-Caveat Lector- [So many scandals, so little time.... The Clinton administration pulled out all the stops on this one-- lost records, misplaced records, records "unavailable" because they were stored in a warehouse contaminated by Hanta-virus carrying rodents (!), contempt of court, probable perjury by government lawyers, every trick in their book. Why Clinton didn't simply blame some previous administration, imho, points to some major corruption that may never be fully known.] http://www.newsday.com/ap/text/national/ap52.htm Indian Funds Must Be Accounted For by MATT KELLEY Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- The federal government must fix problems with a multibillion dollar system of accounts for American Indians and give the Indians an accounting of how much money they should have, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. The ruling is another court victory for more than 300,000 Indians who are seeking more than $10 billion they say they lost through more than a century of government mismanagement of money earned from usage of Indian lands. The three-judge panel unanimously upheld the 1999 ruling by U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth, who called mismanagement of the accounts ''fiscal and governmental irresponsibility in its purest form.'' He ordered officials to report every three months on their progress in fixing the accounting system. Justice Department lawyers had challenged Lamberth's ruling, saying he didn't have the power to order the government to make specific reforms or to provide a full accounting of how much money the Indians should have. But the judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rejected all the government's arguments. Judge David Sentelle, writing for the panel, said that the Interior and Treasury departments had clearly violated their duties to the Indians. Lamberth was correct to oversee reforms because previous efforts had been ''a day late and a dollar short,'' Sentelle wrote. The accounts hold proceeds from oil drilling, timber cutting, grazing and other uses of Indians' land. About $500 million passes through the system each year. All sides agree that the accounts have been mismanaged since they were created in 1887, with money being lost, stolen, not collected or spent on other federal programs. Record-keeping has been so poor that the government cannot say how many accounts there should be. Lawyers for the Indians say there should be about 500,000, but government officials put the number at around 300,000. Lamberth has not set a date for hearings on how the accounting should be performed and how much the Indians are owed. ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends ================================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
