Time: Wed Nov 13 10:35:16 1996
To: minutemn@pcl.net,PatriotUSA@aol.com
From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: The Kick-Back Racket
Cc: 
Bcc: 

>Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 10:24:20
>To: Libertarian Students at the University of Arizona              <LIBERTARIANS@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
>From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
>Subject: The Kick-Back Racket
>
>At 10:06 AM 11/13/96 -0700, you wrote:
>>At 09:01 PM 11/12/96 -0700, you wrote:
>>>                      The Kick-Back Racket:
>>>                   Performance Management and
>>>                       Recognition System
>>>
>>Fascinating, Paul! I really wish this would turn out to be true.
>
>
>Dear Libertarian Students at UofA:
>
>I submitted a FOIA request to IRS for all
>PMRS records, and they responded with a 
>request for specific years, and with an
>admission that some records do not exist,
>because the awards were paid in cash.
>
>Transcription follows:
>
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>                   Department of the Treasury                    
>                    Internal Revenue Service
>                     Washington, D.C. 20224
>                                
>                                
>                       September 12, 1996
>                                
>Mr. Paul A. Mitchell                           Person to Contact:
>2509 North Campbell - #1776                    M. Zolton
>Tucson, AZ 85719                               Telephone Number:
>                                               (202) 622-6250
>                                               Refer Reply to:
>                                               96-1911
>
>Dear Mr. Mitchell:
>
>     This is in reponse to your July 26, 1996, Freedom of
>Information Act (FOIA) request for all financial records of the
>Performance Management and Recognition System (PMRS).  Your
>request was forwarded to us by the Office of Disclosure Services,
>Department of the Treasury, so that we can respond to you
>directly.  We apologize for the delay in responding.
>
>     Unfortunately, your request is not specific enough to allow
>us to conduct a search for the records that are of interest to
>you.  For example, you have not stated the years for which you
>are interested in obtaining records.  Please be advised that the
>PMRS has not existed for the last 3 years.  In addition, it is
>our understanding that awards made under PMRS took the form of
>cash payments or quality step in-grade promotions.  Therefore,
>the types of financial records associated with awards made under
>PMRS did not include the kinds of records mentioned in your
>request.  It would be helpful if you could be more specific in
>descibing the desired records.
>
>     Accordingly, you may wish to reformulate your request to
>assist us in finding the responsive material.  If you decide to
>do so, your perfected request will receive our close attention.
>
>                                               Sincerely yours,
>
>                                               /s/ Mark L. Zolton
>
>                                               Tax Law Specialist
>                                               FOIA Branch
>
>                        #  #  #
>
>
>                                      c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776                                                     Tucson [zip code exempt]
>                                                 ARIZONA REPUBLIC
>
>                                               September 19, 1996
>Mark L. Zolton
>Tax Law Specialist
>FOIA Branch
>"Internal Revenue Service"
>Washington [zip code exempt]
>DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
>
>Subject:  FOIA for PMRS Records
>          Your Ref. No. 96-1911
>
>Dear Mr. Zolton:
>
>Thank you for your letter to Me, dated September 12, 1996.
>
>In that  letter, you  say that  We failed  to state the years for
>which We  are interested in obtaining records.  In answer to that
>point:   We want  records for  the years 1776 Anno Domini through
>and including  2020 Anno  Domini.  The latter year (2020) appears
>on the  IRS assessment records for a client of mine.  Under oath,
>the IRS  agent who  signed these records testified that this date
>(2020) was not a mistake.
>
>We are  desirous of  obtaining  any  and  all  financial  records
>associated with  the PMRS, including but not limited to the names
>of all  persons who  received any kind of "recognition" from this
>system, e.g.  the President  as mentioned in the Internal Revenue
>Manual page in question, employees of the federal government, and
>all others,  without exception.   We presume the IRM reference is
>to the  President of  the United  States.   Your  records  should
>confirm whether  or not  any Presidents of the United States have
>received any  "recognition" from this system, how much, when, and
>which ones.  See Article II, Section 1, Clause 7.
>
>Thank you very much for your consideration.
>
>
>Sincerely yours,
>
>/s/ Paul Andrew, Mitchell, B.A., M.S.
>
>Citizen of Arizona state, federal witness
>and Counselor at Law
>
>
>                        #  #  #
>
>                                      c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776
>                                         Tucson [zip code exempt]
>                                                 ARIZONA REPUBLIC
>
>                                                 November 5, 1996
>Mr. Gerald R. Ryan
>Special Assistant
>Assistant Chief Counsel
>Disclosure Litigation
>Department of the Treasury
>"Internal Revenue Service"
>Washington, D.C.
>
>Subject:  FOIA for PMRS records        Control Number:  249346-96
>
>Dear Mr. Ryan:
>
>Thank you for your letter to me, dated October 24, 1996.
>
>As you  can see  from my  original FOIA  request, dated  July 26,
>1996, (copy  attached), I  requested certified copies of the PMRS
>records.     My  FOIA   appeal  was   based,  in  part,  on  your
>organization's failure  to provide  certified copies,  so  as  to
>render them admissible in a court of law, if necessary.
>
>Secondly, Mr.  Mark L.  Zolton, Tax  Law Specialist  in the  FOIA
>Branch, wrote  to me  on September  12, 1996,  explaining that my
>original FOIA  request was  not specific  enough to  allow you to
>conduct a  search for  the records that are of interest to me.  A
>transcription of  his letter  is attached,  for your information.
>Evidently, Mr.  Zolton needed  specific years  for  which  I  was
>interested in  obtaining records.   I  timely  responded  to  Mr.
>Zolton in writing on September 19, 1996 (see attached).
>
>Thirdly, Mr.  Zolton's letter contained an amazing admission that
>awards made  under PMRS took the form of cash payments or quality
>step in-grade  promotions.   If there are no records of said cash
>payments, this  raises the  ugly specter  of  widespread  federal
>income  tax   evasion  by  recipients  of  these  cash  payments,
>including possibly  the President.   The  American People  have a
>right to  know who  received these  cash payments,  when, and how
>much.   The FOIA  imposes no  requirement upon  me to demonstrate
>relevance or materiality of these records, however.
>
>Therefore, I am entirely unsatisfied with the response(s) of your
>organization to  date, and  demand that  you refrain from closing
>your administrative appeal file in this matter.
>
>Finally, please  be advised  that I  do not accept U.S. mail from
>the federal  government, or  from any  of its  agencies, assigns,
>colorable trusts,  or instrumentalities,  with two-letter federal
>abbreviations (e.g.  "AZ") or  with unqualified ZIP codes.  Since
>you may  not have known this, I have made an exception solely for
>the purpose  of explaining  my position and future intent to you.
>This is  to inform  you that I will refuse any such mail from you
>in the  future, unless  it is  directed to  the  correct  mailing
>location shown  above.   Please see  USPS  Publication  #221  for
>details.
>
>Thank you  very much for your consideration.  I will look forward
>to your continued cooperation in this matter.
>
>Sincerely yours,
>
>/s/ Paul Andrew, Mitchell, B.A., M.S.
>
>Citizen of Arizona state, federal witness
>and Counselor at Law
>
>
>copies:  The Internet
>         Judge Alex Kozinski, Ninth Circuit
>
>
>                             #  #  #
>
>                                      c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776
>                                         Tucson [zip code exempt]
>                                                 ARIZONA REPUBLIC
>
>                                                 November 5, 1996
>Mr. Kenneth Starr
>Independent Counsel
>1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
>Suite 490-North
>Washington, D.C.
>Postal Zone <20004>
>
>Subject:  IRS Kick-Backs to the President from the
>          Performance Management and Recognition System
>          ("PMRS")
>
>Dear Mr. Starr:
>
>I have  evidence in  my  possession  which  implicates  President
>William Jefferson  Clinton in  the receipt  of illegal  IRS kick-
>backs  from   a  defunct   federal  program   called  Performance
>Management and Recognition System ("PMRS").  As of yesterday, the
>Alta Vista  search engine found some 20 documents on the Internet
>which mention this system.
>
>To obtain more information about PMRS, I have already submitted a
>Freedom of  Information Act ("FOIA") request to the Department of
>the Treasury  for all financial records of the PMRS.  Quite to my
>surprise, Mr.  Mark L.  Zolton wrote  back to  explain that  some
>records do not exist, because the rewards were paid in cash.
>
>For your information, I have decided to become rather politically
>active in  this matter.   Enclosed  please find my essay entitled
>"The Kick-Back  Racket: Performance  Management  and  Recognition
>System," which I enclose for your consideration and review.
>
>Please accept this as my firm offer to testify before a competent
>and qualified  federal grand  jury in  this matter.   I wish this
>matter to  be investigated fully, and that is the main reason why
>I have brought it to your attention at this time.
>
>If I  can assist you, or any others in your office, in the course
>of investigating PMRS, please contact me immediately.
>
>Thank you very much for your consideration.
>
>Sincerely yours,
>
>/s/ Paul Andrew Mitchell, B.A., M.S.
>
>Counselor at Law, federal witness
>and Citizen of Arizona state
>
>enclosures
>
>copy:  Judge Alex Kozinski, Ninth Circuit
>
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