Time: Wed Nov 13 10:22:05 1996
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
Cc: 
Bcc: 

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.

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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

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                                      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


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                                      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


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                                      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 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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