From: seraphim@ais.org (Henry Hardy)
Subject: The Inslaw Affair: US House Report 102-857; table of contents
Followup-To: alt.conspiracy
Summary: US House Judiciary Commitee recommends special prosecutor
Keywords: INSLAW,PROMIS,Brooks,Richardson,Casolaro,Riconosciuto,Bason,Brian,Nichols,Brewer,Videnieks,Cabazon,Wackenhut,Octopus,fraud,theft,murder,drugs,computer,crime,software
Organization: none
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 11:20:35 GMT

Union Calendar No. 491
102d Congress, 2d session -------------------------------- House Report 102-857


			 THE INSLAW AFFAIR

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			INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
			      BY THE
		     COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY


			   together with
		    DISSENTING AND SEPARATE VIEWS




	[part of the Great Seal of the United States here]




  SEPTEMBER 10,1992.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House
	on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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		U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
			WASHINGTON : 1992



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COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

JACK BROOKS, Texas, Chairman

DON EDWARDS, California				HAMILTON FISH, Jr., New York
JOHN CONYERS, Jr., Michigan			CARLOS J MOORHEAD, California
ROMANO L. MAZZOLI, Kentucky			HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois
WILLIAM J. HUGHES, New Jersey			F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, Jr.,
MIKE SYNAR, Oklahoma					Wisconsin
PATRICIA SCHRODER, Colorado			BILL McCOLLUM, Florida
BARNEY FRANK, Massachusetts			GEORGE W. GEKAS, Pennsylvania
CHARLES E. SCHUMER, New York			LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas
EDWARD F. FEIGHAN, Ohio				CRAIG T. JAMES, Florida
HOWARD L. BERMAN, California			TOM CAMPBELL, California
RICK BOUCHER, Virginia				STEVEN SCHRIFF, New Mexico
HARLEY O. STAGGERS, JR., West Virginia		JIM RAMSTAD, Minnesota
JOHN BRYANT, Texas				GEORGE ALLEN, Virginia
MEL LEVINE, Califonia
GEORGE E. SANGMEISTER, Illinois
CRAIG A. WASHINGTON, Texas
PETER HOAGLAND, Nebraska
MICHAEL J. KOPETSKI, Oregon
JACK F. REED, Rhode Island

JONATHAN R. YAROWSKY, General Counsel
ROBERT H. BRINK, Deputy General Counsel
JAMES E. LEWIN, Chief Investigator
JOHN D. COHEN, Investigator
ALLEN F. COFFEY, Jr., Minority Chief Counsel



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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

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	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
	Washington, DC, September 10, 1992

HON. THOMAS S. FOLEY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC,

	DEAR MR. SPEAKER: By direction of the Committee on the Judiciary, 
I submit herewith an investigative report entitled "The INSLAW Affair."

						JACK BROOKS, Chairman


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CONTENTS
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									page
I. Summary 								  1
	A. INSLAW allegations						  2
	B. Committee investigation					  3
		1. Did the Department convert, steal or misappropriate
			the PROMIS software?				  3
		2. Was there a high level conspiracy?			  7
	C. Additional questions						  9
	D. Evidence of possible coverup and obstruction			 10
	E. Judge Bason's allegations against the Department		 12
	F. Conclusion							 13
II. Committee Investigation, prior studies, hearings and 
	subcommittee proceedings					 14
III. Conflicts between the Department and INSLAW result in the
	misappropriation of INSLAW's Enhanced PROMIS			 15
	A. Project Manager Brewer: An inherent bias and potential
		conflict of interest					 18
	B. Brewer and Videnieks threaten INSLAW				 25
	C. INSLAW attempts to demonstrate enhancement ownership	 	 27
	D. The Department misappropriated INSLAW's software		 30
	E. INSLAW declares bankruptcy and pursues litigation		 34
	F. District Court Judge William Bryant's decision on appeal
		of the Bankruptcy Court's ruling			 36
		Department's position against judge's decision is	 
			rebutted on appeal				 37
	G. Appeals Court reverses INSLAW's victory on primarily
		jurisdictional grounds					 38
	H. Department asserts erroneous position before DOTBCA	 	 39
	I. Department encourages contract mediation while it
		hinders settlement					 41
IV. Significant questions remain unanswered about possible high 
	level criminal conspiracy					 42
	A. Allegations of conspiracy and intrigue continue to
		surround the INSLAW controversy				 42
	B. Enhanced PROMIS may have been disseminated nationally
		and internationally					 45
		1. Allegations that the Justice Department and Earl
			Brian conspired to distribute PROMIS		 49
		2. Sworn statement of Michael Riconosciuto		 50
		3. Other sources allege widespread distribution of
			INSLAW's Enhanced PROMIS			 55
		4. Does the Government of Canada have the PROMIS
			software?					 55
		5. Did the CIA assist in the sale of PROMIS?		 57
		6. Allegations of PROMIS distribution to agencies 
			within the Department				 59
		7. Ronald LeGrand denies INSLAW's assertions		 61
		8. the allegators					 63
	C. Other important questions remain				 63
		1. The death of Daniel Casolaro				 69
		2. Possible connection between Earl Brian, Michael
			Riconosciuto, Robert Booth Nichols, and the
			Cabazon Indian Reservation			 72
V. Allegations of perjury, coverup, and retribution: A web of
	contradiction and deceit					 73
	A. Judge Blackshear's recantation				 75


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	B. Judge Blackshear's statement to committee lacks		 
		credibility						 75
	C. Committee analysis of attempt to assign Harry Jones to
		the INSLAW case						 77
	D. Bason allegations against Blackshear not adequately
		considered						 78
VI. The Department has proven to be incapable of forthright
		investigation of the INSLAW matter			 82
	A. Jensen failed to adequately investigate INSLAW's concerns 	 82
	B. OPR's INSLAW investigations are deficient			 84
	C. GAO study of the Office of Professional Responsibility	 86
	D. The Department did not seriously consider the need for an 
		independent counsel					 87
	E. Department's response to court findings of possible 
		perjury							 89
	F. INSLAW request for independent counsel			 91
VII. Top Department officials frustrated committee's investigation 	 92
	A. Department attempts to thwart committee inquiry		 93
	B. Authorization and oversight hearings				 97
	C. The Department reports key subpoenaed documents missing	 98
	D. Department interferes with Michael Riconosciuto's sworn	
		statement to the committee--refuses request to
		interview DEA agents					100	
	E. Department official may have attempted to influence a key
		witness							101
VIII. Judge Bason's allegations of Justice Department's improper
		influence on the judicial selection process		102
	A. Confidential memorandum					104
	B. Condition of the clerk's office under Judge Bason		104
	C. Department's attempts to have Bason removed from INSLAW
		case fail						106
IX. Conclusion								109
X.  Findings								110
XI. Recommendations							113

VIEWS

Dissenting views of Hon. Hamilton Fish, Jr., Hon. Carlos J. Moorhead,
  Hon. Henry J. Hyde, Hon. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., Hon. Bill 
  McCollum, Hon. George W. Gekas, Hon. Tom Campbell, Hon. Steven Schiff,
  Hon. Jim Ramstad, and Hon George Allen				115
Separate dissenting views of Hon. Tom Campbell				121



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End of table of contents.

Numbers in square brackets are page numbers as in the text.

This document is in the public domain, and transcribed by Henry E. Hardy
(seraphim@ais.org) as a public service. Copies may be obtained from the
House Judiciary Committee, any member of Congress, or the US Government
Printing Office.

Thanks to Guy Vander Jagt (R-MI) for personally providing a copy of this report.

"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for men of good will to do 
 nothing."
							--Santayana
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