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SUBJECT: FEDERAL CORRUPTION FILE: UFO2772
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PART 5
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Filename: Harry5.Art
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Type : Article
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Author : Harry Martin
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Date : 04/02/91
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Desc : Federal Corruption Series Part V
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Watergate
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Iran--Contra
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Savings & Loan Scandal
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INSLAW Theft
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Federal Bankruptcy Scandal
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CIA Covert Operations
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Did you ever wonder what the fathers of our country
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would think about it if they came back to visit today?
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KEY WITNESS IN INSLAW CASE ARRESTED BY JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AS PREDICTED
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By Harry V. Martin
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Fifth in a NEW SERIES
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(c) Copyright Napa Sentinel
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April 2, 1991
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Reprinted with permission of the Napa Sentinel
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Within eight days of signing a damaging statement against the U.S.
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Justice Department in the INSLAW software case, a key witness against
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the government has been arrested and held without bail. Michael J.
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Riconoscuito was arrested Friday night and is being held without bail
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at Snohomish County jail in Everett, Washington.
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Riconoscuito is being held without bail and no charges have been
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filed against him. He was arrested with two local men who had just sold
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him computer equipment for $1000. The two were known drug users.
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Riconoscuito, according to jail officials, is being held for the U.S.
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Marshal's Office--not on any alleged local criminal violation.
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Riconoscuito, and the two other persons, were arrested Friday night
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by more than a dozen U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents.
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On March 21, Riconoscuito, a computer software technician, filed an
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affidavit in the INSLAW case. In February, Riconoscuito was called by a
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former Justice Department official and warned against cooperating with
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an investigation into the case by the House Judiciary Committee. The
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former Justice Department official is reported to have threatened
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Riconoscuito with criminal prosecution if he talked about the INSLAW
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case. The Justice Department has been accused by a Federal bankruptcy
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Judge of stealing INSLAW's PROMIS software which has the capability of
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tracking criminal and military movements. According to sworn
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affidavits, Riconoscuito was allegedly told by U.S. Justice Department
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officials that if he did testify in the INSLAW case he would be
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criminally prosecuted in an unrelated savings and loan case and would
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suffer an unfavorable outcome in a child custody dispute.
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The threat was made by telephone and a recording was made of the
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conversation, according to Riconoscuito. He indicated that two copies
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of the recorded telephone conversation were confiscated by federal
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agents when he was arrested. Riconoscuito told the "St. Louis Post-
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Dispatch" that at least one other copy remained in a secured location.
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Riconoscuito's testimony, along with others, claims that the U.S.
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Justice Department illegally distributed INSLAW's software to military
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and intelligence agencies in Iraq, Libya, South Korea, Singapore,
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Israel, Canada and other nations.
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A Federal Judge ruled last week in Washington, D.C., that the INSLAW
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case be transferred from the Bankruptcy Court to the U.S. District
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Court.
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During the early 1980s, Riconoscuito served as the Director of
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Research for a joint venture between the Wackenhut Corporation of Coral
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Gables, Florida and the Cabazon Band of Indians of Indio, California.
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The joint venture was located on the Cabazon reservation. The joint
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venture sought to develop and manufacture certain materials that are
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used in military and national security operations, and biological and
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chemical warfare weapons. The Cabazon Band of Indians are a sovereign
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nation and thus have immunity from U.S. regulations and stringent
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government controls.
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The Wackenhut-Cabazon joint venture was intended to support the needs
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of a number of foreign governments and forces, including forces and
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governments in Central America and the Middle East. The Contras in
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Nicaragua represented one of the most important priorities for the
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joint venture. The joint venture maintained close liaison with certain
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elements of the U.S. Government, including representatives of
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intelligence, military and law enforcement agencies. Among the frequent
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visitors to the Wackenhut-Cabazon joint venture were Peter Videnicks of
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the U.S. Department of Justice and a close associate of Videnicks, Dr.
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Earl W. Brian--who served in the California cabinet of Governor Ronald
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Reagan and who has very close ties and business dealings with Meese.
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In connection with Riconoscuito's work, he engaged in some software
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work in 1983 and 1984 on the PROMIS computer software product,
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developed by INSLAW but being used--without payment--by the U.S.
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Department of Justice. A federal court has awarded INSLAW $6.8 million
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against the U.S. Department of Justice.
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According to Riconoscuito's court affidavit, Brian was spearheading
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the plan for the worldwide use of the PROMIS computer software--which
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was licensed and patented to INSLAW. "The purpose of the PROMIS
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software modifications that I made in 1983 and 1984 was to support a
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plan for the implementation of PROMIS in law enforcement and
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intelligence agencies worldwide." He said that some of the
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modifications that he made were specifically designed to facilitate the
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implementation of PROMIS within two agencies of the Government of
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Canada: the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Canadian Security and
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Intelligence Service. "Earl W. Brian would check with me from time to
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time to make certain that the work would be completed in time to
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satisfy the schedule for the RCMP and CSIS implementations of PROMIS."
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Brian, without permission from INSLAW, but acting with the U.S.
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Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese, reportedly
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sold this version of PROMIS to the Government of Canada, according to
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Riconoscuito."
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Riconoscuito predicted his own arrest eight days later. In his
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affidavit filed with the court on March 21, 1991, he states, "In
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February 1991, I had a telephone conversation with Peter Videnicks,
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then still employed by the U.S. Department of Justice. Videnicks
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attempted during this telephone conversation to persuade me not to
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cooperate with an independent investigation of the government's piracy
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of INSLAW's proprietary PROMIS software being conducted by the
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Committee on the Judiciary of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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"Videnicks stated that I would be rewarded for a decision not to
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cooperate with the House Judiciary Committee investigation. Videnicks
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forecasted an immediate and favorable resolution of a protracted child
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custody dispute being prosecuted against my wife by her former husband,
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if I were to decide not to cooperate with the House Judiciary Committee
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investigation.
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"One punishment that Videnicks outlined was the future inclusion of
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me and my father in a criminal prosecution of certain business
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associates of mine in Orange County, California, in connection with the
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operation of a savings and loan institution in Orange County. By way of
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underscoring his power to influence such decisions at the U.S.
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Department of Justice, Videnicks informed me of the indictment of those
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business associates prior to the time when that indictment was unsealed
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and made public.
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"Another punishment that Videnicks threatened should I cooperate with
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the House Judiciary Committee, is prosecution by the U.S. Department of
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Justice for perjury. Videnicks warned me that credible witnesses would
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come forward to contradict any damaging claims that I made in testimony
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before the House Judiciary Committee, and that I would subsequently be
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prosecuted for perjury by the U.S. Department of Justice for my
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testimony before the House Judiciary Committee.
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As predicted, after Riconoscuito's affidavit was filed with the court
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and reported in the "St. Louis Post-Dispatch" and "Washington Post," he
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was arrested and is now being held without bail and with no charges.
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The INSLAW case is becoming another Watergate and involves former
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Attorney General Edwin Meese, a federal judge, several high officials
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of the U.S. Department of Justice and even former White House aide
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Robert C. McFarlane, who transferred INSLAW software to Israel.
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There are many affidavits being filed in the case to verify
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wrongdoing on the part of the Justice Department. Yet the Justice
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Department continues to refuse to supply the House Judiciary Committee
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with any documents in the case. The Committee is now threatening to cut
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U.S. Department of Justice funding if they don't cooperate in supplying
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these documents.
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