Time: Mon Nov 11 07:02:39 1996
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From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: False Claims Act, 1986 revisions
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Bcc: liberty lists

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>David--Thanks for your acknowledgment and I am glad you have had a chance to
>see the evidence in the Museum.  
>
>On the subject of ways to prosecute:  Minds far greater than mine have
>stumbled over this issue.  In 1986 revisions to the False Claims Act gave
>new energy to qui tam suits which allow citizens to become prosecutors when
>fraud has been committed against the US treasury.  Unfortunately, the suits
>are filed against wealthy corporations by deadbroke whistelblowers.
>
>In simplified terms, the process is this:  A plaintiff attorney cannot
>afford to finance an effort against the corporation, and prays that the
>Justice Department intervenes in the case on the part of the whistleblower
>(as the False Claims Act provides).  If the DoJ does intervene, then they
>covertly undermine the whistleblowers case and reach a nice comfortable deal
>with the crooks on the sly.  The plainitffs attorney, who wants a settlement
>with no more hassle, the DoJ and the crooks then all gang up on the citizen
>prosecutor and shove a settlement down the citizen prosecutor's throat.
>
>The problem NO ONE TO PROSECUTE is a fundamental problem in justice today.
>Congress and the courts are busily undermining justice and its mechanisms
>every day.

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>Carol A. Valentine
>President
>Public Action, Inc.

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