Time: Wed Nov 13 10:33:13 1996
To: Vern Holland
From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: The Kick-Back Racket
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>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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