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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 7, 2002
www.indiantrust.com
COBELL PLAINTIFFS ASK JUDGE TO ORDER NORTON
TO ISSUE IIM TRUST CHECKS IMMEDIATELY
�The only plan with any detail that defendants have articulated is for fish.�
WASHINGTON, D.C. � Indian plaintiffs today asked the federal judge presiding
over contempt proceedings for Interior Secretary Gale Norton to order Norton to
end a month of foot-dragging and issue payments to Individual Indian Monies
(IIM) trust beneficiaries immediately, �in light of extremely troubling evidence
that has recently come to light.�
U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth ordered Interior to disconnect its
trust-related systems from the Internet on Dec. 5 because vital trust accounting
data is unprotected from hackers. Interior claims the disconnect makes it
impossible to process checks for 43,000 IIM trust beneficiaries.
In court papers filed today, the Cobell plaintiffs said Interior has refused to
take advantage of a subsequent ruling by Lamberth � drafted by lawyers for
Interior � that would allow it to bring systems back on line, under court
supervision, to issue the checks immediately. At the same time, Interior has
processed the payroll for its own employees and sought special, �emergency�
permission to reconnect two of its agencies, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
and the U.S. Geological Survey, to the Web.
�More than a month has passed since the [Dec. 5] Temporary Restraining Order was
entered, and the only remedial plan with any workable detail that defendants
have articulated is for fish,� the plaintiffs said. �Although defendants�have
recently generated a flurry of paper attempting to appear to be intent on
accomplishing something, their legendary lack of actual accomplishment when it
comes to Indian matters remains intact.�
�The Secretary�s payroll deposits have been made without interruption and will
undoubtedly continue to be made without interruption; regional fire control
centers can communicate and coordinate wildfire information; general assistance
checks have been brought current; the Interior geologists are able to transmit
data on rock samples from Alaska to Albuquerque; and, through the miracle of
technology, somehow the Secretary � and apparently other Interior employees � is
able to send and receive e-mail.
�Unsurprisingly, the Secretary chooses to play politics and tactical games with
individuals� trust monies. Such willful malfeasance should not be countenanced
by this Court any longer.�
Lamberth said in court today he will schedule a hearing soon on the Cobell
plaintiffs� request for a preliminary injunction to force Norton to comply.
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www.indiantrust.com
COBELL PLAINTIFFS ASK JUDGE TO ORDER NORTON
TO ISSUE IIM TRUST CHECKS IMMEDIATELY
�The only plan with any detail that defendants have articulated is for fish.�
WASHINGTON, D.C. � Indian plaintiffs today asked the federal judge presiding
over contempt proceedings for Interior Secretary Gale Norton to order Norton to
end a month of foot-dragging and issue payments to Individual Indian Monies
(IIM) trust beneficiaries immediately, �in light of extremely troubling evidence
that has recently come to light.�
U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth ordered Interior to disconnect its
trust-related systems from the Internet on Dec. 5 because vital trust accounting
data is unprotected from hackers. Interior claims the disconnect makes it
impossible to process checks for 43,000 IIM trust beneficiaries.
In court papers filed today, the Cobell plaintiffs said Interior has refused to
take advantage of a subsequent ruling by Lamberth � drafted by lawyers for
Interior � that would allow it to bring systems back on line, under court
supervision, to issue the checks immediately. At the same time, Interior has
processed the payroll for its own employees and sought special, �emergency�
permission to reconnect two of its agencies, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
and the U.S. Geological Survey, to the Web.
�More than a month has passed since the [Dec. 5] Temporary Restraining Order was
entered, and the only remedial plan with any workable detail that defendants
have articulated is for fish,� the plaintiffs said. �Although defendants�have
recently generated a flurry of paper attempting to appear to be intent on
accomplishing something, their legendary lack of actual accomplishment when it
comes to Indian matters remains intact.�
�The Secretary�s payroll deposits have been made without interruption and will
undoubtedly continue to be made without interruption; regional fire control
centers can communicate and coordinate wildfire information; general assistance
checks have been brought current; the Interior geologists are able to transmit
data on rock samples from Alaska to Albuquerque; and, through the miracle of
technology, somehow the Secretary � and apparently other Interior employees � is
able to send and receive e-mail.
�Unsurprisingly, the Secretary chooses to play politics and tactical games with
individuals� trust monies. Such willful malfeasance should not be countenanced
by this Court any longer.�
Lamberth said in court today he will schedule a hearing soon on the Cobell
plaintiffs� request for a preliminary injunction to force Norton to comply.
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