From Dr. Reed to me on Friday, June 28, 2002

From Dr. Reed to me on Sunday, May 19, 2002

From Dr. Reed to me on Saturday, May 4, 2002

From me to Mr. Dunne (a copy to Dr. Reed) on Saturday, May 4, 2002

From Mr. Dunne to Richard B. (my alias) on Tuesday, April 30, 2002

From Mr. Hartigan to me on Wednesday, March 20, 2002

From Harschel to me on Saturday, March 16, 2002

From me to Mr. Hartigan on Saturday, March 16, 2002

 

From me to Mr. Heisser on Thursday, August 16, 2001

From Mr. Dunne to me on Saturday, May 28, 2001

From me to Mr. Dunne on Saturday, May 25, 2001

From Mr. Dunne to me on Saturday, May 25, 2001

From me to Mr. Williams in May, 2002

From Mr. Sutter to me in May 23, 2002

From me to Mr. Sutter in May 4, 2002

From Dr. Mendoza to me on April 22, 2001

From me to Dr. Mendoza on April 20, 2001

Date: Friday, June 28, 2002
From: Dr. Reed <bobreed_ok@yahoo.com>
To: Blueberry <dmm687wt@hotmail.com>

Hi, Blueberry. I was not aware that some professors were being protected by armed security guards around the clock, which is not to say they weren't. However, I certainly was not being protected by armed security guards, nor was I informed that I was a target.

I hope you're doing okay. I worry about you, Blueberry. Try and look forward, not backward. Even in the worse of things, good things can come.
Take care,

Bob

Date: Sunday, May 19, 2002
From: Dr. Reed <bobreed_ok@yahoo.com>
To: Blueberry <dmm687wt@hotmail.com>

Dear Tomo,

Here's the truth as I know it: Jim Hartigan told numerous people in the department that you were planning to come to the department to kill faculty. If I recall correctly, he told Dunne, Sutter, Kosmopoulou, and Robin Grier, perhaps others. People were pretty scared. There was obviously a lot of pressure on Tim Dunne to get at the bottom of this. He told Hartigan that he needed to go on record so that preventive measures could be taken. Then it got bizarre. Hartigan told the faculty that he made a statement to the police of your intentions to kill faculty. The police said they had no such statement from Hartigan. Hartigan then emailed the department to say that the police were lying. It was just crazy.

So as a department we were left in the following predicament: Hartigan stuck by his story that you were intending on killing faculty, but (as we found out later) he never gave a statement to the police. Everybody was incredibly frustrated with him. Either he was lying about you, and didn't want to perjure himself; or the story was true, and he was putting faculty members' lives at risk by not cooperating with the policy.

In the end, I guess there were enough faculty who could give testimony to the police about what Hartigan told them that sufficient grounds were given to have you removed from the country.

Those are the essential facts as I know them.

I am very sorry for how things turned out.

Bob

Date: Saturday, May 4, 2002
From: Dr. Reed <bobreed_ok@yahoo.com>
To: To: Blueberry <dmm687wt@hotmail.com>

Tomo,

Nobody's detenuring anybody. But you should know that Jim Hartigan told many members of this faculty that you were dangerous and had made death threats.

Date: Saturday, May 4, 2002
From: Blueberry <dmm687wt@hotmail.com>
To: Mr. Dunne <tdunne@ou.edu>, Dr. Reed <bobreed_ok@yahoo.com>

I apologize for a substantial delay in formally thanking you for accusing
me of trying to assassinate faculty members at your Dept.

I imagine that you enjoyed making bogus allegations against me.
Unfortunately, I didn't have a single pleasant day in OK County Jail. If
you imagine what it's like being shackled everywhere you go, I suppose you
understand why I didn't enjoy myself in solitary confinement.

As a matter of fact, I don't know what you said to whom or what you did to
me. I only know what I heard. An INS agent said that you called the FBI
because I made death threats, which I didn't make. The same agent said
that I had asked a Japanese professor to acquire a gun. Does he have a
name? Again, don't ask me. I would probably go to K Mart to buy one
instead of asking somebody to get it.

Whenever Mr. H asked me about shooting Mr. Kondonassis, I consistently
answered that I wasn't interested in harming anyone. Mr. H called in Jan
17, being apologetic for misrepresenting me, I said to him that I wasn't
angry at anyone and that I didn't care about anything after May. I don't
know exactly what happened in Virginia on that week, and I had no
association with any Nigerian national during my entire stay in Oklahoma.
But somebody or some people took advantage of the situation, and I ended up
spending time in jail after an unlawful arrest. You may, again, say
'...,but Jim said ..." I don't know. I wasn't there. You guys are simply
playing a strategic game with my name but without my presence.

If you and Dr. Reed want to detenure Mr. H, go ahead. I'm not interested
in knowing how you do it. But I don't want you to use my name in harassing
him. I don't know what kind of power struggle you have, but why don't you
guys take a gun and decide who conquers what?

Let me tell you your accomplishments. I ended up getting no degree after
spending 5 years at your Dept. After an unlawful arrest with no arrest
warrant, I lost all my belongings including my computers, my dirty
underwears and my deceased dog's photos. Playing with my Macs was the only
source of my joy. It's all gone.

I always liked Mrs. Dr. Dunne and her daughters. You were one of the best
instructors that I've had at the graduate level. I was very impressed when
I read your paper involving Mill's whatever. But I don't like what you did
or what you seemed to have done. You may, again, say '..., but Jim said
...' It doesn't matter. The fact is that I lost everything.

Leave me alone. I don't want you to use my name for your own political
agenda.

Don't be surprised if I keep cursing you even after my death.
Blueberry the Accused

Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2002
From: Timothy Dunne <tdunne@ou.edu>
To: Richard B <d173m6ht@yahoo.com>

"Here is what happened. (1) A faculty member came into my office in mid January and claimed that a former student was making death threats toward faculty in the department. I informed a faculty member of the seriousness of the allegations and that I was required to forward the information to OU administrators. I forwarded the information to OU academic officials. (2) The same faculty member came into my office two days later and said that he had new conversations with the student and that the student was making additional threats. These threats were described as very specific harmful threats against individual faculty members with the element of a plan (day, weapon, etc). I contacted OU administrators again and relayed the information the faculty member told me. Clearly, I was very concerned for the safety of my faculty and I told OU administrators as such. (3) Moreover, the faculty member recounted the allegations to numerous faculty members in the department. Some of these faculty memebers that heard the allegations also requested that I report these allegations to OU administrators. I was clearly not the only person to hear these allegations. To be sure, I made it clear to OU administrators that I personally had no contact with the student for almost 8 months and that the allegations were made by another faculty member. (4) As chair of the department, it is simply responsibility to report such a threat to OU administration. It would be the same for any administrator of any type of organization. (5) The statement that I called the FBI is simply not true. I spoke w/ OU academic officials and later was interviewed by OU police. I have had no contact w/ any fedearl authorities over this matter. (6) I am quite saddened by the outcome of this situation. I feel bad for the student and the faculty members that became involved in the matter. One would think such an event an impossible. In no way, shape or form was "this relationship." There was nothing to be retaliatory about. I had not seen that student in 8 months. However, I am quite sorry that events turned out like they did. It is one of my true disappointments as chair. (7) Finally, for the record, I have also cc'd this message to a member that was completely uninvolved in this matter."

Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2002
From: Mr. Hartigan <hartigan@ou.edu>
To: Blueberry <dmm687wt@hotmail.com>

Dear Mr Cumquat

Actually, you seem to have accomplished what you set out to do. The department is in turmoil, with people not speaking to one another. You were right about the Weasel being a weasel. He, the Bantam and Old Nasty are trying to get me detenured (fired) because I would not testify against you.

Great to hear from you and I am glad you got out


Mr Rutebega

Date: Saturday, March 16, 2002
From: Harschel <undisclosed>
To: Mr. Hartigan <dmm687wt@hotmail.com>

Thanks for the info about the boxes. We've run into a slight problem however. We got your keys on Thurs. and Friday night (last night) we went to get your stuff, but when we went got there, there was somebody in your apat. We knocked but then they got quiet and turned off the TV. It seems really suspicious, but in the dark we didn't want to try and key in on someone. We thought that the apt. complex could have evicted you, but think it could be possible that someone had broken into your apt. So we contacted the police who said we had to first contact the apt. complex. But they were off course closed because of the weekend. Michelle S. knows the police chief and is going to try to contact him today for us. Anyway, we will continue to work on getting your stuff for you. Don't worry. We'll keep you in touch. Please know that we are doing everything we can.

Date: Saturday, March 16, 2002
From: Blueberry <dmm687wt@hotmail.com>
To: Mr. Hartigan <hartigan@ou.edu>

While I was in jail, I heard that you joined Dunne & Associates. Have you got a raise that you long wished for as the result of joining the club? Thanks to you, I spent a lot of time in jail. I'm a criminal now. They told me that I had asked a Japanese professor to acquire a gun. Silly allegation. Did YOU make that up? I would probably go to K-Mart instead of asking somebody to get one. For your information, I have never seen a gun in my life. Nor have I touched one. I didn't know that I was plotting to kill several professors one Tuesday.

Don't ask me where I am now. If I tell you, you are gonna tell Mr. Dunne, and Dunne & Associates will come after me. Let me guess what a next bogus allegation will be. They are going to tell the FBI that I am plotting to bomb Hester Hall. I should never have trusted you.

Mr. Blueberry

Date: Thursday, August 16, 2001
From: me
To: Mr. Heisser

Dear Dr. Heiser,

I thank you and Dr. Mergler for looking into my complaint against the Dean of the Graduate College, Dr. Williams, and the Department Chair of Economics Department, Dr. Dunne. I brought you an envelope including all communication correspondaces regarding this matter at approximately 3:30 PM, August 16.

I confirm that I will waive the right for a new academic appeal that I may be entitled to upon your finding for the obstruction of justice that they allegedly engaged in. Upon your finding, I only request that a statement be made such that they unethically attempted to influence a possible witness, Dr. Sutter, in order to change the outcome of academic appeal. I wish to know what happened during the committee meeting, but it is not essentially necessary that I be given such opportunity even upon your finding.

I received a phone threat and an incomplete grade, and Dr. Kondondonassis made another false testimony in his statement of May 16. It all happened after you let them go. Before speaking with you in person today, August 16, I thought you backed down after being intimidated by them. Now, I understand that you did the best you could do with insufficient evidence, so I apologize. But please allow me say one thing about your statement. You said, Dr. Kondonassis warned that I was wasting my time contacting other professors ... You probably didn't waste your time finding those professors. If that's the case, you made the right choice because there isn't any. I didn't contact or speak with anyone except Hartigan, who indeed spoke to me in October 10.

My future is uncertain, and I don't know how long I will be around. So I may not see the outcome of my allegation. I am not happy with what I'm doing considering their ages and positions. But harassment will not stop unless I send a message that what is wrong is wrong whoever does it, Gary Condit or Dean Williams, in accord of social rules.

Best regards,

Date: Saturday, May 28, 2001
From: Mr. Dunne
To: me

I cannot answer all your emails as I am going out of town, but I did want to
address this one. In February when you gave the papers to me, you said that
there was an issue with the forward exchange rate and that you were not
happy about in the paper. Recall you told me you took it out of the
Financial Times (I think) and thought it was the appropriate measure at
first but later found out it was not. You seemed to imply at that time that
you were looking for another measure and that I should not evaluate the
work. I have the chapters --are you saying that it is ok now to evaluate
the work. Note an incomplete is not unsatisfactory grade -- it just means
that the work has either not been fully completed or fully evaluated. In
this case, it may be either. Do you want me to proceed with the evaluation?

Note that I informed Dean Williams that you had handed in a paper that
looked to me to be in good shape and that you would receive an S on the
work. This memo to the Dean was dated 5/21/01. However, I did want to
check back with you on your statement of reservation regarding the
measurement of foreign exchange rate before proceeding. This is something
we should have spoken about on Friday but given that we talked for almost
two hours I just did not get around to it.

Regarding, the unsatisfactory in the dissertation hours, I believe that
when a student is recorded as failing the general exam for a 2nd time, they
receive an unsatisfactory in dissertation hours because it means they are no
longer making satisfactory progress toward the Ph.D. You will need to
contact Alex Kondonassis regarding the matter. Recall, that dissertation
hrs only receive a satisfactory mark in the semester you complete the
degree. In semesters before that it receives the neutral mark of X
indicating progress is still being made.

Best regards,

Tim

Date: Friday, May 25, 2001
From: me
To: Mr. Dunne

Dear Dr. Dunne,

As per our conversation of January 17 and February 19, I agreed to take ECON 5940 for Master's thesis to temporarily put aside the dispute regarding my termination from the Ph.D. program. I also explained in a hand-writing note with a couple of research papers, which I submitted to you on Thursday, February 15, that I presented those papers for ECON 5940 to avoid getting an unsatisfactory grade.

I received today my academic transcript which states that I received "incomplete" for ECON 5940. I kindly request that you explain to me why I did not get a passing grade. Please also find out when you or Dr. Kondonassis submitted this grade. I would also like you to explain to me why I deserve an unsatisfactory grade for 8 dissertation hours that I had in the fall of 2000. I never suspected till this time, and I only found out this fact earlier on this week. To speak frankly, I suspect that you and Dr. Kondonassis are collaborating to discredit me, and I will fight back in the event of an intitimidation.

Please do not take it as a threat, but I'm willing to file a separate request for Academic Appeal with unsatisfactory explainations from you.

I'm aware that you will be gone for the next 2 weeks or so. I appreciate your reply by return e-mail at your earliest convenience.

Thank you,

cc: Dr. Janis Paul
cc: Dean Williams

Date: Friday, May 25, 2001
From: Mr. Dunne
To: me

Please try and get in contact with me today. I left a message on your
machine and emailed earlier. I think it important that we have a frank
discussion.

Date: May, 2001
From: me
To: Mr. Williams

Not available at this moment

Date: May 23, 2001
From: Mr. Sutter
To: me

I do not believe any body from the department can communicate with
you while you have an appeal of your general exam pending.

Professor Sutter

Date: May 4, 2001
From: me
To: Mr. Sutter

Dr. Sutter, could you tell me how the committee meeting of (Mon) November 13 proceeded? Do you remember what Dr. Kondonassis said was waiting for me do or what he allowed me to do? Do you remember if he mentioned that he and I spoke on Tuesday, October 17 and he gave me an option of doing something else rather than an option of writing a dissertation with Dr. Hartigan?

I want to know everything that you remember concerning that committee meeting. If you have time, I'll be happy to come by your office at your convenience.

Thank you.

Date: Sunday, April 22, 2001
From: Dr. Mendoza
To: me

I am glad to hear that you are doing Ok. It is hard for me to remember
what happened so long ago. But my recollection is that Dr. Kondonassis
indicated that you have been given the opportunity to work with another
professor. Regards, Jorge

Date: Friday, April 20, 2001
From: me
To: Dr. Mendoza

Dear Dr. Mendoza,

Hello. Tomo is still alive. How are you? Long time, no talk. You might have thought that I've vanished, but I'm still around.

Dr. Mendoza, I have a serious question. I want to know how the committee meeting of November 13 went. Could you tell me specifically if Dr. Kondonassis said that he had allowed me to find a professor to work with in international finance?

Federal Law Title 42 Chapter 6A Subchapter III-A Part D Section 290dd-2

Sec. 290dd-2 Confidentiality of records

(a) Requirement
Records of the identity, diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment of any patient which are maintained in connection with the performance of any program or activity relating to substance abuse education, prevention, training, treatment, rehabilitation, or research, which is conducted, regulated, or directly or indirectly assisted by any department or agency of the United States shall, except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, be confidential and be disclosed only for the purposes and under the circumstances expressly authorized under subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Permitted disclosure

(1) Consent

The content of any record referred to in subsection (a) of this section may be disclosed in accordance with the prior written consent of the patient with respect to whom such record is maintained, but only to such extent, under such circumstances, and for such purposes as may be allowed under regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (g) of this section.

(2) Method for disclosure

Whether or not the patient, with respect to whom any given record referred to in subsection (a) of this section is maintained, gives written consent, the content of such record may be disclosed as follows:

(A) To medical personnel to the extent necessary to meet a bona fide medical emergency.
(B) To qualified personnel for the purpose of conducting scientific research, management audits, financial audits, or program evaluation, but such personnel may not identify, directly or indirectly, any individual patient in any report of such research, audit, or evaluation, or otherwise disclose patient identities in any manner.
(C) If authorized by an appropriate order of a court of competent jurisdiction granted after application showing good cause therefor, including the need to avert a substantial risk of death or serious bodily harm. In assessing good cause the court shall weigh the public interest and the need for disclosure against the injury to the patient, to the physician-patient relationship, and to the treatment services. Upon the granting of such order, the court, in determining the extent to which any disclosure of all or any part of any record is necessary, shall impose appropriate safeguards against unauthorized disclosure.

(c) Use of records in criminal proceedings
Except as authorized by a court order granted under subsection (b)(2)(C) of this section, no record referred to in subsection (a) of this section may be used to initiate or substantiate any criminal charges against a patient or to conduct any investigation of a patient.

(d) Application
The prohibitions of this section continue to apply to records concerning any individual who has been a patient, irrespective of whether or when such individual ceases to be a patient.

(e) Nonapplicability
The prohibitions of this section do not apply to any interchange of records -

(1) within the Uniformed Services or within those components of the Department of Veterans Affairs furnishing health care to veterans; or
(2) between such components and the Uniformed Services.

The prohibitions of this section do not apply to the reporting under State law of incidents of suspected child abuse and neglect to the appropriate State or local authorities.

(f) Penalties
Any person who violates any provision of this section or any regulation issued pursuant to this section shall be fined in accordance with title 18.
(g) Regulations

Except as provided in subsection (h) of this section, the Secretary shall prescribe regulations to carry out the purposes of this section. Such regulations may contain such definitions, and may provide for such safeguards and procedures, including procedures and criteria for the issuance and scope of orders under subsection (b)(2)(C) of this section, as in the judgment of the Secretary are necessary or proper to effectuate the purposes of this section, to prevent circumvention or evasion thereof, or to facilitate compliance therewith.

(h) Application to Department of Veterans Affairs

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, acting through the Under Secretary for Health, shall, to the maximum feasible extent consistent with their responsibilities under title 38, prescribe regulations making applicable the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under subsection (g) of this section to records maintained in connection with the provision of hospital care, nursing home care, domiciliary care, and medical services under such title 38 to veterans suffering from substance abuse. In prescribing and implementing regulations pursuant to this subsection, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, from time to time, consult with the Secretary of Health and Human Services in order to achieve the maximum possible coordination of the regulations, and the implementation thereof, which they each prescribe

Source: Cornell University Law School Legal Information Institute

Oklahoma State Statue Title 43A. Mental Health Chapter 1 Section 1-109

Section 1-109 - Privileged and Confidential Nature of Medical Records and Communications between Physician or Psychotherapist and Patient.

A. All mental health and drug or alcohol abuse treatment information, whether written or recorded, and all communications between a physician or psychotherapist and a patient are both privileged and confidential. In addition, the identity of all persons who have received or are receiving mental health or drug or alcohol abuse treatment services shall be considered confidential and privileged. Such information shall only be available to persons or agencies actively engaged in the treatment of the patient or in related administrative work..

Such information shall not be disclosed to anyone not involved in the treatment or related administrative work without a valid written release or an order from a court of competent jurisdiction. If the patient is a minor child, the written consent of the parent, as defined by the Inpatient Mental Health Treatment of Children Act, is required; provided, however, confidential information may be released as provided by Sections 7005-1.1 through 7005-1.3 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

B. The restrictions on disclosure shall not apply to the following:.

1. Communications between facilities pursuant to a qualified service agreement as provided by a contract with the Department to provide mental health or substance abuse treatment services;
2. When failure to disclose the information presents a serious and imminent threat to the health and safety of any person;
3. Communications to law enforcement officers that are directly related to a commission of a crime by a patient on the premises of a facility or against facility personnel or to a threat to commit such a crime, and that are limited to the circumstances of the incident, including the patient status of the individual committing or threatening to commit the crime, the name and address of that individual, and the last-known whereabouts of that individual;
4. Reporting under state law of incidents of suspected child abuse and neglect to the appropriate authorities;
5. Disclosure of information about a patient to those persons within the criminal justice system which have made participation in the program a condition of the disposition of any criminal proceedings against the patient or of the parole or other release of the patient; and
6. Disclosure of patient-identifying information to medical personnel who have a need for information about a patient for the purpose of treating a condition which poses an immediate threat to the health of any individual and which requires immediate medical intervention..

Disclosures under this subsection shall be limited to the minimum information necessary to accomplish the intended purpose of the disclosure..

C. A person who is or has been a patient of a physician, psychotherapist, mental health facility, a drug or alcohol abuse treatment facility or service, other agency for the purpose of mental health or drug or alcohol abuse care and treatment shall not be entitled to personal access to psychotherapy notes or progress notes unless such access is consented to by the treating physician or practitioner or is ordered by a court. Access to such information shall be provided to the patient in a manner consistent with the best interests of the patient as determined by the person in charge of the care and treatment of the patient..

D. The restrictions on disclosure of mental health or drug or alcohol abuse treatment information shall not restrict the disclosure of patient-identifying information related to the cause of death of a patient under laws requiring the collection of death or other vital statistics or permitting inquiry into the cause of death. Any other disclosure regarding a deceased patient shall require either a court order or a written release of an executor, administrator, or personal representative appointed by the court, or if there is no such appointment, by the spouse of the patient or, if none, by any responsible member of the family of the patient. "Responsible family member" means the parent, adult child, adult sibling, or other adult relative who was actively involved in providing care to or monitoring the care of the deceased patient as verified by the physician, psychologist or other person responsible for the care and treatment of such person..

E. A valid written release for disclosure of mental health or drug or alcohol abuse treatment information shall have the following elements:

1. The specific name or general designation of the program or person permitted to make the disclosure;
2. The name or title of the individual or the name of the organization to which disclosure is to be made;
3. The name of the patient;
4. The purpose of the disclosure;
5. A description of the information to be disclosed;
6. The dated signature of the patient and, if a guardian has been appointed for the patient, the guardian of the patient and, when required for a patient who is a minor, the signature of a person authorized to give consent;
7. A statement of the right of the patient to revoke the release in writing and a description of how the patient may do so;
8. An expiration date, event or condition if not revoked before, which shall ensure the release will last no longer than reasonably necessary to serve the purpose for which it is given;
9. A statement that the information may be subject to redisclosure by the recipient resulting in the information no longer being protected; and
10. If the release is signed by a person authorized to act for a patient, a description of the authority of such person to act..

Source: Oklahoma State Court Network (www.oscn.net)

3. Others

Transcript: Master's thesis ( click on the picture to enlarge)

Transcript: Dissertation hours ( click on the picture to enlarge)