From the REAL COASTAL WARRIORS on FACEBOOK:
Many have often questioned the motives, as well as the source of information some of the “BP Trolls” including Jan Long, who hails out of Florida, (Ref: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jan-Long/223613311002597) Ken Smith of Texas, (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ken-Smith/113255735432510) and others in their constant libelous attacks of Gulf advocates, attorneys, and just regular posters in the BP America Facebook Page. (Ref: http://www.facebook.com/BPAmerica)
You’ll note that that in the case of ALL of these personalities, false profiles have been created under the category of “Community” pages, unlike the personal pages all other normal people use on Facebook. This prohibits their behavior from being blocked, and allows them to circumvent the removal of their personal pages by Facebook so they can continue their personal attacks on individuals who speak out about the disaster in the Gulf.
On Friday, July 29th, the disclosure was made of their purpose and their “employer” when they pushed their attacks against persons who had been physically harmed by illnesses caused by the BP Oil Disaster, and as has been happening for a few months now, specific data which would only have been extracted from a GCCF Claim form have been used as weapons to discredit individuals, attack their families and their loved ones, and libel, sometimes to the point of unbelievable, those who had made and have had claims paid or denied by the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, run by Kenneth Feinberg, who, it has been determined by judicial verdict, is an employee of BP.
Jan Long made the following statement:
“Some of you really need a lesson about money. There’s some pretty warped thinking about what funds come out of where. First of all, if you bothered to READ anything but your own hype, you’d know that not a cent of the $20 billion set aside for claims is spent on anything BUT claims. You’d also know the the rest of the BILLIONS spent on restoration, recovery, research, funding, etc. etc. is totally SEPARATE from any monies spent on advertising. EVERY corporation has a right to use THEIR money for promotion and advertising, and if that promotion & advertising helps restore the economy of this Gulf what the he77 are any of you complaining about?”
Ken Smith replies:
“Jan I think we all know why they are still whining, they see all this money being spent and they are not getting any of it….”
To which Long replies:
“Charged” and “convicted” are two entirely different things. Remember, the only reason the GCCF took over the claims process last August was because YOU folks whined that BP wasn’t paying fast enough. I think EVERYONE at this point is so sick of the whining about the whole claims fiasco that we WELCOME an audit.
“WE” welcome an audit?
It’s quite apparent that the BP America Page, with or without BP’s knowledge and consent has become a platform for the harassment and libelous and slanderous behavior of those employed by Feinberg and the GCCF to further deny claims to the families, fisherman, oystermen, shrimpers, businesses and others impacted by the BP Oil Disaster. The strong arm tactics and utilization of personal information, ONLY obtainable from claim forms is ILLEGAL. Screen captures and feeds have been kept for months with pertinent information that no individual NOT associated with the GCCF could have possibly obtained.
Individuals who were harmed did not have alternative sources of where they could apply for a claim. There was only one organization, the GCCF who were responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and proper control of the information provided by claimants. A violation of that trust has occurred, which only adds insult to the injury these individuals have already suffered.
Now that this behavior has been admitted publicly, and is now known and identified, it’s time for the “game” to end. Action will be take to find out the exact level of damage these individuals have caused to claimants, and the pursuit of all civil and criminal penalties will be sought.
