Furthermore, the 1988 Alexandria case in which LaRouche and six others were convicted–all of them of mail fraud, and LaRouche also of conspiracy to defraud the IRS–didn’t have anything to do with national security either.

The LaRouche people have always invoked the national security argument, and screamed “witchhunt,” whenever anyone sued them, or whenever they were prosecuted.

Their view is that LaRouche’s policies and politics are so marvelous and life-giving that he should never be challenged on anything.

Leaving aside the question of the actual nature of his policies, this is a ridiculous and unlawful standard. If you borrow money from little old ladies under false pretenses and don’t pay it back–and if you do that for years–no amount of references to national security or higher morality can or should protect you from the law–either lawsuits or prosecution.

Howie, can you tell us about your fellow members in the Boston office who were sent out of the country to hide in Larouche’s Eurpopean officec to evade the Grand Jury and were convicted, returned to the USA and sent to prison?

Can you also give us a rough estimate of how much of the 34 million taken from the elderly with promissory notes has been paid back by the cult?