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: 
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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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