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- Subject: The Inslaw Affair: US House Report 102-857; table of contents
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- Summary: US House Judiciary Commitee recommends special prosecutor
- Keywords: INSLAW,PROMIS,Brooks,Richardson,Casolaro,Riconosciuto,Bason,Brian,Nichols,Brewer,Videnieks,Cabazon,Wackenhut,Octopus,fraud,theft,murder,drugs,computer,crime,software
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- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 11:20:35 GMT
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- Union Calendar No. 491
- 102d Congress, 2d session -------------------------------- House Report 102-857
-
-
- THE INSLAW AFFAIR
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- ---------
-
- INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
- BY THE
- COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
-
-
- together with
- DISSENTING AND SEPARATE VIEWS
-
-
-
-
- [part of the Great Seal of the United States here]
-
-
-
-
- SEPTEMBER 10,1992.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House
- on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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-
- U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
- WASHINGTON : 1992
-
-
-
- [i]
-
- COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
-
- JACK BROOKS, Texas, Chairman
-
- DON EDWARDS, California HAMILTON FISH, Jr., New York
- JOHN CONYERS, Jr., Michigan CARLOS J MOORHEAD, California
- ROMANO L. MAZZOLI, Kentucky HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois
- WILLIAM J. HUGHES, New Jersey F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, Jr.,
- MIKE SYNAR, Oklahoma Wisconsin
- PATRICIA SCHRODER, Colorado BILL McCOLLUM, Florida
- BARNEY FRANK, Massachusetts GEORGE W. GEKAS, Pennsylvania
- CHARLES E. SCHUMER, New York LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas
- EDWARD F. FEIGHAN, Ohio CRAIG T. JAMES, Florida
- HOWARD L. BERMAN, California TOM CAMPBELL, California
- RICK BOUCHER, Virginia STEVEN SCHRIFF, New Mexico
- HARLEY O. STAGGERS, JR., West Virginia JIM RAMSTAD, Minnesota
- JOHN BRYANT, Texas GEORGE ALLEN, Virginia
- MEL LEVINE, Califonia
- GEORGE E. SANGMEISTER, Illinois
- CRAIG A. WASHINGTON, Texas
- PETER HOAGLAND, Nebraska
- MICHAEL J. KOPETSKI, Oregon
- JACK F. REED, Rhode Island
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- JONATHAN R. YAROWSKY, General Counsel
- ROBERT H. BRINK, Deputy General Counsel
- JAMES E. LEWIN, Chief Investigator
- JOHN D. COHEN, Investigator
- ALLEN F. COFFEY, Jr., Minority Chief Counsel
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- [ii]
-
- LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
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-
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- Washington, DC, September 10, 1992
-
- HON. THOMAS S. FOLEY,
- Speaker of the House of Representatives,
- Washington, DC,
-
- DEAR MR. SPEAKER: By direction of the Committee on the Judiciary,
- I submit herewith an investigative report entitled "The INSLAW Affair."
-
- JACK BROOKS, Chairman
-
-
- [iii]
-
- CONTENTS
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- page
- I. Summary 1
- A. INSLAW allegations 2
- B. Committee investigation 3
- 1. Did the Department convert, steal or misappropriate
- the PROMIS software? 3
- 2. Was there a high level conspiracy? 7
- C. Additional questions 9
- D. Evidence of possible coverup and obstruction 10
- E. Judge Bason's allegations against the Department 12
- F. Conclusion 13
- II. Committee Investigation, prior studies, hearings and
- subcommittee proceedings 14
- III. Conflicts between the Department and INSLAW result in the
- misappropriation of INSLAW's Enhanced PROMIS 15
- A. Project Manager Brewer: An inherent bias and potential
- conflict of interest 18
- B. Brewer and Videnieks threaten INSLAW 25
- C. INSLAW attempts to demonstrate enhancement ownership 27
- D. The Department misappropriated INSLAW's software 30
- E. INSLAW declares bankruptcy and pursues litigation 34
- F. District Court Judge William Bryant's decision on appeal
- of the Bankruptcy Court's ruling 36
- Department's position against judge's decision is
- rebutted on appeal 37
- G. Appeals Court reverses INSLAW's victory on primarily
- jurisdictional grounds 38
- H. Department asserts erroneous position before DOTBCA 39
- I. Department encourages contract mediation while it
- hinders settlement 41
- IV. Significant questions remain unanswered about possible high
- level criminal conspiracy 42
- A. Allegations of conspiracy and intrigue continue to
- surround the INSLAW controversy 42
- B. Enhanced PROMIS may have been disseminated nationally
- and internationally 45
- 1. Allegations that the Justice Department and Earl
- Brian conspired to distribute PROMIS 49
- 2. Sworn statement of Michael Riconosciuto 50
- 3. Other sources allege widespread distribution of
- INSLAW's Enhanced PROMIS 55
- 4. Does the Government of Canada have the PROMIS
- software? 55
- 5. Did the CIA assist in the sale of PROMIS? 57
- 6. Allegations of PROMIS distribution to agencies
- within the Department 59
- 7. Ronald LeGrand denies INSLAW's assertions 61
- 8. the allegators 63
- C. Other important questions remain 63
- 1. The death of Daniel Casolaro 69
- 2. Possible connection between Earl Brian, Michael
- Riconosciuto, Robert Booth Nichols, and the
- Cabazon Indian Reservation 72
- V. Allegations of perjury, coverup, and retribution: A web of
- contradiction and deceit 73
- A. Judge Blackshear's recantation 75
-
-
- [V]
-
- B. Judge Blackshear's statement to committee lacks
- credibility 75
- C. Committee analysis of attempt to assign Harry Jones to
- the INSLAW case 77
- D. Bason allegations against Blackshear not adequately
- considered 78
- VI. The Department has proven to be incapable of forthright
- investigation of the INSLAW matter 82
- A. Jensen failed to adequately investigate INSLAW's concerns 82
- B. OPR's INSLAW investigations are deficient 84
- C. GAO study of the Office of Professional Responsibility 86
- D. The Department did not seriously consider the need for an
- independent counsel 87
- E. Department's response to court findings of possible
- perjury 89
- F. INSLAW request for independent counsel 91
- VII. Top Department officials frustrated committee's investigation 92
- A. Department attempts to thwart committee inquiry 93
- B. Authorization and oversight hearings 97
- C. The Department reports key subpoenaed documents missing 98
- D. Department interferes with Michael Riconosciuto's sworn
- statement to the committee--refuses request to
- interview DEA agents 100
- E. Department official may have attempted to influence a key
- witness 101
- VIII. Judge Bason's allegations of Justice Department's improper
- influence on the judicial selection process 102
- A. Confidential memorandum 104
- B. Condition of the clerk's office under Judge Bason 104
- C. Department's attempts to have Bason removed from INSLAW
- case fail 106
- IX. Conclusion 109
- X. Findings 110
- XI. Recommendations 113
-
- VIEWS
-
- Dissenting views of Hon. Hamilton Fish, Jr., Hon. Carlos J. Moorhead,
- Hon. Henry J. Hyde, Hon. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., Hon. Bill
- McCollum, Hon. George W. Gekas, Hon. Tom Campbell, Hon. Steven Schiff,
- Hon. Jim Ramstad, and Hon George Allen 115
- Separate dissenting views of Hon. Tom Campbell 121
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-
- [VI]
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- ***
-
- End of table of contents.
-
- Numbers in square brackets are page numbers as in the text.
-
- This document is in the public domain, and transcribed by Henry E. Hardy
- (seraphim@ais.org) as a public service. Copies may be obtained from the
- House Judiciary Committee, any member of Congress, or the US Government
- Printing Office.
-
- Thanks to Guy Vander Jagt (R-MI) for personally providing a copy of this report.
-
- "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for men of good will to do
- nothing."
- --Santayana
-