THE CLAMP

Too much controversy has been allowed to fester with no firm
hand in evidence. Dear Bill [Goichberg] and [Bill Hall] I suggest
that you really clamp down on anything in the Forum having to
do with this situation until the Board is able to get the information
my motion is requesting and we're able to calmly consider the
right course of action. -- Joel Channing

Before getting to the crux, I am among those who
have seen no evidence putting Paul Truong's hands on
the keyboard of the False Sam and other messages of
that type. Until such evidence surfaces (as opposed
to geographical analyses and computer numbers that can
be jiggled by clever, if malign, hackers), it is
unfair to call for Paul Truong's resignation from the
Executive Board.

That said, the attempt by the usual gaggle of
politicians to close down discussion of whether Mr.
Truong or others are guilty of possibly fraudulent
behavior is ever so typical of the USCF political class.

Not only are they trying to do the impossible,
they are acting ever so stupidly. RGCP redivivus!

There is another possible scenario re the Truong
affair. It is possible that the USCF Old Guardist are
using Sam, who is the unwitting dupe here, to
undermine Polgar-Truong. he idea is to adopt a faux
statesmanship, involving censorship at the USCF Forum
and calls for prolonged investigation as a way of
positioning the Old Guardists as moderates who, at
long last, conclude that Mr. Truong ought to resign.

This latter is an ancient insider trick.

Yours, Larry Parr




B. Lafferty wrote:
a.. To: "Bill Goichberg " chessoffice@xxxxxxx, "'Bill Hall'"
bhall@xxxxxxxxxxx, "'BINFO'" USCF BINFO System, "'CONFIDENTIAL'"
confidential@xxxxxxxxxxx, "'Jim Berry'" JABerryCG@xxxxxxx, "Patricia
Knight " pknight@xxxxxxxxxxx, "'Paul Truong'" Paultruong@xxxxxxx,
"'Rachel Lieberman'" queencapa@xxxxxxx, "'Randy Bauer'"
randybauer2300@xxxxxxxxx, "Randy Hough " randallhough@xxxxxxxxx, "'Susan
Polgar'" SusanPolgar@xxxxxxx
b.. Subject: forum
c.. From: "Joel Channing" joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
d.. Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:53:35 -0400
e.. Delivered-to: USCF BINFO Systemxxxxxxxxx
f.. Delivered-to: USCF BINFO System
g.. Thread-index: AcgCAN8+NPw8BtR8RU6KGbcBTthMkA==

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I just read a threatening post by Brian Lafferty on the Forum. Apparently
he's talking to the press too (I hope you weren't Susan). Too much
controversy has been allowed to fester with no firm hand in evidence. Dear
Bill and Bill, I suggest that you really clamp down on anything in the Forum
having to do with this situation until the Board is able to get the
information my motion is requesting and we're able to calmly consider the
right course of action. Joel