannot be said 
to have followed his work since then.  I suppose I would not be 
considered a fan of his. 

>                                                 In short, I resent 
>being depicted as a cryonics neophyte.

Again, my apologies.

However, I am curious.  Did you get a copy of the Kunzman affidavit 
back then?  If so, what do you think?  Do you think I am justified in 
being concerned? 


In #1521 Saul Kent writes:

>Keith Henson's recent "concern" about my (and Bill Faloon's) influence
>in Alcor would be more believable if he had spoken out about it a lot
>sooner.

>Bill and I have been openly battling with the FDA since February 1987. 
>Our differences with Vitamin Research Products (VRP) have been a matter
>of record since 1985.

>Members of The Life Extension Foundation--a number of whom are now
>members of Alcor--have been reading about these battles for years.

>Why now, Keith?  

>Why didn't you warn Alcor about us in 1987, 88, 89, 90, or 91?

The answer is obvious.  The more influence you have (or even are 
*seen* to have) the more danger to Alcor.  

Since Carlos was displaced, simple-minded law enforcement agents will 
assume from written records (your book) that you now have enough 
influence over Alcor to replace the president because you were annoyed 
when the former one failed to make a phone call for you.  I *know* 
this is unfair, but given that the coroners used a *shipping invoice* 
to connect Jerry Leaf to you, what should we expect other agents to do 
with a 200 page book? 

Your recent actions of interviewing the staff members one at a time 
(just like Steve did) doesn't help dispel the image of an *awful* lot 
of influence either.  There are other signs by which you (perhaps 
unintentionally) demonstrate to others how you feel about your current 
status re controlling Alcor, but I think that should go in private 
email. 

Keith Henson

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