New Zealander claims many early shareholders of Facebook knew Mark Zuckerberg used Leader Technologies’ actual source code to start Facebook
BY DONNA KLINE | June 28, 2012 | PITTSBURGH BUSINESS REPORT (PBR)
A New Zealander named David London has come forward with explosive information. If true, it reveals that Mark Zuckerberg, in collusion with others, copied Leader Technologies’ actual source code in late 2003 to start Facebook. PBR flew London to the United States for an interview on this blog. I asked him to swear out an affidavit and take a lie detector test on key questions conducted by a widely-respected polygraph expert. He passed.
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Fig. 1 – Donna Kline’s interview with New Zealander David London. This is a small sample of the stories yet to come. |
London swore out his affidavit in Ohio, and Leader Technologies’ Chairman & Founder Michael McKibben yesterday filed a motion in Ohio courts making reference to it.[1] Here’s Exhibit D – Affidavit of David London that includes the polygraph results. McKibben said that he did not know Mr. London prior to his trip to the States and he is simultaneously “shocked,” “saddened” and in another way “not surprised.”
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Click bottom right corner box to ENLARGE / REDUCE document view Fig. 2 – Affidavit of David J. London, Exhibit D, Edward B. Detwiler et al (incl. Benjamin S. Zacks), v. Leader Technologies, Inc., 09-CV-6857 (Franklin County (Ohio) C.P. 2009), Judge Laurel Beatty. |
“Zuckerberg’s creation story never made sense,” said McKibben. “For example, he testified in the Winklevoss twins case that he built the whole system in ‘one to two weeks.’ We wonder why the mainstream media has never picked up on this preposterous assertion. Even the fastest programmer in the world cannot program that fast, unless he is simply tweeking someone else’s work. We had 145,000 man-hours and $10 million into our platform by then.”
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McKibben continued, “Mr. London’s specific knowledge of non-public facts like the timing of the debugging of our source code and other business information from 2003 is too detailed to be fabricated.”
London’s involvement and his knowledge of the beginnings of Facebook fill in the gaps in the story. How many knew about Facebook’s copying of Leader’s actual source code? It appears many in Facebook did.
Now we know how Zuckerberg was able to get Facebook up and running in “one to two weeks” while studying for Harvard finals in January of 2004. He could only do that if he had obtained an already-developed platform as his foundation.
McKibben said, “It is a sad day for innovation in America when an inventor and his investors must chase around liars and thieves for more than a decade, like we have had to do with Facebook. It is even sadder when a citizen of New Zealand has more honesty than the whole lot of Americans and Russians involved in Facebook’s dealings.”
I asked London why he waited so long to come forward. He said that since 2004, he has solicited the help of various individuals including prominent members of the media (who had access to his information but never credited it in their stories). He explained that airline tickets from New Zealand to the United States cost thousands of dollars, and even if he flew here, “Who would I have talked to? Until you, no one would listen to my story.” (This comment was in reference to my follow-up email when Mr. London first posted a comment on my blog.)
Did Leader have one or two rogue employees who collaborated with Zuckerberg? McKibben said that it is inconceivable to him that people in his company would be brazen enough to collude with outsiders when one of Leader’s directors was the author of the Federal Trade Secrets Act.
McKibben concluded, “I think I’ll go buy a box of kiwi fruit in honor of David London.”
Stay tuned. This story has only begun.
–Donna
P.S. Please email me at donna@dlkindustries.com if you have information about this story. Alternatively, Leader has established an anonymous Facebook Tip Line at (419) 395-9150.
Footnotes:
^ [1] Edward B. Detwiler et al (incl. Benjamin S. Zacks), v. Leader Technologies, Inc., Case No. 09-CV-6857 (Franklin County (Ohio) C.P. 2009), Judge Laurel Beatty (incl. Exhibit D, Affidavit of David London).
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OOPS !
“I’m CEO…bitch”
–Mark Zuckerberg, 2003
[ DLK: For the uninitiated, this is a quote from Mark Zuckerberg's first business card. ]
Wow Donna. No wonder we haven’t heard much from you lately. You go girl !!!!
All, consider immediately DOWNLOADING a copy of the London Affidavit for safekeeping. Facebook has a history of making documents disappear from the web that don’t fit their “Creation Story.” Also, suggest you re-post the file on as many document management and blog sites as you can. We need to make sure Facebook and their cronies are no longer successful in perpetuating their false stories.
Donna one would only hope that this “HUGE” story would somehow turn a few heads in the major media circles. Have to keep knocking and maybe, just maybe one is about to open, thank God. Great job Donna.
I don’t see how a rehearing could be denied.
I urge for a rehearing in this important matter.
Joe Lipsius
Dear Readers,
We are honored to have Joe Lipsius post comments on this site. Joe is the 90+ year-old-and-going-strong webmaster of “The Fighting 69th Infantry Division” website. The 69th Infantry Division is the US Army Division that was the first to link up with the Soviet Army south of Berlin in the town of Torgau, Germany along the Elbe River on April 25, 1945. This meeting is referred to throughout the world as “The Meeting at the Elbe.” Joe actually participated in the surrender of Leipzig, Germany as a US Army Captain . You can see actual film footage of that event on the 69th’s website at http://www.69th-infantry-division.com. Joe works closely with Leader’s Michael McKibben who assists Joe and the 69th veterans with their website, memorializing their stories, and scanning their archive of bulletins going back to 1946. Mike’s father-in-law served as a rifleman in the 69th.
Many of Joe’s band of brothers are buried in Europe, so Joe and our 69th veterans know the true meaning of fighting for our freedoms and property rights.
Thank you Joe and the 69th veterans for your service to all of us.
Donna
Thank you Joe. We need more men like you in this country right about now.
Hmmm, no Jill/Derek/John C on this big news?
The “Pucker Factor” must be off the charts in Zucker-land for him and his minions!
Thanks David London for stepping up and doing the right thing and Thanks Donna for your relentless pursuit of the truth!!!!
Ironic, isn’t it? Many of Joe’s “Fighting 69th” were just 19-years old when they went off to Europe to rid the world of Fascism and secure democracy. Compare that heroism and bravery to Zuckerberg, who at 19-years old was sneaking around and stealing Leader’s invention, and then cheated investors out of billions. Are we really going to allow this to continue?
Thanks so much for your service, Joe. And thank you, Donna, for a superb job of putting the David London segment together. Let’s keep shining the light on the FB cockroaches.
Extortion turns a wise person into a fool,
and a bribe corrupts the heart. (Ecclesiastes 7:7 NIV) – Just sayin’!
Zuck, what a PHONY!!
What’s even more SAD & amazing is how the US Legal System at the highest level can be manipulated & compromised even when the facts are so clear & hit you square in the face.
Seems like the next steps for Leader is to find a strong criminal law firm and file charges, maybe even under US Espionage clause.
Too bad Leaders patent attorneys didn’t have this information to present at the original jury trail. WHAT? Didn’t Leader win 10-out of their 11 claims patent claims?
Thanks Donna & Leader for not laying down on this case–Right will eventually WIN OUT.
Great job Donna! Looking forward to seeing the story unfold! Go Leader! And to Mike Strall – Leader actually won on 11 of 11 claims at the original trial.
Someone just pointed out to me that Chief Justice Roberts just did what the Federal Circuit panel did in Leader v. Facebook — he ruled on an argument NOT put before him. That is, he ruled the health care case as a tax case when the appeal was based on the commerce clause. When were our judges given the power to argue law not put before them?
As a reminder, the Federal Circuit panel (Judges Lourie, Moore and Wallach) treated Leader’s appeal as a “substantial evidence” issue, even after both sides argued it as a “clear and convincing evidence” issue. Then the panel marched off into the weeds, picking and choosing evidence in the cold trial record to support their predetermined conclusion. In any event, they failed to apply ANY of their own on sale bar precedent cases for evaluating whether an alleged offer for sale “rises to the level of a commercial offer for sale” according to the Uniform Commercial Code — THEIR OWN RULE. Did we read even one test of the evidence against the UCC in their opinion? Nope.
When were our judges given the power to pick and choose from the “cold record” and argue law not put before them? This is not “judicial discretion” in my book, this is abuse of power.
If we let these courts take away Leader’s property, whose property is next? I am going to go out and buy a “Don’t Tread On Me” flag. The fight is on.
What’s even more sad and amazing is how the U.S. legal system, at the highest level, can be manipulated, even when the facts smack you in the face.
A federal judge is currently threatening to impose more monetary sanctions against a Buffalo, NY man who claims he owns half of Facebook (Ceglia).
Billc, no big deal but Obama`s lawyers DID argue that it was ,in fact, a tax on all Americans despite Obama`s denial……
Thanks Tex. My bad. I forgot. Just like Facebook was allowed to argue both “false marking” (no invention) and “on sale bar” (invention sold too soon) simultaneously, the administration argues the same: it is and it isn’t a tax. I’d hate to see what these L-A-W-Y-E-R-S would construct if they actually produced something for a living. We gotta get them out of management, governing and administration.
What are we learning about the mentality of bad people? Facebook has settled with everyone except the people who actually invented the technology they benefit from. They paid $1 billion for an Instagram firm with 13 employees! Are they so jealous of creative people that their knee-jerk response is to try and make them unpersons? Sad values.
I woke up with a possible answer to my question. I re-read David London’s affidavit last night. According to the affidavit ALL the insiders in Facebook KNOW Zuckerberg stole Leader’s code. So, they don’t see any future in settling with Leader since their gravy train will END COMPLETELY once the theft is discovered. So, why settle and license from Leader since Leader will shut them down once the fraud is EXPOSED? This kind of fraud is criminal and will overshadow civil settlements and licensing deals. To these bad guys, they haven’t settled with Leader since that would be just wasting cash that they can otherwise give themselves to transfer offshore in the meantime??? Can anyone hear a WOOSH of funds headed overseas right now??? This means the IPO was one big confidence trick???
Hang with me here on several “what if” scenarios that are rolling in my head. I don’t normally think this way, but forced myself to consider the worst, esp. after the IPO debauchery, and now this new Donna Kline revelation. If we are observing what are essentially modern-day Silicon Valley FB mobsters, history tells us that mobsters as a class have never thought twice about buying off or intimidating federal judges. So why should the specter of such conduct be surprising?
IF (#1) FB is intimidating our judges, then they need the protection of a public outcry.
IF (#2) FB has bought them off, then the only solution is impeachment, since that is the only Constitutional accountability mechanism we have for federal judges.
I hope they rue the day they tried to manipulate our US justice system. (I do hear a WOOOSH coming from certain Palo Alto streets BTW. I’m just down El Camino. At first thought it was a street sweeper :-/)
Greetings from Germany. Manipulation of courts was an every day event in the CCCP (USSR). They did not know anything else. My Eastern European business associates tell me it is only some better now in the “new” Russia. Maybe the “Silicon Valley FB mobsters” are just taking lessons from their Russian shareholders. Some of them know every judicial manipulation trick in the book from years of experience. Good business requires courts that operates justly and a sound economy. Look at the mess Europe is in because economic, political and judicial corruption is allowed to run wild in some countries. We need you Americans to fix the mess being exposed, we look to your leadership.
Thank you David London for coming forward! I just finished reading your affidavit. Why are markets so blind to such morals?
“When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.” Sadly, most of the people don’t wish to bite the hands that feeds them.
Operation Spotlight
Below are lists our Readers are contacting to bring attention to the Leader v. Facebook appeal. Now is the time to be writing your letters, making your calls and sending your emails. Our Madison Avenue supporters say it takes three contacts to a person before your message “registers” in his or her consciousness.
OVERVIEW: http://www.donnaklinenow.com/investigation/leader-filed-petition-for-rehearing-today
CONTACT LISTS: http://www.donnaklinenow.com/investigation/leader-filed-petition-for-rehearing-today#comment-2201
I don’t think these guys think anyone is going to hold them accountable. “Pride comes before the fall.” Let’s prove them wrong.
If you Google “Nicholas Carlson” and “Business Insider” and “Mark Zuckerberg” and “dumb f_ _ _ _” you notice that all sorts of other news outlets quote his misquotes of David London. So much for journalistic integrity. What do we have when our press are simply quoting each other as their fact sources? We have lemming-ism, not journal-ism.
I have been digging further into ConnectU discovery from 2005 and found more evidence of a long-time plan to defraud Leader? As early as November of 2005 the Winklevoss twins were poking around at Zuckerberg’s association with Peter Thiel, James W. Breyer, Accel Partners, Accel IX, LP, Accel IX Strategic Partners LP, and Accel Investors 2005. These are the very entities that Breyer and Thiel used to pull out over $7 Billion out of the IPO on Day 3. Here’s the 2005 filing:
Appears that Breyer has been dreaming of his Facebook PO bail out scam for many years? Do you think this is why he settled with the Twins? To preserved the Leader source code secret? How much help did Breyer get from his fellow Harvard alum Former Treasury Secretary, World Bank Chief Economist, Obama Bailout Director, Facebook Director Marc Andreessen partner and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg longtime former boss and mentor Lawrence Summers?
Just learned of this blog. Whose going to wake up Judges Lourie, Moore and Wallach from their slumber? Are they bored or what? This is a pathetic decision. Simply pathetic. Why do we pay them to produce such crap? I am utterly offended and hope everyone else is too. We have got to put a stop to such negligence (I hope that is all that it is).
Whoops. They didn’t think anybody would catch up with their “in confusion there is profit” strategy? All I see and read about this crowd is haughty. That’s another pointer to misconduct in my experience. Abusers act haughty when people shine a light on their abusive acts. It’s their only defense since the truth is not their friend.
[ DLK - A lawyer friend of mine says our Operation Spotlight letter-writing will have an effect since too many federal judges only actually read the briefs of the "squeaky wheel" cases, sadly. Here's the Permalink to the contact lists on this site: http://www.donnaklinenow.com/investigation/leader-filed-petition-for-rehearing-today#comment-2201 so keep up the campaign everyone! ]
I just sent this letter to my Senator Al Franken, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, asking him to investigate the conduct of the Federal Circuit, and specifically Judges Alan A. Lourie (presiding), Kimberly A. Moore, and Evan J. Wallach in their Leader v. Facebook “decision.” As you can read, I do not find it at all credible. It’s timing on the heals of Facebook’s IPO debut was just too perfect and smells of corrupt influences. Al, Frannie and I go way back, so I am confident he will take this seriously. My co-author on this letter is a very prominent Minnesota Democrat and academic who is also well known to Senator Franken.
Everyone should feel free to use whatever you like from my letter in your own letters to your Senators and Congressman and the media. I also sent an almost identical letter to my Congressman and other media people as well.
These federal judges are behaving like bad contractors who just walk away from a project without finishing the job. If builders got away with this sloppiness, our infrastructure would be lean-to’s and cardboard shacks. If we don’t get a solid LEGAL opinion from Judges Lourie, Moore and Wallach, I am ready to start an impeachment campaign. If they are going to play gods without doing competent work, then they should be removed.
Linda, get a brown paper bag and breathe slowly into it……I agree that the three amigos (the Appellates) were less than competent (I am being nice) but let`s wait until these new revelations gain traction. If justice does not take a radical turn, then I, along with many others, will be at your side…..the Zucksters know that they are cornered and it`s probably getting a little bit nervous around their offices……someone in their inner circle will crack in order to stay out of serious trouble .Its only a matter of time….the little players will not take the fall for the REALLY guilty players…
OK Tex, but here is where I am with regard to this misconduct. DONE. This woman has had it up to the gills. These people are not learning their lessons. Heck, look at James W. Breyer and his cronies. They fleeced $13.5 billion out of the IPO, all ther while they’re paying our justices in Leader v. Facebook to look the other way and USPTO Director Kappos to issue bogus orders for their darling Facebook. What happened to the insider “hold” rule? Oh, I forgot, it can be waived by Lawrence Summers’ buddies. Disgusting. Now Congress is going to “look into” changing the rules. They’re going to give Breyer a “pass” aren’t they? What a joke. Even a school child could see the debacle coming. These fund managers THREW money at their darling Facebook. Was this one big enormous institutional fleecing of the public’s money? It seems so.
These so-called geniuses plan on reasonable people reacting predictably and with reserve all the while they are cooking the books and ripping off those very same people (while we so reasonably give them the benefit of the doubt). This is where I think our regulatory people are making EXCUSES, AIDING and ABETTING this misconduct. So, if our regulatory people are unable or unwilling to do the jobs we PAY THEM TO DO, like the SEC, USPTO, Judiciary Committees, etc., then we citizens are just going to have to get vocal, get active, and replace the bums and put the perpetrators in jail.
I’m still calm Tex, just “mad as hell and not going to put up with it any more.”
Linda, I admire your passion in wanting to move on this, and quickly; God knows we, here at home, are fed up with the lot of ‘em (Washington crowd), as well as with every criminal player hiding behind their purse-strings. And, Tex, you are a true Patriot my friend. You match only your intelligence and insight with that of temperament. I believe we all need to band together, as never before, because these jerks (however cornered they may feel) will not go quietly. Pressure must be doubled on Congress and the Courts to press forward on this matter. Phone calls, emails, letters, tweets, heck we can even use their own fraudulent platform, Facebook, as a way to get the word out. I say we blow up Washington and the internet, figuratively of course (shout out to Big Brother). So, if people are worried about those in “power” turning a blind eye, let’s create such a media storm that can’t be pushed aside and ignored. We need to communicate names and ideas to a broader spectrum.
I’ll put on my big boy shorts and offer my twitter name so as to communicate with those here, if they so desire…@s3williams. Let’s get this “Operation Spotlight” a shot of adrenaline!!!
Sometimes my mind wanders…..have you ever seen Rosie O`Donnell and Michael Moore on stage together ? OMG, I think that they are the same person……
If someone out there would like to bring me the 200 emails that Mr London sent out I will personally reward them nicely…….so do the right thing please. I will be watching for your response. Or leave a message on Leader.com hot line attention BG.
If you would like to contact me direct regarding the reward do so at…..bg121263@yahoo.com
Thank you.
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