Justice Petition to the Seattle Federal Bureau of Investigation Re: FBI Informant and the 1981 Domingo and Viernes Murders: End the Cover-Up 1. WHEREAS: On June 1, 1981, anti-Marcos Filipino activists Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes, were summarily executed by a hit team paid for by the repressive regime of Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines. 2. WHEREAS: Ferdinand Marcos was found personally liable for the murders in a federal jury trial in 1989 and a federal judge found that the murders were paid for out of a Marcos intelligence slush fund as an overt act of a conspiracy against the anti-Marcos movement in the US. 3. WHEREAS: During the King County Superior Court criminal trial of Jimmy Ramil and Ben Guloy, the men that Silme identified to first responders that were his assailants, a witness Levane Forsythe, came forward at the end of the trial to testify for the defense. He testified that he was present at the scene of the murders, spoke to Silme, who he claimed did not know who shot him and that the men on trial (Ramil and Guloy) were not present. Despite this testimony, the hit men were convicted of first degree aggravated murder. 4. WHEREAS: The FBI assigned 42 agents to investigate the Domingo and Viernes murders but no indictment was ever brought by the US Attorney. 5. WHEREAS: In his deposition taken in the civil case, Estates of Domingo and Viernes vs. Ferdinand Marcos, Forsythe admitted he was an FBI informant. He sated that he would be called by his control agent and told to go to a particular location, observe what happened and write a report. He testified he wrote a report about the Domingo and Viernes murders on June 1 st that described what he had testified to but claimed not to remember who he sent it to. 6. WHEREAS: Forsythe also claimed in his deposition that he was an informant for FBI-DEA-IRS investigation in Southern California and named his control agent. 7. WHEREAS: In June of 2015, Mike Withey, attorney for the Domingo and Viernes Estates, and independent film maker Sharon Maeda filed an FOIA request with the FBI seeking all documents related to Forsythe, his testimony in the criminal trial, and his work as an FBI informant. 8. WHEREAS: The FBI has delayed producing any documents for close to three years. However it has recently admitted for the first time that it has 1246 pages of documents related to an investigation in which Forsythe worked as an informant for the FBI office in Seattle from 1980 to 1986, a period of time covering the Domingo and Viernes murders and his testimony at the Ramil and Guloy trial. The FBI denied having any documents related to the FBI-DEAIRS investigation in Southern California but indicated they had been destroyed. 9. WHEREAS: The FBI has refused to provide any documents which identify Forsythe’s Seattle FBI control agent, who ostensibly, and perhaps with prior knowledge of the Marcos-initiated murders, dispatched Forsythe to the crime scene and was aware that he testified in the Ramil and Guloy trial. If true, such action could constitute an obstruction of justice and should be investigated as such. NOW THEREFORE, the undersigned individuals hereby demand: 1. The FBI immediately provide to Withey and Maeda and/or make public and ALL documents related to Forsythe’s role as an FBI informant including for its Seattle Office. 2. The FBI provide the name or names of all FBI agents in Seattle or elsewhere who had any contact with, or provided guidance, direction or authorization to Forsythe at any time. 3. The FBI refer this matter to the US Attorney in the Western District of Washington and/or the Department of Justice to investigate possible obstruction of justice charges against any such FBI employee who acted as Forsythe’s control agent in 1981 with knowledge of his activities related to the Domingo and Viernes murders. Signed (organizations listed for identification purposes only) PARTIAL LISTING 1. Cindy Domingo, National Coordinator of the Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes 2. Terri Mast, Secretary-Treasurer Inland Boatman’s Union 3. Sharon Maeda, independent filmmaker and Requestor 4. Michael Withey, author of Summary Execution: The Seattle Assassinations of Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes, Requestor and co-counsel for Domingo v. Marcos case 5. Jeffery Robinson, American Civil Liberties Union and co-counsel for Domingo v. Marcos case 6. State Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos 7. Teresa Mosqueda, Seattle City Councilwoman 8. Jeff Johnson, President, Washington State Labor Council 9. Lynne Dodson, Secretary-Treasurer, Washington State Labor Council 10.Elaine Ko, Co Chair-Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes 11.Tina Podlodowski, Chair, WA State Democratic Party 12.Arthur Bryant, CEO of the Public Justice Foundation 13.Vince Warren, Executive Director, Center for Constitutional Rights 14.Joanne Doroshow, Center for Justice and Democracy 15.Michael Fox, Retired King County Superior Court Judge 16.Karen Strickland, President, AFT Washington, AFL-CIO 17.Ricardo Ortega, Executive Director, LELO--Legacy of Equality, Leadership and Organization 18.State Rep. Velma Veloria 19.Bob Hasegawa, State Senator 20.Estela Ortega, El Centro de law Raza 21.Robby Stern, President, Puget Sound Advocates for Retirement Action 22.Mary Le Nguyen, Washington Community Action Network 23.Prof. Michael McCann, UW Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies 24.Juan Bocanegra, El Comite 25.David Della, former Seattle City Councilmember, CJDV 26.Rick Harwood, Sea-Tac Neighborhood Action Council 27.David McLanahan, MD, Coordinator, Physicians for a National Health Program, Western Washington; 28. Garry Owens, LELO; 29.Susan Saladoff (Filmmaker of Hot Coffee) 30.Rita Zawaideh, SCM Medical Missions 31.Thomas Hillier, former Federal Public Defender-Seattle 32.Gerald Lenoir, Black Alliance for Fair Immigration 33.Richard “Tick” Segerblom, Nevada State Senator 34.Emily Van Bronkhorst, CJDV, Local 1199 SEIU 35.Roger Lippman, Anti-War activist 36.Randy Aliment, Partner at LewisBrisboe 37.Patrick Cook (Walthew Law Firm); 38.Robert Melnick 39.Beverly Halley 40.Amanda Gemmill 41.Michael Hill, Summit Strategy 42.Carolyn Anderson, Digital Consultant 43.Barbara Hendricks 44.Anne-Marie Cavenaugh 45.Jonathan Monillas 46.Natalie Miscolta Cameron 47.Amy Donnelly 48.Amy Groesbeck 49.Eric Sullivan 50.Kathryn Keller 51.Fran Blumenstein 52.Michael Casteneda 53.Joseph Wertz 54.Leonard Shilumbu 55.Jay Herzmark, Organized Workers for Labor Solidarity 56.Aretha Basu 57.Rafrealle Adao 58.Faisal Provincial