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**jkh001@aim.com**

wrote:
Sam,

Do you seriously think that a laptop from that time period is worth
more than the time and legal fees required to sue for it? You have to
resist the urge to file lawsuits for the thrill of it, and restrict
yourself to cases where there is a serious and rectifiable grievance.
If you would limit yourself to pursuing Truong, you would get much
more support and sympathy.

Jerry Spinrad

On Feb 20, 3:26�pm, samsloan wrote:
Right, Sam. Give me a call some time and we'll chat. Same for Jeremy.
Send me a private e-mail and I'll send my cell phone number.

Reasonable compensation...hmm. $500 for 2,000 hours is about 40 cents
an hour. In any case, that decision was made in 2002 by Board
leadership when they purchased the laptop for me.

I never wrote a check to myself. Maybe Linda did to reimburse me for
actual expenses. I never received anything without proper
documentation. And when I left I had about $8,000 in unreimbursed
travel expenses which I never submitted for reimbursement.

I made the decision not to go to L.A. at the last moment based on
Doctor's orders (and the advice of Board member Dr. Wagner, who I
confided in about my health...he even suggested a specific procedure
that I should have before I could consider flying). Out of respect for
physician-patient confidentiality, I presume, he never publicly
revelaed his knowledge of my specific health situation. I have always
appreciated that courtesy. Shawn Pealor came to pick me up and take me
to the airport on the day we were supposed to depart for L.A. Sadly, I
wrote a resignation letter while he waited and he took it, along with
my envelope of USCF papers, with him to L.A. while I stayed in NY with
my unused ticket.

The resignation was entirely related to my health, not USCF finances.
The audit results surprised me, too. The multi-year membership issue
was new and there were a number of accounting errors that were
reversed the following year. I was even more shocked when the new
Board members (Schultz, Marinello and Hanke), all people I respected
very much, decided to push the situation out of control for political
leverage. Such is the legacy of USCF politics.

I will not get in a debate with you over these things, Sam, especially
with potential litigation in the works. I would appreciate it,
however, if you would remove me from your current fishing expedition
(i.e. legal complaint). My days in chess politics are over.

My wife and I will be in Dallas for the US Open...but only as a player
and old friend to some. Thanks for being the first to respond.

Best wishes,
Frank

Mr Niro,

There is absolutely no chance, none whatever, that I will drop the
lawsuit against you. In fact, I have been trying and will continue to
try to have you, Polgar and Truong arrested for the criminal theft of
the laptop. You would be well advised to start taking this matter
seriously by returning the laptop (which I notice that you have not
offered to return).

Every member of the 2002 and 2003 boards has been asked about this and
they all say that the USCF's laptop did not belong to you and you had
no right to take it.

Since the matter is public and is on the Federal Pacer website, I will
now inform you of the name, address and telephone number of your
attorney, who has been diligently searching for you for the past four
months. I think that you need to get in contact with him.

He is:

Jeremy Brown
Attorney for USCF and Frank Niro defendants
Proskauer Rose LLP
One Newark Center
Newark NJ 07102-5211
973-274-3205
jbrown @ proskauer.com

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That part of Sloan's lawsuit is a joke. Well, I think the whole thing
is a joke, but the inclusion of Frank Niro is particularly idiotic.
Even Sloan hasn't come up with any theory under which Frank had any
connection to the "Fake Sam Sloan" posts. As for the laptop, even if
the USCF had some claim on it (which it almost certainly has not),
Sloan has absolutely no standing in the matter. And has Sloan ever
bothered to make proper service? He's getting close to the statutory
limit.