Just found the transcript this morning-
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Hello Shane
18:02 ARRB Guy
Hi Shane!
18:04 ARRB Guy
Brilliant job Shane.
18:04 jasonbell13
Hi Shane!
18:05 ARRB Guy
Do you know where to get blueprints of the Ambassador hotel?
18:07 shaneosullivan
Evening, all. Thanks for turning up. I'm here in London at 1 a.m., happy to answer any questions on the case, the film, anything really.
18:07 guest54514
Hi Shane
18:07 shaneosullivan
Thanks, ARRB Guy. Hello, everyone. Are you receiving me? I'm new to this chat-room stuff
18:07 ARRB Guy
Loud and clear.
18:07 Paul
yeah this is working!!
18:08 Jeebz
Whoever set this up really knows what they're doing
18:08 lOvEr
hi
18:08 ARRB Guy
Shane, you should be able to guess who I am.
18:09 shaneosullivan
Hi there, thanks. Well, the California State Archives have all the LAPD files. They have pretty detailed layouts of the pantry up there
18:09 ARRB Guy
But, the blueprints should be on file with a county clerk, or something, yes?
18:11 shaneosullivan
I'd have to check. They did a scale model for the trial, so the Archives are probably the best place to start. Sorry for my slow typing. BK by any chance?
18:11 ARRB Guy
Well, anyway, have you been in touch with your interviewees since the attempt to debink your findings
18:12 ARRB Guy
No, Joe Backes. I did a lot covering the ARRB here in the states.
18:12 ARRB Guy
debunk
18:13 shaneosullivan
Yes. Brad Ayers and Wayne Smith still stand by their Morales ID and Ed Lopez is still pretty sure it's Joannides. But I'm also in touch with the Morales children and they don't think it's their father, so...
18:14 shaneosullivan
Hi, Joe. Yes, I recognise your name from Lancer. Good to speak.
18:14 jasonbell13
Hey Shane, I just purchased the DVD, I can't wait to watch I am a huge fan
18:14 ARRB Guy
I've met them, and their word is as good as gold with me. That death certificate is troubling though, but it can be a fake, or for another man with same name.
18:15 ARRB Guy
I'd love to get together with you face to face someday. Damn shame we lost Phil Melanson, and now George Michael Evica.
18:16 shaneosullivan
Thanks, Jason, there's a lot to chew on in there. Hope you enjoy it. I agree, Joe. All three are top-drawer. The Campbell death cert has to be a different guy. He was much older than the man Brad knew and died the year before
18:17 ARRB Guy
I think I found info on Campbell in the 1910 and 1920 U.S. fed census, I put that info on the JFK Lancer forum, in the posting about this chat.
18:17 jasonbell13
Shane, I would like to know why RFK is a hero or yours?
18:17 ARRB Guy
Do you know if that's online somewhere?
18:18 ARRB Guy
BTW, email me at -----------------
18:20 ARRB Guy
Okay, someone else talk now.
18:21 jasonbell13
I would like to know why Robert Kennedy is a hero of Shane's??
18:21 shaneosullivan
Thanks for your email, Joe. I'll check the census info out. Jason, I didn't know much about RFK when I started this project but I think his charisma, humor, ideals. gentle nature but ruthless drive to do things right are all things I admire in him.
18:23 jasonbell13
Shane, that is a good answer all the things you said are exactly right, and he would have a been a great president
18:23 Debra JFK Lancer
Hi everyone
18:24 ARRB Guy
Hi Deb!
18:24 Hamburgler
Hello Deb
18:24 jasonbell13
Hi Deb
18:24 Debra JFK Lancer
Shane, Lynn Mangan tells me she has given you some recent info from the Sirhan court documents.
18:24 shaneosullivan
I also think he makes politicians now look pretty weak and manufactured in comparison. He really was a man of the people in 1968 and he wouldn't be told how to run the country, which must have been a scary prospect for those in power
18:25 guest497853
Have you had any other productions asides from RFK? Just curious...
18:26 shaneosullivan
Hi Debra, yes, Lynn has done tremendous research in this case and emailed me a lot of documents from her collection. She's made some critical discoveries.
18:28 Debra JFK Lancer
For those of you not familar with the Sirhan trial, I recommend reading Lynn's work on her CD and also Phil Melanson's book "shadow play." most people do not realize what a sham the trial was.
18:28 shaneosullivan
Well, I'm just completing a book on the RFK case, so I haven't had time for anything else this year but I also write and direct feature films, so I'm developing a few of those as well. I want to do another doc next year, too.
18:28 ARRB Guy
Has a new lawyer been appoined since Larry Teeter died? and if so, what's his name?
18:29 Debra JFK Lancer
Shane, one thing you have done, besides produce a beautifully done program with MPI, is to bring the idea of comspiracy back to the table with the RFK case.
18:30 Debra JFK Lancer
oops. That's 'conspiracy.'
18:30 shaneosullivan
I agree, Debra. I recently read the full trial transcript for the first time and it's astonishing how Sirhan's attorney Grant Cooper got away with such a poor defense. Shadow Play's a great book
18:31 Debra JFK Lancer
Lancer has the transcript scanned but I haven't had a chance to do anything with it yet.
18:31 Debra JFK Lancer
Joe, I can't think of the attorney right now. I'll have to look around for it.
18:32 ARRB Guy
Wow. Thanks Deb
18:32 shaneosullivan
William Pepper will be Sirhan's new attorney, Joe. He represented James Earl Ray for years in the King case and proved Ray's innocence with the support of the King family in a civil trial in 1999.
18:33 ARRB Guy
Any chance of an evidentiary hearing like what Dr. Pepper did with Ray?
18:33 Debra JFK Lancer
Shane, isn't it a court appointed one right now?
18:33 ARRB Guy
Now, you were reading my mind just then, weren't you?
18:33 jasonbell13
Shane, when will the book RFK Must Die be released??
18:35 shaneosullivan
I hope so. I'm sure that's what Pepper has in mind but it's still early days, he'll have to become better acquainted with the case first. As of now, Larry Teeter's Second Writ of Habeas Corpus is still pending.
18:35 Debra JFK Lancer
Shane, can you tell us some of the emotions you have had while researching? You know many people have come away with a real feeling of resentment of Sirhan that I feel colors their judgement.
18:37 shaneosullivan
The book will be released next May by Union Square Press, Jason. I hope to visit the US then and hopefully have some public meetings on the case
18:38 jasonbell13
Does the book cover other stuff that the DVD will not cover??
18:43 Debra JFK Lancer8
Goodnight all. I guess the chat is over? I'll be happy to keep this up on the forum.
18:45 ARRB Guy
Why is it over?
18:46 ARRB Guy
If it is, poo!
18:46 Hamburgler
I have yet to see this program but I have heard good things.
18:47 shaneosullivan
I'm still here. Hope my responses are getting through. Happy to keep things going
18:47 ARRB Guy
Hmm, I think Deb left, too bad.
18:48 ARRB Guy
her name went from red to orange, maybe she thought that meant it was over.
18:48 ARRB Guy
the font color I mean
18:48 Debra JFK Lancer8
Perhaps Shane's posts aren't getting through.
18:48 shaneosullivan
Thanks, Hamburgler. You can see the trailer and some clips from links at the website
http://www.rfkmustdie.com
18:49 shaneosullivan
Are my posts getting through?
18:49 jasonbell13
I see them fine,
18:49 Hamburgler
Everything seems to be working fine
18:49 ARRB Guy
Yes, I can see them
18:49 ARRB Guy
Are you back Deb?
18:50 Hamburgler
Deb? Are you having some problems?
18:50 shaneosullivan
Okay, good. Maybe Debra's not seeing them
18:50 Debra JFK Lancer8
Yes, I can see them now. Shane, could you answer my question above?
18:50 Hamburgler
Any chance this documentary is nominated for an Oscar?
18:51 jasonbell13
that would be great if it would get a oscar
18:51 Hamburgler
It was better than BOBBY
18:51 Hamburgler
from what i hear
18:52 Jeebz
THIS RULES!
18:52 jasonbell13
Bobby was a great film I have yet to see RFK MUST DIE I have ordered it from what I hear its great
18:53 Hamburgler
I saw Bobby, enjoyed it thoroughly
18:53 shaneosullivan
You need distribution in theaters to be considered for an Oscar, unfortunately but I'll be happy if it just helps reopen the case
18:53 Hamburgler
Just heard this was way more informative
18:53 ARRB Guy
Has Schwarze****** been approached about this case?
18:54 Hamburgler
The box art looks great as well. Was the design your idea Shane???
18:54 shaneosullivan
Bobby was great because a new generation now knows who RFK was and what he stood for. Now, we can start educating people about how he was killed...
18:54 Hamburgler
Right, he would have made a great leader
18:55 jasonbell13
He would have been a excellent President and would have beat Nixon
18:55 shaneosullivan
No approach to the Governor yet but pressure's best put on through the media first, I guess and the 40th anniversary's a good time to do that
18:57 ARRB Guy
Shane and Deb, put me in touch with Pepper, I want to help out.
18:57 Hamburgler
I have to go. Thanks for taking the time Shane. Can't wait to see the doc!
18:57 shaneosullivan
Thanks, Hamburgler, hats off to Dokument Films for the cover design. They did a great job. I agree RFK would have been a great President. Out of Vietnam in 1969, no Watergate. The mind boggles.
18:58 jasonbell13
With the 40th anniversary a lot of supporters have wanted RFK Jr. to make a presidential run in 2008. I think everyone knows Ethel would be totally agaisnt any of her sons running for that office
18:58 Hamburgler
Bye everybody!
18:58 shaneosullivan
Thanks, Hamburgler. Speak again.
18:59 Hamburgler
Take care Shane. Thanks again!
19:00 Debra JFK Lancer8
Sorry, everyone, but I've got to get the children to bed now. Thanks Shane. Maybe dokument films could put the transcript up somewhere?
19:00 ARRB Guy
Night, Deb. Thanks for everything you do.
19:00 jasonbell13
Night Deb thanks again
19:04 ARRB Guy
Shane, do you have like a top ten list of unanswered questions in the case? What should people do after they watch your DVD?
19:09 shaneosullivan
It's after 2 a.m. here, so I think I'll say goodnight. Thanks for coming, everybody. It was great talking to you and I hope we make great progress with this case next year
19:09 ARRB Guy
Amen.
19:10 jasonbell13
It has been great talking to you Shane, and we will make great progess in the coming yet
19:10 ARRB Guy
Thanks Shane.