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	William Leonard Pickard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pickard denies the charges and claims that he was investigating the emerging use of ayahuasca and DMT analogues.
		The DEA believes that Pickard and his partner Clyde Apperson were responsible for manufacturing a majority of the LSD sold in the United States and cites a 95 percent reduction in the drug's availability as evidence of this.
		Actor Harvey Fierstein voiced displeasure with Pickard's legal representation during the case, especially their decision to allow Pickard to be interviewed by Rolling Stone Magazine.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Leonard_Pickard (275 words)

	William Leonard Pickard -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Currently appealing 2000 conviction and two life sentences for conspiracy to manufacture (A powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid) LSD at a converted Atlas-E (additional info and facts about nuclear missile) nuclear missile launch facility in (A state in midwestern United States) Kansas.
		Pickard denied the charges, stating he was investigating the emerging use of (additional info and facts about ayahuasca) ayahuasca and DMT analogues.
		Several newspapers reported this number, however further investigation and government testimony seems to indicate that this number is inaccurate and the real amount may have been as little as one half pound of pure LSD, still enough to manufacture about 10 million individual 20-microgram "hits".
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/william_leonard_pickard.htm (240 words)

	DAILY BRUIN ONLINE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		William Leonard Pickard, who was employed at UCLA for nearly two years, and Clyde Apperson, his assistant, were convicted Monday of two counts each of conspiring to distribute and manufacture large amounts of LSD.
		Pickard and Apperson were arrested on Nov. 6, 2000 outside Wamego, Kansas while trying to move their drug lab using a rental truck.
		Pickard faced 20 years in prison if convicted in 1988, but according to a court affidavit, charges were dropped because he was an informant.
	www.dailybruin.ucla.edu /news/printable.asp?id=23557&date=4/2/2003 (505 words)

	The Wamego Times April 3, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		William Leonard Pickard, accused of heading an LSD conspiracy ring, testified last week he and co-defendant Clyde Apperson came to Wamego nearly 2 1/2 years ago to destroy an LSD lab concealed at the converted Atlas-E missile base northwest of Wamego.
		Pickard said he and Apperson went to the missile base November 4, 2000, to help Skinner move out of the base, but discovered what Pickard thought might be a drug-production lab, not the Marquardt lab.
		William Rork, defense attorney for William Leonard Pickard, told the court he wanted to call four more whitnesses, three of whom were no I not available until early this week, and a fourth who would not testify unless he was granted immunity by the government.
	www.freepickard.org /wamegotimes/wmgotimes04_03_03.html (2206 words)

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		William Rork, Pickard's Topeka lawyer, said that his client was framed and "the evidence will show there was never an LSD lab in operation there." Mark L. Bennett Jr., Apperson's lawyer, did not return a phone call seeking comment.
		Pickard saw Russia as ripe for trafficking in new psychotropics because of its impoverished chemists.
		Pickard himself told the Kansas court he had been a DEA informant since 1973 and had had periodic contact with senior DEA officials on "international cases" since 1992.
	web.mit.edu /zoz/Public/lsdlab.txt (1414 words)

	Afgha.com - Afghans, Taliban cited in LSD trial
		Pickard said he discussed with the general a shipment of 800 kilograms (1,760 pounds) of heroin, about which Akbar would alert U.S. officials, who would seize the drug but not arrest anyone.
		Pickard and Akbar met while the two were incarcerated at the U.S. Federal Correctional Institution at Terminal Island, Calif., where Pickard was serving a prison sentence for federal convictions of manufacturing LSD and mescaline and forgery.
		Pickard, who had just graduated with a master's degree from Harvard University, said he was concerned for the safety of himself, his wife and their infant daughter.
	www.afgha.com /?af=article&sid=31309 (895 words)

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		William Leonard Pickard Jr, a former Harvard research associate who moved to the University of California, was preparing for a conference on drug trafficking to be held at Windsor Castle and to be attended by Jack Straw, the home secretary, and Keith Hellawell, the government's drug czar.
		We met Leonard Pickard through his position as director of the Drug Policy Analysis Programme at UCLA [the University of California, Los Angeles].
		Pickard, described as a "classic 1960s San Fransico hippie", and his alleged accomplice, Clyde Apperson, 45, a computer consultant, both deny the charges against them.
	www.tacethno.com /info/lsd/pickard.txt (743 words)

	Free William Leonard Pickard
		Leonard has chosen this difficult task so that he might have the chance to live the rest of his life with his wife and child.
		Leonard practices Zen meditation while in jail, adheres to a vegetarian diet, and sends his thoughts toward world peace.
		Leonard was sentenced on November 25th, 2003 to two concurrent life sentences without parole.
	www.freepickard.org (266 words)

	News from DEA, Domestic Field Divisions, San Francisco News Releases, 03/31/03 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Pickard, who was driving a Buick LeSabre, fled on foot and was arrested the next day at a farm outside Wamego.
		Pickard and Apperson each face a minimum of ten years and a maximum of life in federal prison without parole.
		Pickard remains in federal custody and Apperson was remanded to federal custody today.
	www.usdoj.gov /dea/pubs/states/newsrel/sanfran033103.html (517 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Defendant Pickard filed his notice of appeal on December 11, 2003, and defendant Apperson filed his notice of appeal on December 12, 2003.
		Pickard also learned that another Lowry, Kirk Lowry, was in law school at the same time as the jury foreperson and the prosecuting attorney.
		Pickard further ascertained that Kirk Lowry and the jury foreperson had the same address during law school.
	www.ksd.uscourts.gov /opinions/0040104-507.html (2422 words)

	MAPS: Life Sentence for former deputy director of UCLA's Drug Policy Research Program
		William Leonard Pickard, 58, of Mill Valley was sentenced to life in prison without parole, while Clyde Apperson, 48, of Sunnyvale was sentenced to 30 years in prison without parole, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration.
		Pickard, 58, and Apperson, 48, were arrested near a former missile silo near Wamego.
		Pickard made a brief statement, criticizing the credibility of the government's chief witness, Gordon T. Skinner, who received immunity for his testimony.
	www.maps.org /pipermail/maps_forum/2003-November/005825.html (554 words)

	Traverse City Record-Eagle -- www.record-eagle.com
		She is survived by her former husband, Fred Pagliarini of Flint; sister, Barbara (James) Thompson of Traverse City; three nephews, William (Pamela) Thompson of Shelby Township, Robert (Patricia) Thompson of Traverse City and Timothy (Lorrie) Thompson of Ionia; and ten great-nieces and great-nephews.
		She was born Dec. 10, 1910, in Richmond, Ind., the daughter of William Stuart and Elinor (Piper) Bodwell, and had been a resident of Traverse City since moving here from Trumbull, Conn. in 1978.
		She is also survived by her two brothers, Leonard (Doris) Hughey of Mancelona and Charles (Millie) Hughey of Grand Rapids, along with several brothers- and sisters-in-law and many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.
	www.record-eagle.com /2000/apr/0400obit.htm (15722 words)

	LSD Trafficking Suspect Has Intriguing Backers / D.A. Terence Hallinan and British aristocrats
		Rod Leonard, a deputy district attorney in Los Angeles who specializes in professional responsibility, declined to comment on any specific case but said his office policy states: "Letterhead should not be used for matters not related to office business." Governmental stationery implies an official message, he said.
		Pickard has played several roles in the world of mind-altering molecules, according to his resume, associates and court records.
		Presti and Pickard were co-authors of a poster summarizing their research on the rise of a new street drug.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/12/19/MN150948.DTL (1624 words)

	CJOnline.com : In-Depth : Kansas Missile Silos
		Federal case agents were snickering and laughing while defendant William Leonard Pickard was testifying in his LSD trafficking trial, said a defense attorney Monday.
		A former girlfriend detailed Friday how William Leonard Pickard gave her $30,000 in cash and how she traveled with him to Europe and the Caribbean and had a son with him before he was arrested in November 2000 on suspicion of being part of a large LSD trafficking ring.
		William L. Pickard, 55, and Clyde Apperson, 45, both of San Francisco, were charged with one count of conspiracy to manufacture, distribute and dispense 10 grams or more of LSD from Friday through Monday in Pottawatomie County.
	www.cjonline.com /indepth/missilesilos (2470 words)

	LSD Article, LSD Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The first group was based in northern California and later identified by the DEA as run by chemists (referred to ascooks) William Leonard Pickard and Clyde Apperson.
		The government claims that these two men were responsible for the vast majority of LSD sold illegallyin the United States and a significant amount of the LSD sold in Europe, and that flmarket LSD availability dropped by 95% after the two were arrested in 2000.
		In November of 2003, Pickard and Appersonwere sentenced to two life sentences and two 30 year sentences, respectively, after being convicted in Federal Court of running alarge scale LSD manufacturing operation out of several clandestine laboratories, including a former missile silo near Wamego, Kansas.
	www.anoca.org /drug/dr/lsd.html (5562 words)

	CNN.com - LSD lab raid surprised rural Kansans - Mar. 17, 2003
		Two men from San Francisco area, William Leonard Pickard, 57, and Clyde Apperson, 47, were charged with conspiracy to manufacture and distribute, and possession with intent to distribute more than 10 grams of LSD.
		Prosecutors portrayed Skinner, Pickard and Apperson as part of a ring that manufactured LSD and sold it to a California distributor who shipped some of it to Europe.
		Pickard has a history of run-ins with the law, including drug charges, and a reputation as an underground drug chemist, according to prosecutors.
	www.cnn.com /2003/US/Central/03/17/lsd.lab.ap (763 words)

	CJOnline.com \| The Topeka Capital-Journal
		William Leonard Pickard and Clyde Apperson, the men behind what could have become the world's largest LSD lab, will spend their lives behind bars.
		Pickard, 58, and Apperson, 48, were sentenced for their roles in the clandestine LSD lab near Wamego.
		William Leonard Pickard and Clyde Apperson were sentenced in November 2003.
	www.cjonline.com /webindepth/missilesilos (1249 words)

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	News from DEA, Domestic Field Divisions, San Franciso News Releases, 11/24/03 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		William J. Renton, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of the St. Louis Division, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and United States Attorney Eric Melgren announced today that William Leonard Pickard, 58, Mill Valley, California, and Clyde Apperson, 48, Sunnyvale, California, were sentenced this afternoon by U.S. District Judge Richard D. Rogers.
		Pickard was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.
		Melgren stated that according to court testimony, this was the single largest seizure of an operable LSD lab in the history of the Drug Enforcement Administration.
	www.usdoj.gov /dea/pubs/states/newsrel/sanfran112403.html (729 words)

	Maury County, Tennessee, Queries 2000
		Her father was William Joseph BELL and her mother was Mary F. If you have ancestral info or are a relative through the BURLISON or BELL family, any help would be greatly appreciated.
		William and family lived for some time in Maury CO according to letters written by Aaron during Civil WAr.
		William and Lucinda came to KY sometime in the 1840 and settled first in Graves and then in Fulton Counties.
	www.tngennet.org /maury/queries/q200003.htm (2273 words)

	Locals convicted in U.S.'s biggest acid bust (April 04, 2003) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Mill Valley resident William Leonard Pickard, 57, and Sunnyvale resident Clyde Apperson, 47, have been linked to three of the biggest LSD lab busts in U.S. history, including a 1998 seizure in Mountain View.
		Apperson was arrested driving the rental truck containing the lab, while Pickard, who was driving a second vehicle, fled on foot and was arrested the following day at a farm outside town.
		Pickard and Apperson now each face a minimum of 10 years and a maximum of life in federal prison without the possibility of parole when they are sentenced on Aug. 8 in Kansas.
	www.mv-voice.com /morgue/2003/2003_04_04.lsd.html (297 words)

	NucNews - December 7, 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		William Leonard Pickard, 55, of San Francisco, allegedly a longtime underground drug chemist, and Clyde Apperson, 45, of Mountain View, his alleged assistant, were each indicted on Nov. 9 by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Kan., on one count of conspiracy to make and distribute LSD.
		Pickard is in federal custody and Apperson was released on a $200,000 bond.
		Pickard and Apperson are longtime clandestine chemists, according to the affidavit.
	nucnews.net /nucnews/2000nn/0012nn/001207nn.htm (20402 words)

	LSD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Owsley's LSD activities—immortalised by Steely Dan in their song "Kid Charlemagne"—ended with his arrest at the end of 1967, but some other manufacturers probably operated continuously for 30 years or more.
		William H. Macy, in the July 2001 issue of Maxim
		William Griffith Wilson, in the Alcoholics Anonymous book, Pass It on
	hallencyclopedia.com /LSD (3545 words)

	LSD at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		LSD manufacturers need only create a small quantity of the substance and, thus, enjoy the advantages of ease of concealment and transport not available to traffickers of other illegal drugs, primarily marijuana and cocaine.
		Pickard and Apperson ran an LSD lab in this former missile silo in Nebraska.
		In November of 2003, Pickard and Apperson were sentenced to two life sentences and two 30 year sentences, respectively, after being convicted in Federal Court of running a large scale LSD manufacturing operation out of several clandestine laboratories, including a former missile silo near Wamego, Nebraska.
	www.springknow.com /LSD.html (5837 words)

	Drug War Chronicle, Issue #313
		William Leonard Pickard, 58, of Mill Valley, California, faces two consecutive life sentences after his conviction in a case that originated with a LSD lab discovered in a Kansas missile silo two years ago.
		Pickard and Apperson were involved in three of those seizures, in Oregon in 1996, in California in 1998, and the present case in Kansas.
		Pickard and his supporters maintain his innocence and allege numerous acts of prosecutorial conduct during the trial.
	www.stopthedrugwar.org /chronicle/313/full.shtml (6070 words)

	Questions raised in LSD sentencing
		A chemist testifying on behalf of two men convicted of trafficking millions of doses of LSD disputed how federal officials computed the amount of the hallucinogenic drug tied to the two men when he testified Monday.
		Sentencing of William Leonard Pickard, 57, and Clyde Apperson, 48, will resume at 9:30 a.m.
		Pickard and Apperson were convicted March 31 of conspiracy and possession of LSD with intent to distribute more than 10 grams of LSD.
	www.poe-news.com /stories.php?poeurlid=29246 (329 words)

	Timeline Kansas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The governor of the Kansas Territory was James William Denver.
		2000 Nov 7, William Leonard Pickard (55) was arrested on charges of conspiring to operate a massive LSD lab in Wamego.
		2000 Nov 9, William Leonard Pickard (55) and Clyde Apperson (45) of California were indicted by a grand jury in Kansas City for running a massive LSD laboratory inside a decommissioned nuclear missile silo in Wamego.
	www.bonus.com /contour/timelines_history/http@@/timelines.ws/states/KANSAS.HTML (4091 words)

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