NOTE: Alfred Lambremont Webre is not appearing at the Citizen's Hearing in Washington, DC in April 2013. The reason why can be seen here:
The below document the history of the Citizen's Hearing starting in 2003, for the public record.
1. JANUARY 1, 2003 LETTER
January 1, 2003
Stephen Bassett
4938 Hampden Lane, #161
Bethesda,
MD 20814
Re: CITIZEN HEARING
(A Public
Hearing by former Members of Congress)
Dear
Stephen:
I am
writing to confirm my participation as member of the Board of Advisers of the
Citizen Hearing, a project which I helped co-found with you.
The goals of the Citizen Hearing are: (1) to educate
the general public and sitting members of Congress; (2) encourage the media
toward a greater level of scrutiny and action; (3) establish the groundwork for
open Congressional hearings on the same subject matter; (4) put pressure the
108th Congress to hold congressional hearings.
The purpose of the Citizen Hearing is to create a
bipartisan fact finding process before six (6) former Senators and
Congresspersons, who would take testimony from and question witnesses regarding
their personal experience with events and evidence surrounding extraterrestrial
phenomena. Testimony and reports for the
Citizen Hearing would consist of qualified witnesses who have direct personal
experience with
events and evidence surrounding extraterrestrial
phenomena and a government suppression of the facts from the public.
As a public service, the Citizen Hearing would be
broadcast and/or netcast live via television, radio and the Internet, including
audio-visual and written transcripts.
Any coverage, full or in part, by news networks would be welcomed. The Citizen Hearing would take place in
Washington, D.C., sometime during the 108th Session of the United States
Congress. It would be held in a hotel
ballroom laid out in such a manner as to resemble a typical congressional
hearing format.
I am
looking forward to helping make the Citizen Hearing a resounding success.
Sincerely yours,
Alfred Webre, J.D., M.Ed.
2. CITIZEN
HEARING PROPOSAL
(Mock Congressional Hearing)
[Originally drafted by Stephen Basset and Alfred
Webre. Redrafted by Stephen Bassett.]
Purpose:
The purpose of the Citizen Hearing is to create a
bipartisan fact finding process before six (5) former Senators and
Congresspersons, who would take testimony from and question witnesses regarding
their personal experience with events and evidence surrounding extraterrestrial
phenomena.
Sponsors: The project would be initially sponsored by
the Extraterrestrial Phenomena Political Action Committee (X-PPAC) and the
Paradigm Research Group. Other sponsors
would be sought.
Goals: Educate the general
public and sitting members of Congress.
Incite the media toward a greater level of scrutiny and action. Lay the groundwork for open Congressional
hearings on the same subject matter. Put
pressure the 108th Congress to hold congressional hearings.
Proposed Testimony & Evidence: Testimony and reports for the
Citizen Hearing would consist of qualified witnesses who have direct personal
experience with events and evidence surrounding extraterrestrial phenomena and
a government suppression of the facts from the public.
Project Location: The
Citizen Hearing would take place in Washington, D.C., sometime during the 108th
Session of the United States Congress.
It would be held in a hotel ballroom laid out in such a manner as to
resemble a typical congressional hearing format.
Event Duration: Seven days, which includes 5 days of
testimony, would be required for presenting testimony and asking questions of
approximately 30 witnesses.
Preparation Period: Once
funding is assured, the time needed to setup the hearing would be no less than 3 months, but should not take more
than 6 months.
Public Education: As a
public service, the Citizen Hearing would be broadcast and/or netcast live via
television, radio and the Internet, including audio-visual and written
transcripts. Any coverage, full or in
part, by news networks would be welcomed.
Commercialization: The
hearing would not be a commercial venture.
All product of the Citizen Hearing
would be immediately placed into the public domain. No rights or commercial interest in the
event, the final report, and video and written transcripts would be
entertained. The only exception to this
might be an exclusivity for television or radio coverage by a commercial
network in return for a guarantee of coverage.
Such an arrangement would not exclude coverage by C-SPAN, National
Public Radio, or the Public Broadcasting Service.
Funding: All funding
directed into X-PPAC would be subject to the FEC rules for political action
committees with contributions limited to $5000 from U.S. citizens. Paradigm Research Group is a private entity
and not subject to contribution limits.
Other sponsors might have other requirements and limitations. A 503(c) non-profit will NOT be set up to
conduct the Citizen Hearing.
Outline of Functions & Tasks
I. Citizen Hearing Design and Functions
1)
Five (5) former U.S. House of Representatives
and Senate members would be secured to table a Citizen Hearing, on a bipartisan
basis: ideally two Republican and two Democratic participants and a chairperson
noted for bipartisanship and independent thinking.
- There
are numerous retired or out of office members available, many with substantial
public recognition. - Former members have participated in such hearings
and know exactly how to conduct them. - Former
Members would still have relationships to sitting Members which might translate
into formal Congressional action.
2)
Two attorneys
would be available of counsel to the Citizen Hearing Committee to advise on
what questions to ask and how to interpret answers and other appropriate
matters.
3)
Two attorneys
would be available to the witnesses to advise on legal implications of certain
testimony and how to properly testify in a manner appropriate to the Citizen
Hearing.
4)
Additional staff would be provided to the
Citizen Hearing Committee to organize, summarize and present documentary
evidence, handle requests and all the usual needs an actual Congressional
Committee investigating a major issue might require.
5)
Seating would be available to the public and
press, and meeting decorum would be subject to the customary protocols of an
actual Congressional Hearing.
6)
Hearing witnesses would testify in groups
assembled in logical pairings based on subject and instances of corroboration.
7)
Audio-visual slide, video and computer
projection equipment would be available.
8)
Hearing testimony would be transcribed from the
audio/video record, compiled and published in a timely fashion.
9)
The Citizen Hearing Committee would prepare a
Final Report containing public recommendations.
The Final Report would be available to the public, and to the United
States Congress, if requested.
10) The
Project would coordinate television, radio and print media coverage. Educational and political media would be
encouraged to broadcast or cover the Citizen Committee Hearings, interview
willing witnesses and committee members regarding the testimonies and impressions
of the evidence.
11) The
setting of the Citizen Hearing would be in Washington, DC
12)
All appropriate media involvement including press conferences, private
and group interviews, press releases, appropriate to such an event would be
organized and implemented.
- II.
Advantage
of this Approach:
- This
Project format may trigger formal Congressional Hearings. In that event, all work done for the Citizen
Hearing would have immediate application to the formal hearings.
2) A
Citizen Hearing would be fast-paced, flexible, conducive to television and
radio broadcast, and easier for an educational and interested public to access.
3) The
presence of former Members of the U.S. Congress would provide the needed gravitas for the issues and
recommendations.
4) A
Citizen Hearing process could easily be extended by holding further hearings on
particular aspects of the issues, depending upon the nature of the first event
testimonies. In this case, specific
retired Members can be matched up to the particular issue based upon their background.
5) There
is a greater level of public support to the "fact gathering" approach
as opposed to the "litigious" approach to public policy making. On the other hand, public interest litigation
may well be launched, depending on the outcome of the Citizen Hearing and the
response, or lack their of, form the sitting Congress.
6) The
practicality and cost of presenting differing testimonies on the issues is
reduced under the Citizen Hearing format.
7) The
cost and logistical degree of difficulty of a Citizen Hearing would be modest
in contrast with its potential impact.
Download original Citizen Hearing Documents (PDF)
1. ALFRED WEBRE LETTER JAN. 1, 2003
Download Alfred.Webre Letter 1-1-03
2. CITIZEN HEARING PROPOSAL
Download Citizen Hearing Proposal
3. CITIZEN HEARING BUDGET
Download Citizen Hearing Budget A Sheet1
I can relate to the Bassett betrayal track. Hopefully your outcome will be as good as mine finally was, although it cost me $8,000 in legal fees to get his lawsuit against me dismissed. The latest is that he withdrew his appeal of the dismissal, probably because of losing in Small Claims Court — he owes me $2,500. He appealed that and lost. All that after being his benefactor. And other people also pointed to him being a user when my situation became known.