Time: Wed Nov 13 12:44:36 1996 To: KALLISTE@delphi.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: > >[This text is formatted in Courier 11, non-proportional spacing.] > > 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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