And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: via Robert >From today's Bergen County (NJ) Record http://www.bergen.com/morenews/contempt199902195.htm <clipped excerpt> Babbitt, Rubin face contempt charge in trust fund suit WASHINGTON -- Two Clinton Cabinet officials likely will be held in contempt of court within days for their roles in a lawsuit that charged that Native American trust funds had been mismanaged, officials involved in the case said Thursday. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin also may be sanctioned for failing to turn over records ordered by a federal judge in a case involving billions of dollars the government has put in the Native American funds. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth apparently has decided to hold Babbitt and Rubin in contempt -- a rarity for Cabinet secretaries -- and will issue an order in the near future, said an official involved in the case. <end excerpt> -- American Indian Sports Team Mascots http://www.geocities.com/~earnestman/1indexpage.htm "Little drops of rain wear away the greatest of stones." From: Sonja Keohane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [FN] Babbit contempt charges near To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This is not the whole of it. $21 million went down a rat hole, for an audit that could not be done because the "paper trail" was not there. So...they have stolen about 5 billion and then spent an extra $21 million... See the General Accounting Office Report of this criminal activity by the DOI and the BIA: <http://www.dickshovel.com/gao.html> "Although BIA spent over 5 years and about $21 million in a massive effort to locate supporting documentation and reconcile trust fund accounts, tribal accounts could not be fully reconciled or audited due to missing records and the lack of an audit trail in BIA's systems" &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
