William and all,
First of all these lists, are not a court of law. As such I see
no reason why Michael needs or should present any evidence
of the nature that you are hereby requesting. Hence it would seem
reasonable that you are simply grandstanding at Michaels expense
for purposes that are not readily evident. But most of us here
do know that you have had a long standing feud with Michael
Sondow as you have with others including myself on various
discussion lists concerning these (Listed in Michaels post)
issues amongst others. The archives of these lists show clearly
and without much argument that you William X. Walsh have
a overly excited and unreasonable vendetta towards Michael
Sondow amongst others.
William X. Walsh wrote:
> Hello Michael,
>
> You make some serious accusations here, but present no facts
> whatsoever to back them up. One would hope that if you have such
> facts, you would present them to strengthen your arguments, otherwise
> your accusations will (rightfully) fall on deaf ears.
>
> So can you back this up with facts? Or is this just more of the same
> kind of stuff we have grown used to seeing come out of the ICIIU
> 1 man Congress?
>
> Saturday, July 08, 2000, 8:44:45 PM, you wrote:
>
> > July 8, 2000
>
> > Michael R. Volpe
> > Asst. General Counsel
> > U.S. General Accounting Office
> > OGC/RCED, Rm. 7870
> > Wash., DC 20548
>
> > Dear Mr. Volpe,
>
> > In your Report No.GAO/OGC-00-33R: Department of Commerce:
> > Relationship with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
> > Numbers, you state:
>
> > "According to ICANN, the late Dr. Jon Postel was primarily
> > responsible for the
> > selection of ICANN�s interim board."
>
> > and
>
> > "According to Department officials, the Department did not
> > participate in the consideration or
> > selection of proposed ICANN interim board members."
>
> > and
>
> > "The Department states that its relationship with ICANN is limited
> > to its various agreements with the corporation and that its
> > oversight of the corporation is restricted to whether these
> > agreements are being met."
>
> > Mr. Volpe, is it your practice, and in your opinion correct
> > procedure under the rule of law, to accept as true, despite the
> > available evidence, the statements of a person or entity that has
> > been accused of violation of the law?
>
> > The above assertions made by Department of Commerce officials are
> > lies. 18 U.S.C. � 1001(a)(1) provides that: "Whoever, in any matter
> > within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or judicial
> > branch of the Government of the United States, knowingly and
> > willfully falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or
> > device a material fact shall be fined under this title or imprisoned
> > not more than 5 years, or both."?
>
> > Are you aware that by repeating and substantiating the lies of DOC
> > officials you are an accessory to their violation of the Code, and
> > that you can be prosecuted as such?
>
> > You also state in your report that:
>
> > "... the Government Corporation Control Act was inapplicable to the
> > formation of ICANN since the Department did not acquire or establish
> > ICANN."
>
> > and
>
> > "The Department had no direct role in the drafting of ICANN's
> > corporate bylaws or the selection of its interim board of
> > directors."
>
> > These, too, are lies. However, you do not cite the Department as
> > their origin, instead asserting them yourself. By so doing, you are
> > in direct violation of the Code and liable for its penalties.
>
> > Yours,
> > Michael Sondow (for the ICIIU)
>
> --
> Best regards,
> William mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Regards,
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