Time: Wed Nov 13 10:33:13 1996 To: Vern Holland From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: The Kick-Back Racket Cc: Bcc: >Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 10:28:03 >To: Chris Wilder >From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] >Subject: The Kick-Back Racket > >>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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