When I began my career, my resume was one of the most austere any college student could produce. Before even graduating, I attended many prospective job fairs and technology conferences to both network and try to land a job. In 1997, I was able to land my first job and the atmosphere was totally suspicious. It is believed that this is when and where the beginning of this walking into an ambush began. The first suspicious recollection was the question of salary. As the first job and assignment, nothing was known and a guess was made at 30 for a computer security analyst. That was 15 below market rate. If they were fair, then this was why we sat there and did nothing; only read manuals all day. It did feel as if a probe was made to see what they were on the trail of; nothing was precise and you were made to feel as if you had to tell them what you are working in or on. Total silence and secrecy must have frustrated them but at some point, someone called in the big guns. There were no attacks up till 1998 and the job initiated a top secret "clearance" check. The staff or hiring managers were of catholic background, all of them. They must have known they were on the trial of SDI; someone called in the big guns.
There was never any attempt to push liberation theory or the black movement during college. There were teachers who felt truth was relative and based solely on perspective, they were avoided. Also, an economics professor had us read Rush Limbaugh which was odd. It could have been any of the professors in the suburbs of Virginia. The most suspicious recollection was economics courses and the Rush Limbaugh book, it was a joke, who the heck was this and why is it required reading? There were a few suspicious events during college, but nothing to be alarmed about. The most odd was a model who was half filipino and who showed up in classes with very flirtatious intentions. She did offer sexual acts; none acted upon. There were female professors who did the same; again, none acted on.
The last week was bizarre. The supervisor, where vague and do as you will of a relaxed office had been present, sent us on a day trip to a computer security conference. We were told not to come in and to come back to the office and this made no sense. Why bother with the traffic and the drive for less than an hour. We were not told of a schedule or hours. So this was a set up. The supervisor the following day was agitated and said how orders were not followed and subsequently a termination was in order; her name was Mary. That is a lot of scrutiny while milking some college graduate still in night school. It felt as if they wanted you to fail. This then began the financial spiral. Even the name of the company was suspicious, Logicon, and they had attended a defense contactor job fair at George Mason University. There were only a few defense contractors who came back yearly. From 1998 to 2008, none of this was known and total communication silence was imposed to figure out who was behind it and what they wanted.
After this termination, it is uncertain if the top secret background check had stopped. A new job had to be found but an onslaught began. You were not able to even leave the house without viciously being attacked. Smoking had gone from half a pack to chain smoking due to the stress caused by the attacks. Black people began to make probes on your life and in every public place you went to. You were followed on vacations and even late night trips to get food. Things got really bad and eventually the job search was dead and a bankruptcy and vehicle repossession imminent. Also, an eviction was in order when the lease was denied. All hell began to break loose after this job and the next one Sprint PCS two years later. It took two years to find another job during the high tech boom and this time it was only for 23 a year. Talk about milking someone for all they are worth and ten years of college. This time the atmosphere moved from a catholic management to a liberal left wing management. There were attacks and agitations daily, sometimes you had to take a break just to recollect since you were not used to it and did not expect some ambush. They were fierce and violent, almost like a terrorist hit and some labor protest against businesses. The entire Sprint PCS theme seemed to focus on the black movement and the supervisor was a Filipino woman named Duffy. This job was even worse and even less pay than the first one; there are jobs everywhere as high tech and the internet is overloading talent scouts. The plan was job, exciting new life, dating, Ann, and then marriage; all in and around DC from 1998 to 2002.
When you graduate college and begin your career, you are not aware of an ambush or some hit on your life. Now it felt like doors were being shut and locked, the world was turning on you, and people were milking you for all you have. This is why and when the brakes were applied and "what is going on" began to settle in. Ann now came to the DC area and began to confront the people behind this. She and I had been communicating back and forth planning our courtship and eventual lifelong dream. We had dreams together and she and I began to discuss matters more indepth. After three years of nothing and no jobs except for dead end ones during the high tech boom; lawyers were contacted. It feels like a gang surrounding you calling you homo, fag, stupid, incompetent, failure, selfish, etc... If the top secret background check was underway, it was now such a disaster, you looked like a joke or the enemy humiliated. After ten to fifteen lawyers consulted, only one proved worthwhile, slander. He heard the case and did not question the person, he simply said he will represent and take the case. It was never evident this was an anti-war protest or the severity of the stalking and harassment. Something was going on and someone was hitting harder than a ton of bricks. The goal was to try escape and evasion while Ann tried to figure out who was behind it and how she would confront them and take them to court for the bankruptcy and charge of slander. By 2001 there was a massive paper trail and financial disaster. It was humiliating and denigrating but so difficult to prove.
If those were the beginning salvos which lead to both 911 and a "prelude" of an attack at the beach during parties and an engagement; then this is what the memory could provide. The key date and the total shut down was 1998. It was four years of humiliation and then 3 years in federal prison for more humiliation by a very angry labor oriented bunch who is playing with unsuspecting people fresh out of college. It might be a random hit but at some point they knew they were on something big, they were chasing SDI. This is when the big guns were sent in and when a parade of communists and terrorists began. The only escape was to stay inside while the DC area was under siege. This meant that a high tech person was going to be locked out of the high tech boom. Every single block was put in place and soon life will shut down completely. Ann revived tried to revive this in 2006 and then did in 2008. It is all in her writting and her investigation which diverted her from what she was supposed to be doing. We were working on something else very important but yet to be disclosed. We are not sure if we will be able to complete it now.
Monday, November 17, 2008
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