In
the Vince Foster case The FBI and the Washington
Police both Declared the Suicide note to
be real.
Then three
of the worlds leading forensic scientists examined
it and detirmined without a doubt that
the note was a forgery.
WASHINGTON
(Reuter) - Someone forged the torn-up suicide
note that was discovered after White House lawyer
Vincent Foster was found with a fatal gunshot
wound in the head, a group of handwriting experts
said Wednesday.
Three handwriting specialists presented analysis
at a news conference of the note found in Foster's
briefcase after the deputy White House counsel
was found dead July 20, 1993 in a federal park
near Washington. They said it appeared the note
was not written by him but was ``a forgery.
U.S. Park Police and former independent counsel
Robert Fiske had concluded that Foster had committed
suicide and that he had written the note but his
death has given rise to some conspiratorial theories
that Foster was murdered.
The note, said written days or weeks before Foster
died, was not a classic suicide note in the sense
of saying goodbye to the world. Instead, the note
complained of life in Washington and concluded
``I was not meant for the job or the spotlight
of public life in Washington. Here ruining people
is considered sport.''
The organizer of the news conference, James Davidson,
an editor of a financial investment news letter,
``Strategic Investment,'' said he commissioned
the handwriting analysis and he concluded that
``the evidence in this case overwhelmingly points
to murder.'' He said he asked for the analysis
because his newsletter has ``an investigatory
bent.''
The handwriting specialists provided no information
as to who they thought might have written the
note or why.
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10-25-95
October
25, 1995
For
More Info Contact: Anne Dunne 410-576-0900
EXPERTS
SAY FOSTER "SUICIDE" NOTE IS A FORGERY
At
a press conference this morning at Washington's
Willard Hotel, James Dale Davidson announced the
findings of an international panel of forensic
panel (sic) who examined a copy of a note that
was found in Foster's briefcase shortly after
his death.
The
panel of three forensic handwriting experts have
determined that the note is a forgery, and not
written by the late Deputy White House Counsel.
James
Dale Davidson, Editor of Strategic Investment,
a premier world financial newsletter, offered
the following statement today:
Ladies
and Gentlemen, Strategic Investment has asked
a forensic panel of handwriting experts to examine
the so-called "suicide" note, said to have been
written by the late Vincent Foster.
The
panel's conclusions were collected over a three
month period. Each panelist worked independently
and came to their own conclusions without interference.
They
completed their study with far greater care, thoroughness,
and apparent accuracy than the federal institutions
that were intended to protect us. It is indeed
ironic, that Vincent Foster, as the number two
lawyer in the White House and one of the highest
ranking law enforcement officials in this land--would
have his own death covered up.
The
fabrication of a "suicide" note by high officials,
is just one more indication that Vincent Foster
did not commit suicide.
With
us today are our expert panel whose reports you
have copies of, as well as the torn note, and
a set of known documents written by Vincent Foster.
Mr.
Reginald E. Alton, from Oxford Univeristy, has
flown in for this conference. He is a world-recognized
expert on handwriting and manuscript authentication.
For 30 years he has lectured at Oxford on handwriting,
and has engaged in forensic document examination.
Recently
he ruled on the authenticity of C.S. Lewis's Diaries.
He has been consulted by British police authorities
and has testified in British courts on both criminal
and civil matters involving questioned documents.
He
has determined the note to be a forgery.
Mr.
Vincent Scalice, is formerly a homicide expert
with the New York City Police Department. He is
a certified Questioned Document Examiner with
the American Board of Forensic Examiners. He has
22 years experience as a document examiner, and
has worked for some of the country1s largest institutions
in this capacity, for example Citicorp and Chemical
Bank.
He
has determined the note to be a forgery.
Mr.
Ronald Rice has 18 years experience performing
civil, criminal and forensic handwriting examination.
He is a consultant to the Massachusetts Attorney
General's office. He has examined documents on
a number of celebrated cases, and recently was
asked by CNN to examine notes written by O.J.
Simpson.
He
too has determined the note to be a forgery.
Three
experts--70 years of combined forensic examination
experience--conclude forgery.
Both
the Park Police and later the FBI determined the
note to have been written by Mr. Foster.
But
look more closely. The Capitol Police handwriting
expert compared the so-called Foster note to only
one document--which is not in keeping with a proper
and complete examination. We learn today from
Mr. Christopher Ruddy, the reporter from the Pittsburgh
Tribune-Review, the the Park Police used the services
of [a] Sergeant from the Capitol Police who has
never been certified as a document examiner.
Later
the FBI, and former Special Counsel Robert Fiske
reports, found the note to have been written by
Foster, again by comparing it to a single document
and several checks written by Foster. Like so
much of the duplicity in the Fiske report, we
learn that the checks proved an inconclusive match
to the note. The FBI violated standard forensic
procedures to match the document.
Former
FBI Director William Sessions has charged that
his firing the day before Foster's death led to
a "compromised" investigation into the death.
Political considerations have guided Foster's
death investigation from the beginning. Allegedly,
in America, no one is above the law. But the investigations,
by the Park Police, Fiske, and the Beltway insider
Kenneth Starr, show that the law applies differently
to different people.
We
at Strategic Investment believe that the evidence
in this case overwhelmingly points to murder.
It is a threat to the credibility of America's
justice system that possible obstruction of justice
by the Park Police and the FBI is whitewashed.
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The
following is the resumes of the three experts
that determined that the Vince Foster suicide
note was a forgery.
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Vincent
J. Scalice
Vincent
J. Scalice is a certified Questioned Document
Examiner with the American Board of Forensic Examiners.
Mr. Scalice began studying handwriting analysis
over forty years ago, and for the past 22 years
has engaged in forensic document examination as
a specility. He has testified in hundreds of court
cases on civil and criminal matters (please note
this too..) pertaining to questioned documents.
He has conducted forensic document examination
for some of the nation's largest commerical banks,
including Citibank and Chemical Bank.
In
1977, Mr. Scalice retired from the New York City
Police Department after 21 years of service as
a detective first grade with specialties in Identification,
Latent Fingerprint Analysis and Crime Scene reconstruction.
Since his retirement he has been Executive Director
of Forensic Control Systems of Staten Island,
New York. He has served as a Consultant to the
House Committee on Assassinations which investigated
the deaths of President John Kennedy and Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. He currently serves as chairman
of the Executive Board of Scientific and technical
Advisors for the American Board of Forensic Examiners.
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R.
E. Alton
Reginald
E. Alton is a world-reconized expert on handwriting
examination and manuscript authentication. He
has 30 years experience in the field of forensic
document examiniation, and has lectured during
this period at Oxford University on handwriting
and manuscripts, including the detection of forgery
and the identification of handwriting to Doctoral
and research students in the University of Oxford.
In recent years he ruled on charges that some
of the manuscripts of the late C.S. Lewis were
a forgery. He validated their authenticity. He
has ruled on numerous questioned documents and
manuscripts, including such noteworthy historical
figures as Donne, Shelley, Christina Rossetti,
to modern day authors as Oscar Wilde. He has been
consulted by civil bodies and by British police
authorities and has testified as an expert witness
in British courts on criminal matters relating
to questioned documents, and has been consulted
on anonyous letters and other forgeries.
Mr.
Alton, M.C., M.A., is an Emeritus Fellow of St
Edmund Hall, University of Oxford, and is currently
Dean of Degrees at St Edmund Hall, Oxford's oldest
institution for undergraduates. He was Fellow,
Tutor and Vice-Principal of St. Edmund Hall and
has served as Chairman of the English faculty,
as well as lecturer at Pembroke, Jesus and Exeter
Colleges in the Univesity of Oxford.
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Ronald
H. Rice
Ronald
H. Rice has 18 years experience performing civil,
criminal and forensic handwriting examination.
He is a Board Certified Handwriting Examiner and
Board Certified Forensic Examiner with the American
Board of Forensic Examiners, and a member of the
National Association of Document Examiners. He
has consulted on numerous civil and criminal cases
relating to questioned documents, and has testified
in state and federal courts. He is currently under
contract with the criminal division of the Massachusetts
Attorney General's office. He has examined documents
in a number of celebrated cases including handwritten
documents by Ted Bundy, the alleged Boston Strangler,
Lizzie Borden and recently, documents written/printed
by O.J. Simpson for CNN (please note that last
one). He has been asked to examine documents for
the commanding officer of a U.S. Army Military
Police Company in West Germany while on reserve
training as well as for the United States Navy
Investigative Services while a reserve member
of Navel Intelligence, attached to Navel Investigative
Services. He also serves as a document consulatant
for numerous corporations, major law firms and
insurance companies in matters relating to questioned
documents.
Mr.
Rice is the owner of Checkmate, Inc., D.B.A. New
England Legal Investigations, based in Boston,
Massachusetts. He has been a private investigator
for 13 years and a licensed detective for 20 years.
He is the published author of the most comprehensive
handwriting examination training course currently
available through the American Board of Forensic
Examiners and trains people in handwriting examination
thoughout the country.
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Vincent
J. Scalice on Foster Suicide Note Forgery
September
6, 1995
Case#
2043
Mr.
James D. Davidson
Strategic
Investment
Re:
Handwriting Examination & Comparison of
Vincent
W. Foster Jr.
Dear
Mr. Davidson:
As
previously stated, there are numerous marked differences
in
regard to execution of stroke and invidual letter
formations
between
the Questioned (Q1) note and the known standards
(K1
- K10). A random list of some of the more obvious
differences
is as follows:
1.
"Th" formations:
There
are numerous "Th" letter formations, eighteen
(18)
in all present in the Questioned note (Q1) which
are
markedly different from the "Th" formations in
the
known samples examined. These "Th" letter formations
appear
in the following words in the Questioned note:
"The"
"Their"
"They"
"Without"
2.
Word "To" appearing in Questioned, (Q1) differs
in
execution
with To's in Known standards.
3.
Marked diffences in all Printed capital letter
formations
between
Questioned & Known.
See:
A;
B; F; G; I; J; N; S; T; U; V & W.
4.
Discrepancies in Handwritten capital latter betwen
Questioned
and Known appear in regard to following:
C's
H's I's & U's
5.
Handwritten small (lower case) letter formations
are
numerous.
Differences are noted in regard to almost
all
of the individual letter formations throughout.
6.
Differences in regard to Handwritten Words include:
"did"
"for"
"not"
"the"
"to"
"Clintons",
etc.
Please
note the forgoing illustrations exhibit only
a
random sampling of the inconsistences notes througout
the
Questioned and Known writings examined. It should
not
be
considered all inclusive.
Should
you require graphic exhibits or charts to further
illustrate
the inconsistences notes, please provide at
least
two (2) weeks advance notice to allow sufficient
time
for
preparaton.
Respectfully
submitted,
Vincent
J. Scalice
Forensic
Consultant
Document
Examiner
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