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Subject: The Inslaw Affair: US House Report 102-857; table of contents
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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
([email protected]) 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."
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