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Norm Eisen | |
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.jpg) Eisen in 2024 | |
| United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic | |
| In office January 28, 2011 – August 12, 2014 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Joseph Pennington (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Andrew H. Schapiro |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 11, 1960 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Lindsay Kaplan |
| Education | Brown University (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
Norman L. Eisen (born November 11, 1960)[1] is an American attorney, author, and former diplomat. He is a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution, a CNN legal analyst, and the co-founder of the States United Democracy Center.[2][3] He was co-counsel for the House Judiciary Committee during the first impeachment and trial of President Donald Trump in 2020. He served as White House Special Counsel for Ethics and Government Reform, United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic, and board chair of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW).[4] He is the author of four books, including The Last Palace: Europe's Turbulent Century in Five Lives and One Legendary House (2018).[5] In 2022, he co-authored Overcoming Trumpery: How to Restore Ethics, the Rule of Law, and Democracy.[6][7]
Early life and education
Eisen's parents immigrated to the United States following World War II. His mother was a survivor of the Czechoslovak Holocaust.[8][9] While growing up, he worked at his family’s hamburger stand in Los Angeles. He attended Hollywood High School.[10] With honors from both, he received his B.A. degree from Brown University in 1985 and his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School in 1991. While at Harvard, he met then-future president Barack Obama, who was also a first-year law student,[11][12] and then-future Supreme Court justice Neil Gorsuch.
Professional career
Early career
From 1985 to 1988, between college and law school, Eisen worked as the assistant director of the Los Angeles office of the Anti-Defamation League. He investigated antisemitism and other civil rights violations, promoted Holocaust education, and advanced U.S.–Israel relations.
After graduation from Harvard in 1991, Eisen practiced law in Washington, D.C. for more than 18 years with the Zuckerman Spaeder law firm. He was named as one of Washington's top attorneys by Washingtonian magazine.[13] He specialized in investigations of complex financial fraud, including Enron, Refco, the ADM antitrust case, and the subprime financial collapse.[14]
In 2003, Eisen co-founded Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a government watchdog organization.[15]
Obama administration
From 2007 to 2009, Eisen was active in the presidential campaign of his law school classmate Barack Obama before joining the transition team of then-President-elect Obama as deputy counsel. On January 20, 2009, Obama named him special counsel for ethics and government reform in the White House.[16]
He earned the nickname "Dr. No" for his stringent ethics and anti-corruption efforts and became known for limiting registered lobbyists from taking positions in the administration. In Obama's autobiography, A Promised Land, he recalls an instance in which Eisen was asked which out-of-town conferences administration officials would be admitted to attend; Eisen replied, "If it sounds fun, you can't go."[17] He is credited for helping compile President Obama's ethics-related campaign promises into an executive order the president signed on his first day in office.[11]
During 2009 and 2010, Eisen also contributed to the administration's open government efforts, including putting the White House visitor logs on the internet to promote transparency; its response to the campaign finance decision in Citizens United v. FEC; and its financial regulatory plan, which is the basis for Dodd–Frank. His other activities included reviewing the background of potential administration officials and expanding the application of the Freedom of Information Act.[14][16][18]
Eisen became the first ambassador to the Czech Republic nominated by President Obama.[19] President Obama initially gave Eisen a recess appointment, the term of which was for only one year, until the end of 2011, unless the full U.S. Senate confirmed him. Recess appointment was required because of a hold on Eisen's nomination.[20][21] The leaders of several Washington good-government groups authored a letter in support of the appointment of Eisen.[22] Eisen's nomination received bipartisan support, including from Republican senators and conservative foreign policy scholars. The Senate ultimately confirmed Eisen on December 12, 2011.[23][24]
As ambassador, he developed a "three pillars" approach to the U.S.–Czech relationship, emphasizing (1) strategic and defense cooperation; (2) commercial and economic ties; and (3) shared values. During his time as ambassador, he spent money out of his own wallet to maintain the ambassador's residence and entertain dignitaries.[25][26]
Eisen visited Czech and U.S. troops serving side by side in Afghanistan. He advocated for U.S. business and saw bilateral trade increases of 50 percent with the Czech Republic during his tenure (more than three times the average for U.S. embassies in Europe at the time).[original research?] He also spoke out against corruption and in defense of civil rights.[27] Eisen has been credited with helping to deepen U.S.—Czech relations.[28] He also supported the Middle East peace process, including posting the first investment conference on the "Kerry Plan" in Prague together with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright."[29]
Eisen's ambassadorship was noteworthy because his mother, a Czechoslovak Holocaust survivor, had been deported by the Nazis from that country to Auschwitz.[30] As Senator Joseph Lieberman noted in introducing Eisen at a Senate hearing: "It is indeed a profound historical justice... that the Ambassador's residence in Prague, which was originally built by a Jewish family that was forced to flee Prague by the Nazis, who... took over that house as their headquarters, now 70 years later, is occupied by Norman and his family... The story of Norm Eisen and his family and their path back to Europe is a classic American story, a reflection of what our country is about at its very best. And that is also precisely why the Ambassador has proven to be such an effective representative of our nation, our interests, and our values."[28]
Subsequent work
He joined the Brookings Institution as a visiting fellow in September 2014.[31] He became a senior fellow in their Governance Studies program and is the project chair of a research initiative on reducing corruption.[2] At Brookings Eisen has contributed to reports on open government,[32][33] the emoluments clause,[34] presidential obstruction of justice,[35] and anti-corruption efforts in the natural resource sector.[36]
A prolific writer, he often contributes op-ed pieces to The New York Times,[37][38] The Washington Post,[39] Politico,[40] USA Today,[41] and other national publications.
From 2016 to 2019, Eisen served as chair of the board and co-counsel on litigation matters for CREW, including emoluments cases in New York and Maryland federal courts (CREW v. Trump and D.C. and Maryland v. Trump, respectively).[4]
In 2017, Eisen was named number 11 on the Politico 50 list of thinkers shaping American politics.[42] Eisen has also been named to the Forward 50 list of American Jews.[2]
In September 2018, Crown published Eisen's The Last Palace: Europe's Turbulent Century in Five Lives and One Legendary House.[43] It is a sweeping history of 1918 to 2018 as seen through the windows of the Villa Petschek, a Prague palace built by Jewish businessman Otto Petschek after World War I, occupied by the Nazis later, and then the residence the American ambassador in Prague during his term of office.[44]
In February 2019, Eisen was appointed consultant to the United States House Committee on the Judiciary. He assisted the committee on oversight matters related to the Department of Justice, including impeachment, and other oversight and policy issues within the committee's jurisdiction.[45] A columnist at The Washington Post called Eisen a "critical force in building the case for impeachment."[46] Eisen later wrote a book about his time as special counsel.[47]
He edited "Democracy's Defenders: U.S. Embassy Prague, the Fall of Communism in Czechoslovakia, and Its Aftermath" (2020) and authored "A Case for the American People: The United States v. Donald J. Trump" (2020).[2][48]
With Colby Galliher, Eisen co-authored a book entitled, Overcoming Trumpery, which was published by Brookings Institution Press in 2022.[6][7]
States United
Eisen was a co-founder of the States United Democracy Center in 2021,[3] and in his States United capacity, he signed a bar complaint against John C. Eastman[49] and an ethics complaint filed against Jenna Ellis[50] for their roles in undermining the 2020 election results. He served as co-counsel on an amicus brief filed in opposition to Lindsey Graham's motion to quash a subpoena in the Fulton County Special Grand Jury investigation of attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia.[51] Eisen has co-written reports for States United including a guide to the Electoral College vote count and the January 6, 2021, meeting of Congress.[52]
With his States United co-founders, Joanna Lydgate and Christine Todd Whitman, Eisen was a winner of the 2022 Brown Democracy Medal, given by the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Pennsylvania State University.[53] Eisen departed States United in early 2024.[54]
In January 2025, States United began filing lawsuits against presidential executive orders signed by Trump following his inauguration.[citation needed]
Contrarian
In January 2025, Eisen and columnist Jen Rubin began authoring a Substack publication entitled The Contrarian.[55] Along with the articles posted to the publication, he has posted brief videos to the newsletter to provide the readers with breaking news regarding litigation as it progresses and to share insights into the processes.[56]
In popular culture
Director Wes Anderson has credited Ambassador Eisen as an inspiration for the character of Deputy Kovacs in his 2014 film The Grand Budapest Hotel. Anderson told Jeff Goldblum, who played Deputy Kovacs, "that he should go to Prague and see Norm; this is your man… The character of the lawyer Kovacs in the film maintains the awareness of law and justice… the character is actually a kind of ethics czar for the whole film."[57] This is a reference to another one of Eisen's White House nicknames: The Ethics Czar.[58] Anderson again referred to Eisen in the closing scene of Isle of Dogs, captioning a character as ethics czar in the new government of Megasaki.
Personal life
Eisen is married to Georgetown University professor Lindsay Kaplan with whom he has a daughter.[59][60]
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| Founded | 2003 |
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| Founder | Norman L. Eisen, Melanie Sloan |
| Type | 501(c)(3) |
| 03-0445391 | |
Key people | Noah Bookbinder, president and CEO |
| Revenue | $11.2 million (2024)[1] |
| Website | www |
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), is a progressive nonprofit 501(c)(3) watchdog organization devoted to U.S. government ethics and accountability.[2][3][4] Founded in 2003 as a counterweight to conservative government watchdog groups such as Judicial Watch, CREW works to expose ethics violations and corruption by government officials and institutions and to reduce the role of money in politics.
Its activities include investigating, reporting and litigating perceived government misconduct, requesting and forcing government information disclosure through Freedom of information legislation requests, and filing congressional ethics complaints against individuals, institutions and agencies.[5][4] Its projects have included the publication of "CREW's Most Corrupt Members of Congress", an annual report in which CREW lists the people it determines to be the most corrupt in the federal government of the United States. From 2005 to 2014, the annual reports named 25 Democrats and 63 Republicans.
CREW was founded in 2003 by former federal prosecutor Melanie Sloan and white-collar lawyer Norm Eisen, who went on to serve as President Barack Obama's chief ethics lawyer and later his ambassador to the Czech Republic. Liberal political consultant David Brock became CREW's chairman in 2014 and stepped down in 2016. He was replaced by Richard Painter, who took a leave of absence to run as a Democrat in Minnesota's 2018 U.S. Senate special election. Under Painter's leadership, CREW pursued aggressive litigation against the Trump administration, which it called the "most unethical presidency" in U.S. history. CREW filed 41 lawsuits during George W. Bush's administration, 38 during Obama's administration and, by January 2018, 180 against the Trump administration.[6]
History
Chairmanships of David Brock and Richard Painter
In August 2014, liberal political operative David Brock was elected chairman of CREW's board of directors. At the time, Paul Singer of USA Today wrote, "One of the most vocal congressional ethics watchdog groups is becoming part of a Democratic political operation."[9] Politico wrote that Brock's newly announced involvement with CREW was a "major power play that aligns liberal muscle more fully behind the Democratic Party" and that CREW would add a "more politically oriented arm, expand its focus into state politics and donor targeting and will operate in close coordination with Brock's growing fleet of aggressive Democrat-backing nonprofits and super PACs—Media Matters, American Bridge, and the American Independent Institute."[10] Before Brock's involvement with CREW, the group had aggressively targeted Republican public officials as well as some Democrats. The Center for Public Integrity wrote, "Many key staffers left soon after Brock became its chairman, and since then, the organization has almost exclusively pursued Republicans and conservative organizations through federal complaints and its own investigations."[11] In April 2016, Bloomberg reported that Republicans had faced the vast majority of CREW investigations in recent months.[12]
Brock left CREW's board of directors in December 2017, but did not cut ties with the group and continued to raise money for it.[6] He was replaced by former George W. Bush White House ethics lawyer Richard Painter, "lending the group a bipartisan air", according to Politico.[13] Painter took a leave of absence from CREW to run as a Democrat in Minnesota's 2018 U.S. Senate special election.[14]
In December 2016, Politico wrote that since its 2003 founding, CREW had "quickly built a strong reputation as an ethics watchdog and transparency advocate, filing complaints against lawmakers from both parties, though the bulk of its ethics work targeted Republicans. However, in recent years CREW faced increased questions about its credibility, stemming from a 2014 shift that brought the group under Brock's sway and—in the eyes of many observers—into the Clinton orbit. Brock and his allies joined the group's board, while several longtime employees left." In 2015, CREW had revenue of just under $2.2 million. It filed just one lawsuit in 2015 and three in 2016, all asking the Federal Election Commission for stricter enforcement of campaign finance laws.[6]
Trump administration
CREW aggressively targeted the Donald Trump administration, filing its first lawsuit against Trump three days after his inauguration as U.S. president. According to New York magazine, "Since then, it has been launching actions against the administration and its allies in Congress at a rate of about one a day, filing lawsuits and public-record inquiries and lodging complaints with authorities like the Office of Government Ethics." In June 2017, New York wrote that "CREW is officially nonpartisan, but it's a thin veneer. For the last few years, it has been loosely aligned with a network of organizations, including the super-PAC American Bridge, run by Democratic operative David Brock. After the election, Brock promised to 'kick Donald Trump's ass,' saying in a fund-raising document that CREW's litigation strategy would assure Trump would be 'afflicted by a steady flow of damaging information.'" CREW co-founder Norman L. Eisen rejoined CREW in December 2016 and set about distancing the organization from Brock.[15] Eisen stepped down from the board in February 2019.[16]
In January 2018, CREW issued a 36-page report on Trump's presidency, calling it the "most unethical presidency" in U.S. history.[17] In February 2018, Environment & Energy Publishing wrote that Painter was "at the center of more than 180 legal challenges to Trump and his administration as vice chairman of the left-leaning Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington."[18]
During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, the group received $432,000 in federally backed small business loans from Newtek Small Business as part of the Paycheck Protection Program.[19][20]
Activities
According to the organization, its activities include litigation, FOIA requests, congressional ethics complaints, Internal Revenue Service complaints, Federal Election Commission complaints, and requests for investigation with government agencies.[5]
- CREW's Most Corrupt list
Each year since 2005, CREW has published its "Most Corrupt Members of Congress" report. The 2012 election cycle saw 11 of the 32 lawmakers included in the last two reports either defeated or retiring.[21] As of 2014, the list had named 88 individuals, 63 of them Republicans and 25 Democrats.[22][23] The last report was in 2013.[24]
- Family Affair report
In 2012, CREW released a report entitled Family Affair, which examined how members of Congress had used their positions to benefit themselves and their families. The report included 248 members of the United States House of Representatives, 105 Democrats and 143 Republicans, "about equal to their parties' proportional makeup in the House."[25] Common practices that do not appear to violate laws or House ethics rules but still raise ethical questions[26] include: paying family for congressional office and campaign work, collecting reimbursements from official US House and campaign budgets, earmarking to projects connected with family members, and charging interest on personal loans given to their campaigns.[27][28]
- Criticism of Continuing Appropriations Resolution
CREW raised questions about some of the content of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 (H.J.Res 59; 113th Congress). One controversial provision of the bill was section 134, which stated that "notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, there is appropriated for payment to Bonnie Englebardt Lautenberg, widow of Frank R. Lautenberg, late a Senator from New Jersey, $174,000."[29] CREW protested the inclusion of this in the bill, since Lautenberg's assets in 2011 were over $57 million. The group questioned why this "death gratuity" was considered a "top funding priority".[29]
- Emoluments Clause
A legal team representing CREW (including Laurence H. Tribe, Norman L. Eisen, Erwin Chemerinsky, Richard Painter, and Zephyr Teachout) announced its intention to file suit in federal court in New York on January 23, 2017, on the grounds that President Donald Trump's business interests violate a provision in the Emoluments Clause in the Constitution by receiving payments from foreign government entities. The suit has asked the court to order Trump to stop receiving payments from foreign government via his hotels, golf courses, rentals and leased properties.[30] United States District Judge George B. Daniels dismissed the case on December 21, 2017, holding that plaintiffs lacked standing.[31][32][33][34] CREW announced plans to appeal, and separate Emolument Clause lawsuits are pending in other judicial districts.[35][36]
- Presidential Records Act
CREW joined with the National Security Archive to challenge Trump's deletion of tweets as a violation of the Presidential Records Act of 1981.[37]
Personnel
Norman L. Eisen, an attorney specializing in fraud, and eventual (in 2009) Special Counsel for Ethics and Government Reform in the White House, co-founded CREW in 2003. He became known for his stringent ethics and anti-corruption efforts, and for limiting registered lobbyists from taking positions in the administration.[22][38]
Melanie Sloan served as CREW's first executive director. In August 2014 former Republican activist and current Democratic activist David Brock was elected chairman of CREW's board, and Sloan announced her intention to resign as executive director, pending Brock's hiring of a new executive director. Prior to co-founding CREW in 2003, Sloan served as one of more than 300 Assistant U.S. Attorneys in the District of Columbia from 1998 to 2003 after having worked for congressional Democrats John Conyers, Charles Schumer, and Joseph Biden.[39] Mark Penn, pollster for Bill Gates, Tony Blair, both Bill and Hillary Clinton, also became a director and vice president at CREW.[40]
Brock was elected as CREW's board president after laying out a broad plan to turn the organization into a more muscular organization. Along with Brock, consultant David Mercer and investor Wayne Jordan joined CREW's board of directors.[22][41]
Noah Bookbinder, a former Justice Department prosecutor and Chief Counsel for the U.S. Senate's Judiciary Committee where he advised Judiciary Committee Chairman Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), was named executive director of CREW in March, 2015.[42]
Brock left CREW in December 2016, and was replaced as chairman of the board of directors by former George W. Bush ethics lawyer Richard Painter.[43]
Allegations of partisanship
CREW operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit prohibited from engaging in partisan activity. In 2010, Ben Smith of Politico described CREW's founding in 2003 as "one of a wave of new groups backed by liberal donors" and called CREW "a vehicle for assaults on largely—but not entirely—Republican targets",[44] but a 2010 Associated Press story stated that CREW "has a history of targeting members of Congress representing different races, philosophies and both major parties."[45]
Writers for The Washington Post have called CREW a "nonpartisan watchdog group"[46] and a "liberal watchdog",[47] while Fox News has called it "a liberal-funded watchdog group"[48] and the New York Daily News has described it as "nonpartisan".[49] The New York Times has called CREW a "liberal government watchdog group"[50] while U.S. News & World Report calls it "nonpartisan".[51] In a report specifically about CREW, the Chicago Tribune noted the group "calls itself nonpartisan, but progressive", and employs staff from both Republican and Democratic administrations.[52]
After CREW named him one of the "13 most corrupt members of Congress" in 2005, U.S. Senator Conrad Burns (R-MT) called the group "partisan hacks" and their allegations "maliciously false". The Billings Gazette reported that CREW defended itself:[53] Naomi Seligman, the group's deputy director, said "We've gone after a fair number of Democrats, even in this study" [and Burns] "should be answering the charges, not slinging charges."
In 2006, Congressional Quarterly reported, "Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has taken aim almost exclusively at GOP members of Congress. Since its founding in 2003, it [helped] investigate 21 lawmakers, only one of them a Democrat" (Senator Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, in a complaint that also targeted Senator Bill Frist (R-TN), then Senate Majority Leader).[54][55] A report by McClatchy News Service called CREW "a Democratic-leaning watchdog group".[56]
In 2007, Ms. Magazine quoted longtime Democratic pollster Celinda Lake as saying, "Corruption was a top issue in the [2006] midterm elections, and CREW was critical to the Democrats' success. The fact that they were bipartisan and had created this dirty-dozen list of corrupt politicians really helped people process that these politicians were acting well outside the norm."[7]
The journal Broadcasting & Cable in 2011 described CREW's former chief legal counsel, Anne Weismann, as "a Democrat-recommended witness and so the closest to an [Obama] administration defender".[57]
When asked in 2014 if CREW would continue pursuing complaints against Democrats, Brock responded, "No party has a monopoly on corruption and at this early juncture, we are not making categorical statements about anything that we will and won't do. Having said that, our experience has been that the vast amount of violations of the public trust can be found on the conservative side of the aisle."[22] During a span of "recent months" in early 2016, Republicans were reportedly the target of the vast majority of CREW's campaign-finance allegations.[58]
Roll Call article
Roll Call reported in January 2008 that CREW files most of its complaints against members of Congress, and "all but a handful ... have targeted Republicans". The article stated that CREW had issued press releases against Democrats but had usually not filed complaints against them, with the exception of now former Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA), a conservative Democrat.[59] CREW defended itself to Roll Call:
"CREW is a nonpartisan organization that targets unethical conduct", [Deputy Director Naomi] Seligman wrote... "Now that the Democrats are in power, they will have opportunities for corruption that were previously reserved to Republicans and it is likely we will see more Democratic corruption."
After the article was published, CREW stated that it was "baseless" and "omitted key facts". CREW suggested the Roll Call reporter had been prompted by a conversation with Landrieu, the target of a recent CREW lawsuit at the time.[60]
Funding
Roll Call reported that CREW doesn't disclose its donor list, and quoted former Deputy Director Naomi Seligman as saying that "donors play no role in CREW's decisions as to the groups or politicians we target."[59] Donors to CREW have included such groups as Democracy Alliance, Service Employees International Union, the Arca Foundation,[61] and the Gill Foundation.[59][62][63]
In January 2012, Democracy Alliance dropped a number of prominent organizations, including CREW, from their list of recommended organizations to receive donations. Support was withdrawn because these groups are more apt to work outside the Democratic Party's infrastructure.[64]
Melanie Sloan (born December 16, 1965) is an American attorney, former counsel for the House Judiciary Committee, and the former executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a nonprofit government ethics and accountability watchdog group.[1] In March 2017, Sloan joined a new government ethics watchdog group, American Oversight, as senior adviser.[2]
Early life and education
Sloan was born in Washington, D.C., to parents Leonard S. Togman, who then worked at the U.S. Department of Justice, and Barbara A. Togman. She grew up in Wilmington, Delaware, where she attended Wilmington Friends School.[3] Her father, who still resides in Delaware, is a lawyer "of counsel" (retired) with the law firm Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP.[4]
Sloan received her B.A. and J.D. from the University of Chicago.[5]
Career
Before founding Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) in 2003, Sloan served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia from 1998 to 2003. Before becoming a prosecutor, Sloan served as Minority Counsel for the House Judiciary Committee, working on criminal justice issues for then-Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI). Sloan also served as counsel for the Crime Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, chaired by then-Representative Charles Schumer (D-NY). There, she drafted portions of the 1994 Crime Bill, including the Violence Against Women Act. In 1993, Sloan served as Nominations Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee, under then-Chairman Joseph Biden (D-DE).[6]
Sloan has published in the Yale Law & Policy Review and other publications.[7]
In November 2017 Sloan publicly accused Conyers of harassment and verbal abuse during her tenure working for the House Judiciary Committee. On one occasion, she was summoned to his office and found him sitting in his underwear, and quickly left.[8]
Media appearances
Sloan frequently appears on national media to provide analysis and commentary. She has appeared on shows including Pacifica Radio's Democracy Now! show,[9] Air America's Al Franken Show,[10] NPR's All Things Considered[11] and Morning Edition,[12] CNN's The Situation Room,[13] Larry King Live[14] and Lou Dobbs Tonight,[15] MSNBC's Hardball,[16] Countdown with Keith Olbermann[17] and The Rachel Maddow Show,[18] NBC Nightly News,[19] CBS Evening News,[20] and ABC World News Tonight.[21] Sloan has been profiled in a number of publications including Ms. Magazine,[5] Time Magazine[22] and Mother Jones.[23] In 2009, Sloan was featured in O Magazine's first-ever "O Power List"[24] and was declared one of the "100 People Who Are Changing America"[25] in Rolling Stone. She also appeared in the documentary Casino Jack and the United States of Money.
Plame Wilson leak case
Sloan serves as legal counsel for former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson and his wife, retired CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson,[26] whose then-classified covert identity was disclosed, leading to the CIA leak grand jury investigation and the trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby in United States v. Libby (see Plame affair). Sloan is one of the attorneys representing the Wilsons in their civil lawsuit against former and current officials of the George W. Bush administration (Plame v. Cheney).
Agreeing with the Bush administration, the Obama Justice Department has argued the Wilsons have no legitimate grounds to sue.[27] On the current Justice Department position, Sloan, stated: "We are deeply disappointed that the Obama administration has failed to recognize the grievous harm top Bush White House officials inflicted on Joe and Valerie Wilson. The government’s position cannot be reconciled with President Obama’s oft-stated commitment to once again make government officials accountable for their actions."[27]
When Sloan was a guest on Hardball with Chris Matthews in December 2006, she spoke openly about many details in the Libby trial. Following her appearance on the show, she drew a strong warning from Judge Reggie Walton: "the Court would not tolerate this case being tried in the media."[28]
Student lending reform controversy
In October 2010, The American Prospect reporter Mike Elk raised allegations that Sloan was working in conjunction with for-profit college lobbyists to attack the credibility of student lending reform advocates.[29] Elk alleged that while Sloan was criticizing the student lending reforms advocates, she was also talking about potential jobs with lobbyists, including Lanny Davis, who worked for the for-profit college industry. In the summer of 2010, Sloan and CREW were highly critical of famed short-seller Steve Eisman, writing letters to the congressional subcommittee, denouncing the fact that he had an adverse financial interest. CREW published a rebuttal of the article's claims, noting the ethics concern about individuals manipulating the regulatory process for personal benefit. In 2021, NPR reported that after two federal investigations, none of the allegations lodged against those individuals were proven. [30]
Departure from CREW
In the fall of 2010, Sloan announced she would be leaving CREW and joining with Lanny Davis in a legal practice.[31] Sloan subsequently decided against joining Davis' firm and remained as the executive director of CREW.[32] She left CREW in 2014 when David Brock became the chairman of CREW's board of directors.[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Oversight
| Founded | March 13, 2017 |
|---|---|
| Legal status | 501(c)(3) organization |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C., US |
Executive Director | Chioma Chukwu |
| Revenue | $6.58 million[1] (2023) |
| Expenses | $5.87 million[1] (2023) |
| Website | americanoversight.org |
American Oversight is a non-profit watchdog organization based in Washington, D.C. The organization was founded in 2017 in response to the first Trump administration.[2] The organization has served as part of the legal opposition to both the first and second Trump administrations, primarily through litigation against federal agencies and public record requests, among other legal means.[3]
In the group's 2025 lawsuit against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, American Oversight v. Hegseth, they described their overarching goal as being "committed to promoting transparency in government, educating the public about government activities, and ensuring the accountability of government officials."[4] Officially a non-partisan and independent organization, it was described at its inception as having ties to the Democratic Party.[3] The group has also been described in news sources as liberal and left-leaning.[5][6][7][8]
History
American Oversight was founded in March 2017 by a group of lawyers in response to the first Trump administration.[2] One of the founders and executive director of the organization at the time, Austin Evers, described the group as being "troubled" by the recently inaugurated administration.[9] Further describing the organization's actions, Evers, who had served as senior counsel to the Department of State during the Obama administration, said that they would "be using the tools available" so that "voters can hold their government accountable." One of the founders of the group was Melanie Sloan, who currently serves as Senior Adviser.[3]
Evers stepped down from his role as executive director in 2022 to work in the Biden administration to respond to legislative oversight.[10] After his resignation, Heather Sawyer became the executive director of American Oversight.[11] She stepped down by April 2024, and was succeeded by deputy executive director Chioma Chukwu as the interim executive director.[12]
Activities
In 2017, American Oversight began a FOIA request against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for communications between the agencies and members of Congress relating to healthcare reform.[13] The same year, the organization, along with the Brennan Center for Justice and the Center for American Progress, called on the Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz to investigate potential misconduct in the firing of James Comey.[14] They also requested records to see about the veracity of Trump's tweets with regards to his allegations of the Obama administration wiretapping Trump Tower during the 2016 election. After further pressing on the issue, they received a DOJ court filing stating that "both the FBI and NSD confirm that they have no records related to wiretaps as described by the March 4, 2017 tweets."[8]
Later on, in response to the scandal in February 2018 involving Housing and Urban Development secretary Ben Carson, American Oversight sued to determine the exact amount that was spent for the office furnishing.[15] The same year, the group, together with Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), called on the Trump administration to stop the destruction of presidential records.[16]
American Oversight, along with Democracy Forward, filed a lawsuit in 2019 against Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the State Department after the seizure of interpreter notes between Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin at the 2017 G20 Hamburg summit.[17] The State Department, later in 2019, would release, in response to American Oversight's requests, nearly 100 pages in records dealing with Trump's interactions with Ukraine in light of the 2019 Trump–Ukraine scandal.[18]
In 2020, the organization was able to obtain the release of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's calendar after his implementation of policy changes that greatly slowed mail delivery times ahead of the 2020 election.[5]
In 2021, the organization secured the release of more 80,000 pages of records regarding the state of Arizona's attempts to audit the 2020 results, which revealed widescale issues with the audit, including partisan bias and the involvement of conspiracy theorists in the ballot count. This would be followed by them filing suit against the state of Texas after announcing a forensic audit of several major counties' vote count during the 2020 election.[19]
In 2023, American Oversight was able to release records surrounding the attempts by the state of Florida's attempt to revise school curricula, including revealing attempts to revise the curriculum on courses about African-American history on the basis that it did not represent "opposing viewpoints" on slavery,[6] as well as restrictions on textbooks for various subjects.[20][21]
On February 11, 2025, American Oversight filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for records relating to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), after the administration claimed that the entity was not subject to FOIA requests.[22][23]
On March 28, the organization filed an order with the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for the preservation of text messages sent by cabinet secretaries through Signal which leaked that same month.[24] The case that followed, docketed as American Oversight v. Hegseth, is currently being presided over by Chief Judge James Boasberg.[4][25]
In May 2025, American Oversight filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of Education for the withholding of records regarding the administration's actions against Harvard University, including threats from Donald Trump to revoke Harvard's tax-exempt status.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Accountability_Project
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| Type | Non-profit organization |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C. |
| Website | Whistleblower.org |
The Government Accountability Project (GAP) is a nonprofit whistleblower protection and advocacy organization in the United States. It was founded in 1977 by the Institute for Policy Studies.[1][2]
Activities
In March 1983, the GAP worked with whistleblower Rick Parks to inform the Nuclear Regulatory Commission about alleged problems with cleanup procedures after the Three Mile Island accident. Parks also alleged his apartment had been broken into and drugs were planted in his van. This was popularized in the Netflix documentary Meltdown: Three Mile Island.[3]
In 1992, the GAP represented Aldric Saucier, who had lost his job and security clearance after he criticized the Strategic Defense Initiative.[4]
In December 2012, Eric Ben-Artzi came forward publicly with evidence of multi-billion dollar securities violations at his employer, Deutsche Bank. He internally reported violations stemming from the bank's failure to report the value of its credit derivatives portfolio accurately. The bank retaliated in multiple ways and ultimately dismissed him. the GAP filed an official whistleblower complaint on Ben-Artzi's behalf. He was ultimately awarded $8 million from the SEC, which he declined to collect.[5][6]
GAP represented Thomas A. Drake, a former senior executive with the National Security Agency (NSA), until 2015 when his lawyer Jesselyn Radack resigned from GAP and he followed her to the Institute for Public Accuracy.[7] He blew the whistle on multi-billion dollar programmatic fraud, waste, and abuse; the critical loss and suppression of 9/11 intelligence; and the Stellar Wind project's dragnet electronic mass surveillance and data-mining (conducted on a vast scale by the agency with the approval of the White House after 9/11). Drake argued that Stellar Wind violated the Constitution and American citizens' civil liberties while weakening national security. In April 2010, the Department of Justice charged him with 10 felonies (five under the Espionage Act) and he faced 35 years in prison.[8] He was the first whistleblower to be charged under the Espionage Act by the Obama administration. All charges were eventually dropped when Drake pleaded to a minor misdemeanor for exceeding the authorized use of a government computer, with no fine or prison time.[9] In the book Bravehearts,[10] Tom Devine took credit for Drake's success. However, Drake later clarified that "Tom Devine was never my lawyer at GAP"[11] and "the voice I had in the court of public opinion was Jesselyn Radack. She was my voice when I had none."[12]
In 2003, Federal Air Marshal (FAM) Robert MacLean revealed a cost-cutting plan to cancel FAM coverage from long distance flights on the eve of a confirmed al-Qaeda suicidal hijacking plan. The plan never went into effect after Congress protested, based solely on his whistleblowing disclosure. TSA fired him three years later with a single charge of "Unauthorized Disclosure of Sensitive Security Information" – an unclassified "hybrid secrecy" label the TSA retroactively applied to the information that he disclosed.[13] In January 2025, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel vindicated a number of MacLean's safety concerns.
Jim Schrier is a veteran food safety inspector for the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) who was retaliated against after reporting violations of humane handling regulations at an agency-regulated Tyson Foods slaughter plant in Iowa. Serving as an inspector for 29 years, Schrier reported the violations involving market hogs, which included inadequate stunning techniques and conscious animals being shackled and slaughtered, to his supervisor.[14]
GAP represented Edward Snowden, a contractor with the National Security Agency (NSA), until 2015 when his lawyer Jesselyn Radack resigned from GAP and he followed her to the Institute for Public Accuracy.[7] In early 2013, whistleblower Edward Snowden began working with journalists to reveal numerous mass surveillance programs conducted by the NSA.[15] Articles based on Snowden's documents revealed the existence of global surveillance programs run by the NSA with the cooperation of telecommunication companies and European governments. In June 2013, Snowden became the sixth whistleblower charged under the Espionage Act by the Obama administration.[16]
As an officer at the U.N. peacekeeping operation in Kosovo in 2007, James Wasserstrom blocked an alleged conspiracy to pay a $500 million kickback to senior U.N. and Kosovo officials in connection with the construction of a new coal mine and power plant. The UN Dispute Tribunal (UNDT) found he was subjected to serious and protracted retaliation which he faced without protection from the U.N. Ethics Office – the unit established to investigate and act against such reprisals. Wasserstrom faced relentless negative personal and professional consequences of the retaliation, while none of those who engaged in it suffered consequences themselves. He has since lobbied Congress successfully to strengthen State Department oversight of UN whistleblower protections[17][18]
In early 2007, the GAP was responsible for exposing fraud and abuse at the highest levels of the World Bank.[19] In May 2007, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz left the international organization in the wake of wide-ranging scandals based on multiple releases of documents over the previous two months by the GAP.[20] Released evidence and exposed information showed that: Wolfowitz's companion, Shaha Riza, received salary raises far in excess of those allowable under Bank rules; Riza received a questionable consulting position with a US defense contractor in 2003 at Wolfowitz' direction that has resulted in State and Defense Department inquiries; Juan José Daboub, Bank Managing Director and Wolfowitz-hire, attempted to remove references and funding for "family planning" in Bank projects; Wolfowitz' office was responsible for weakening a "climate change" strategy document; Bank Senior Management delayed reporting to Bank staff that a fellow staffer had been seriously wounded in a shooting in Iraq; World Bank lending to Africa during Fiscal Year of 2007 has plummeted; and Wolfowitz was trying to broaden the Bank's portfolio in Iraq over Board opposition.
In 2016, the GAP represented World Bank whistleblower Fabrice Houdart when the Bank opened an investigation in his human rights advocacy after he obtained from Jim Yong Kim that he withdraw an unethical bonus awarded to CFO Bertrand Badre.[21][22][23]
The Democracy Protection Initiative
The Democracy Protection Initiative was launched by the GAP in October 2020. The initiative aimed to encourage and provide support to whistleblowers who came forward with information relating to alleged interference in the 2020 United States elections and during a potential subsequent transition of power.[24] Partners in the initiative included the American Constitution Society, American Oversight, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Georgetown Law's Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, Protect Democracy, Public Citizen, and We The Action.[25]
Legislation
The GAP advocated in favor of the All Circuit Review Extension Act, a bill that would extend for three years the authority for federal employees who appeal a judgment of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) to file their appeal at any federal court, instead of only the US Court of Appeals.[26] The pilot program was established in the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 (WPEA) to last only two years. The GAP called the program a "landmark" and said that it was "the WPEA's most significant structural reform",[27] and argued that an extension of the program was needed in order to ensure that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Congress had enough time to see the results before deciding whether to make it permanent.[27]
Controversies
Over the years, GAP has struggled with its own workplace discrimination,[28] attorney malfeasance and client dissatisfaction.[29][30]
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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Subject: Fwd: Fwd Attn Stephen Immelt I just called and left you a message perhaps you should have your friend Ty Cobb call me ASAP
To: <efreeman@foleyhoag.com>, <jbucking@foleyhoag.com>, <gcraig@foleyhoag.com>
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Subject: Fwd: Iust called the News Department of WBUR again Correct???
To: <rschneider@mainepublic.org>, <patrice_taddonio@wgbh.org>, <media@knightfoundation.org>, <James@emblematicgroup.com>, <FrontlineEditors@wgbh.org>, <efreeman@foleyhoag.com>, <jbucking@foleyhoag.com>
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Subject: Fwd: Fwd Attn Stephen Immelt I just called and left you a message perhaps you should have your friend Ty Cobb call me ASAP
To: <rschneider@mainepublic.org>, <patrice_taddonio@wgbh.org>, <media@knightfoundation.org>, <James@emblematicgroup.com>, <FrontlineEditors@wgbh.org>
Former White House Counsel Gregory Craig Joins Foley Hoag
May 20, 2025
“Foley Hoag is honored to welcome Greg to the firm,” said Managing Partner Jim Bucking. “For decades he has operated at the highest levels of government and in courtrooms around the country. We look forward to drawing on his wisdom, experience and trial talents to benefit our clients facing high-stakes litigation and investigations.”
In the late 1990s, Craig oversaw Bill Clinton’s defense during impeachment proceedings in the House of Representatives and was one of the President’s lead lawyers in the impeachment trial in the Senate. He also interrupted his time in private practice to serve as Director of Policy Planning at the U.S. State Department under Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, and as National Security Advisor to Senator Edward Kennedy. As White House Counsel, Craig drafted an executive order banning the use of torture in interrogations and played a central role in the nomination and confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
Craig joins Foley Hoag’s Litigation and Investigations groups to provide advice on constitutional litigation, international law, executive authority, and higher education policy.
“Foley Hoag has an industry-leading team that represents clients globally,” said Craig. “This is a firm with practices — and values — that align with my own. I am excited to join these lawyers in a collegial practice in this crucial period where together we can make a positive impact on the law.”
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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Subject: Fwd: Iust called the News Department of WBUR again Correct???
To: <gcraig@foleyhoag.com>
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 6:53 PM
Subject: Iust called the News Department of WBUR again Correct???
To: <wburnews@wbur.org>, <borchers@bu.edu>, <low@bu.edu>, <aow@bu.edu>, <washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>, warren.mcbeath <warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
Cc: <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
https://www.bu.edu/law/about/
Angela Onwuachi-Willig
Boston University School of Law Dean
Ryan Roth Gallo & Ernest J. Gallo Professor of Law
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JD, University of Michigan Law School
MA, Yale University
M Phil, Yale University
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Contact
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WBUR-FM is a public radio station located in Boston, Massachusetts,
owned by Boston University. WBUR is the largest of three NPR member
stations in Boston, along with WGBH and WUMB-FM. Wikipedia
Frequency: 90.9 MHz
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Area: Boston Metropolitan Area
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Margaret Low
CEO
Margaret Low is WBUR's chief executive officer. Before joining WBUR in
January 2020, Low was president of AtlanticLIVE, The Atlantic’s events
division, which during her tenure produced more than 100 conferences a
year across the country. Low joined The Atlantic in the fall of 2014
and in a short time transformed the events business into a live
journalism juggernaut that set the standard for the news industry.
Prior to The Atlantic, Low enjoyed a storied career at NPR, spanning
decades. She first walked through the doors as an overnight production
assistant on Morning Edition and rose through the ranks to become
senior vice president for news, NPR’s top editorial job. In that role,
she oversaw the work of some 400 journalists worldwide and coverage of
major news events from The Arab Spring and wars in Syria and Libya to
the reelection of Barack Obama and the Boston Marathon bombing. She
opened new foreign bureaus, launched new programs, developed new beats
and led the digital transformation of the newsroom, steering the audio
strategy for digital platforms and quickening the response to breaking
news.
Earlier at NPR, Margaret was vice president for programming with
responsibility for all non-news shows, injecting a high degree of
editorial sophistication into program development and acquisitions.
Among Margaret’s most notable accomplishments was the reinvention of
Wait Wait...Don’t Tell Me! transforming a studio-based radio quiz show
into a live, award-winning road show and business success story.
During her tenure, NPR earned some of the most prestigious honors in
journalism, including multiple Peabody awards, duPont-Columbia Awards
and an Edward R. Murrow Award.
Margaret is vice chair of the board of The Reporters Committee for
Freedom of the Press and a board member of Wallace House at the
University of Michigan, home to the Knight-Wallace Fellowship for
Journalism. She lives in Cambridge, MA.
WBUR Announces Margaret Low As New CEO & General Manager
November 25, 2019
This article is more than 1 year old.
This morning, Sam Fleming, WBUR's interim General Manager, was joined
by Paul Gannon, chairman of WBUR's Board of Directors along with staff
members of the Search Committee to announce WBUR's new CEO and General
Manager — Margaret Low.
WBUR announces new CEO and General Manager, Margaret Low
She joins WBUR from The Atlantic where she served as the President of
AtlanticLIVE. She assumes her new role at WBUR in mid-January 2020.
Prior to The Atlantic, Low was Senior Vice President for News at NPR
and a former senior producer for All Things Considered, the most
listened-to, afternoon drive-time, news radio program in the country.
“Margaret is an accomplished journalist and media executive who
possesses a rare combination of editorial and business expertise,”
said Paul Gannon, Chair of the Search Committee and WBUR Board of
Directors. “Her ability to drive results at The Atlantic plus her
extensive journalism and management experience in public media make
her the ideal person to lead WBUR into its next phase. Under
Margaret’s leadership, WBUR will further enhance its service to the
community as a multimedia organization with a powerful presence
on-air, online, on-demand and on-stage.”
Read more about the announcement here: NPR Veteran Margaret Low To Lead WBUR.
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Bostonomix. He joined WBUR in 2018 from The Washington Post, where he
reported on the intersection of politics and media. He previously
covered politics, business and sports at The Boston Globe and was
editor of Citizen’s News in Naugatuck, Connecticut.
Callum holds a master’s degree in journalism from Northeastern
University and is a member of the Park Scholar Alumni Advisory Board
at Ithaca College, where he completed his undergraduate work.
David Greene
Senior News Editor
David wandered into WBUR as an intern in 1983. He shuttled between
news and production for a decade, then developed Only A Game and Wait
Wait...Don't Tell Me, and wasted 20 perfectly good years producing Car
Talk.
He returned to the WBUR Newsroom this year as the station's senior
news editor, with his editing skills and news judgment intact.
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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 20:42:46 -0400
Subject: Fwd: Andrew Madoff and Catherine Hooper should enjoy these
attachmments EH Mr Spitzer???
To: wburnews@wbur.org
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 04:33:32 -0400
Subject: Andrew Madoff and Catherine Hooper should enjoy these
attachmments EH Mr Spitzer???
To: ready@blackumbrella.com, media@blackumbrella.com,
hdkotz@brg-expert.com, "Amato, Mike #509" <509@yrp.ca>, "j.kroes"
<j.kroes@interpol.int>, oig <oig@ftc.gov>, marie-claude.blais@gnb.ca,
info@bobkerrey.com, brittany@debfischer2012.com
Cc: viewpoint@current.com, oig <oig@sec.gov>,
mocrant@iiconferences.com, andre <andre@jafaust.com>,
executiveassistant <executiveassistant@
Frank.McKenna@td.com, Velvel@mslaw.edu, "dean.buzza"
<dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 03:09:59 -0400
Subject: Fwd: Andrew Madoff and Catherine Hooper should study this
email closely and then call me back ASAP Trust that the NYT and Mr
Spitzer know this is no joke
To: news@mailonsunday.co.uk
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
EditorialNews - 020 7938 6899 / news@mailonsunday.co.uk
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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 19:54:14 -0300
Subject: Re: Re: Faire suivre : If we never speak again ask of me to
your friends in Frontline after you check the following link
To: mocrant@iiconferences.com
Cc: wernerbock333 <wernerbock333@yahoo.ca>
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
As I just proved to you I have no time to talk to people who don't
wish to know the truth about their busiiness. Trustthat a lot can
happen between now and next week and I don't even know where I will be
then let alone near a phone. Obviously the dudes at PBS in Beantown
knew about my concerns and had the evidence supporting my allegations
of capital cimes BEFORE I ran for a seat in Parliament the first time
in 2004.
If you wish to speak to me I suggest you do so ASAP while I am still
ont Werner's farm. 506 756 8687
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
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From: "Ocrant, Michael (NY)" <mocrant@iiconferences.com>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 18:40:37 -0400
Subject: RE: Faire suivre : Fwd: I tried to call you all The pdf files
hereto attached prove that I am no liar and the mp3 and te wav files
in the next two emails speak volumes
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Thanks, David,
I would be glad to speak with you further next week. Please understand
that I do not have the context as it regards what you were trying to
tell me so I will need somewhat more of a narrative to fully grasp it.
Let me know when you have some time, perhaps an hour, to speak next
week. A few days and times would be helpful to be sure I have the time
in my schedule.
Regards,
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Conferences Group
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<investigate@gryphon-
<evelyngreene@live.ca>; <dsheehan@bakerlaw.com>; <dspelfogel@bakerlaw.com>;
<NesterJ@sec.gov>; <letterstoeditor@bostonherald.
<Thunter@tribune.com>; <david@davidmyles.com>; <ddexter@ns.sympatico.ca>;
<plee@stu.ca>; "Frank. McKenna" <Frank.McKenna@td.com>
Cc: "maritime_malaise" <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>; "j.kroes"
<j.kroes@interpol.int>; "Bob.Paulson" <Bob.Paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>; "OIG"
<OIG@ftc.gov>; "ed.pilkington" <ed.pilkington@guardian.co.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 3:25 PM
Subject: Again more big BINGOs with FEDs in two countries EH David Kotz and
Dr. Kachroo??? Howcome you talk about me BUT won't TALK to me??? (902 800
0369)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Amos" <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
To: <Velvel@mslaw.edu>; <executiveassistant@
<dsheehan@bakerlaw.com>; <matt.taibbi@rollingstone.com>
<evelyngreene@live.ca>; <oldmaison@yahoo.com>
Cc: "NesterJ" <NesterJ@sec.gov>; "oig" <oig@sec.gov>; "Wayne.Lang"
<Wayne.Lang@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>; "rick.hancox" <rick.hancox@nbsc-cvmnb.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 2:55 PM
Subject: RE The SEC, Madoff and pending lawsuits lets see Dean Velvel and Ms
Kachroo deny this old email from 2009 EH Mr Nester?
Ms Kachroo's old email (gkachroo@mccarter.com) can be found on the Feb
20th, 2009 along with Sheehan's of BakerLaw. Obviously byway of my
attachment bearing his name I served Dean Velvel hard copy of my
materials years after I sued one of his nasty law professors and
months before Spitzer testified about Putnam Investments.
Obviously we talked after I read the latest news about the SEC. I did
tell you to make note of your email address being published on the
Internet years ago and you looked to see what I said was true. Correct
Mr Nester?
You did view the file called Integrity Yea Right which is hereto
attached and also noticed the Transcripts are missing from the Senate
Banking Committee hearing on Nov 18th and 20th 2003 Correct Mr Nester?
However if you had bothered to check out all the documents that I had
sent the SEC over the years you would have easily seen that I crossed
paths with legions of crooked lawyers other than Eliot Spitzer,
Senator Peter Fitgerald and Stephen Cutler Chrissy Baby Cox, Evil Dean
Velvel and YEARS before Cox appointed you to speak on behalf of the
VERY corrupt SEC. You told me it is not your job to check the
Integrity of others. Well I beg to differ and i take up the same issue
with lawyrs. When you willingly took the job as a PUBLIC Servant to
speak and help support and cover up many wrongs on a crooks behalf,
you should be held accountable to. The crooks working for the
government and the corporations that support the politicians ARE NOT
your clients. The private persons within the PUBLIC you purportedly
serve and protect ARE.
http://www.sec.gov/news/press/
http://www.investoraction.org/
http://www.investoraction.org/
http://www.mslaw.edu/Faculty_
http://www.kachroolegal.com/
http://www.hedgefund.net/
http://amlawdaily.typepad.com/
The Talent
October 6, 2009 6:54 PM
Lawyer for Madoff Whistleblower Launches Own Firm
Posted by Brian Baxter
The longtime lawyer for Harry Markopolos, the forensic accountant who
tried to warn the SEC about Bernie Madoff, is starting over.
Gaytri Kachroo stepped down from her position as international
practice chair at McCarter & English three months ago because of
potential conflicts over her work representing victims of Madoff's
massive Ponzi scheme.
Last week, Kachroo hung out her own shingle in Kachroo Legal Services.
At the moment, the firm is a one-lawyer shop based in Cambridge, Mass.
But the 47-year-old Kachroo has big plans.
Kachroo is focusing most of her attention on a global settlement for
all Madoff victims (Kachroo prefers the term "innocent investors" to
victims). Her proposal, she says, will provide a cohesive solution for
Madoff claimants--Kachroo herself represents about 600--by forging
alliances with other firms.
"I'm working on [forming] a consortium of firms in New York,
Washington, and Boston," says Kachroo, who declined to publicly name
the firms because she doesn't yet have signed agreements from all of
them.
Since the Madoff fraud came to light, Kachroo has sought to leverage
her connection as counsel to its chief whistleblower. She serves as
vice chair of a global alliance of 50 firms representing Madoff
investors, and has joined in its call for the creation of an
international financial court.
Kachroo also assisted in collecting affidavits that were used for an
internal investigation conducted by the SEC's inspector general. The
investigation ultimately led to a 457-page report released last month
detailing how Madoff systematically deceived the regulator for
decades.
It's the SEC that Kachroo has in her sights.
She says the regulator must accept responsibility for its past
failures by sponsoring a government-backed global Madoff settlement
that will send a positive message to investors worldwide. (Kachroo
commends current senior SEC officials for implementing changes to the
way the agency operates.)
Taxpayers won't be responsible for funding an SEC-sponsored
settlement, Kachroo says. Instead the money will come from a list of
financial institutions identified by her and a team of affiliated
firms.
"I don't want to go near the word 'bailout,'" she says. "The SEC was
not the only agency or institution responsible--it shares
responsibility with other financial institutions, many of whom have
been bailed out. But they're still deep-pocketed and there's no reason
for them not to come forward and settle their claims."
By partnering with the government as a group, Kachroo believes more
financial institutions will be incentivized to come forward. The SEC
or some other special government task force or commission can
administer claims, she says.
It's a tall order for any firm, let alone a start-up, but Kachroo says
she's already taken steps towards her goal. The technology behind a
registration system for Madoff victims on her firm's Web site is worth
nearly $4 million, she says. The money was "provided more or less pro
bono" by a sympathetic IT company.
That system will enable Kachroo and those working with her to present
the SEC with a comprehensive list of victim names and, as such,
emphasize the potential for litigation against the agency, Kachroo
says. She hopes to use her growing network of firms to enlist between
100,000 and 1 million investors--"the numbers are key," she adds--for
a global settlement.
Kachroo Legal Services might be a one-person firm today, but it's
namesake is ready to start hiring immediately.
"It's a big campaign that we're launching here and it's not going to
be a one-person job," Kachroo says. "I'm getting outstanding resumes."
She hopes to soon hire one lawyer with six years of SEC experience,
something she jokingly notes Markopolos would probably scoff at. A
corporate lawyer by trade, Kachroo has a particular need for
litigators experienced in fraud and securities cases. (Kachroo, who
used to head McCarter's India initiatives, also hopes to add another
corporate lawyer to assist with transactional work.)
Start-up capital for her new firm is coming partly from large groups
of clients, both domestic and international, who are paying her to
investigate and pursue claims against the SEC and certain financial
institutions.
Kachroo's efforts to unify various investor groups has also been met
with a positive response, she says, adding that the firms she hopes to
affiliate with will also share some of the financial burden in order
to get her campaign going.
And her star client is also branching out. Markopolos is writing a
memoir and plans for a documentary are also in the works. The
whistleblower and his team that spent nine years investigating Madoff
will work closely with Kachroo's new firm.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 02:34:50 -0400
Subject: Andrew Madoff and Catherine Hooper should study this email
closely and then call me back ASAP Trust that the NYT and Mr Spitzer
know this is no joke
To: ready@blackumbrella.com, media@blackumbrella.com, oig
<oig@sec.gov>, oig <oig@ftc.gov>, viewpoint@current.com,
news@thetelegraph.com.au, maxnews@astral.com, jrogers@nhpr.org,
john_chambers@
Cc: "ed.pilkington" <ed.pilkington@guardian.co.uk>
<NewsTips@turner.com>, newsdesk <newsdesk@theage.com.au>
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
http://www.catherinehooper.
Catherine Hooper
President and Founder
590 Madison Avenue 21st Floor
New York, NY 10022
telephone: (212) 288 6240
toll-free phone: (888) 388 0288
fax: (212) 288 6241
blackumbrella.com
ready@blackumbrella.com
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
902 800 0369
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 20:18:04 -0300
Subject: The CBC, DND, RCMP, INTERPOL Romney and many evil lawyers
such as Mr Spitzer and Mr Bauer dare not deny why Obama, Bloomberg and
Christie became the best of friends BEFORE a "Perfect Storm" hit the
Jersey Shore and made for great surfing in Chicago
To: Thomas.Motamed@cna.com, David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
investor.relations@firstam.com
public.enquiries@hm-treasury.
Cc: Tom.Ostertag@mlb.com, chris.christie@gov.state.nj.us
RBauer@perkinscoie.com, commissioner@dobi.state.nj.us,
dcorn@motherjones.com
http://abcnews.go.com/US/
From: News Tips <NewsTips@turner.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 16:56:25 -0400
Subject: From CNN
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Thank you for contacting CNN. This email is to notify you that your news
tip has been received and will be reviewed in a timely manner. You will
be contacted if the news tip is valid and we need further information
and verification.
We appreciate your news tip and thank you for choosing CNN as your
breaking news source.
Sincerely,
CNN Viewer Communications Management
"CNN, The Most Trusted Name In News"
On 11/3/12, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 17:33:19 -0300
> Subject: Despite what Commissioner Paulson and his underlings such as
> Cst Fahie may falsely claim MURDER is still a CAPITAL CRIME CORRECT
> Minister Toews?
> To: ian.fahie@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, "bob.paulson"
> <bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, toewsv1 <toewsv1@parl.gc.ca>, pm
> <pm@pm.gc.ca>, info@pco-bcp.gc.ca, racing.commission@state.ma.us,
> dwatch@web.net, oldmaison@yahoo.com, dan.bussieres@gnb.ca,
> EGreenspan@144king.com, law <law@stevenfoulds.ca>, "peter.dauphinee"
> <peter.dauphinee@gmail.com>, ndesrosiers <ndesrosiers@ccla.org>,
> "adrian.dix.mla" <adrian.dix.mla@leg.bc.ca>, adeshman
> <adeshman@ccla.org>, David <David@bccla.org>
> Cc: "Robert. Jones" <Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>, acampbell
> <acampbell@ctv.ca>, newsroom <newsroom@astral.com>, Newsroom
> <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, newsonline <newsonline@bbc.co.uk>, David
> Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>
> http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/
>
> http://www.nycga.net/members/
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?
>
> http://archive.org/details/
>
> Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 20:46:43 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "David Amos"
> Subject: oldmaison@yahoo.com, dan.bussieres@gnb.ca,
> michael.malley@gnb.ca, EGreenspan@144king.com,
> josie.maguire@dfait-maeci.gc.
> info@pco-bcp.gc.ca, ted.tax@justice.gc.ca, Cotler.I@parl.gc.ca,
> racing.commission@state.ma.us, dwatch@web.net, freeman.c@parl.gc.ca,
> flaherty.j@parl.gc.ca, graham.b@parl.gc.ca, arthur.a@parl.gc.ca
>
> Call me a liar now. I Double Dog Dare Ya. Methinks I may sell a few
> wiretap tapes on Ebay in Europe. Maybe some soul over there will want
> to impeach Bush ASAP.
>
> Cya'll in Court or Hell :) C'est la Meme Chose. N'est Pas?
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
>
> FEDERAL EXPRES February 7, 2006
> Senator Arlen Specter
> United States Senate
> Committee on the Judiciary
> 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
> Washington, DC 20510
>
> Dear Mr. Specter:
>
> I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man
> named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters
> raised in the attached letter. Mr. Amos has represented to me that
> these are illegal
> FBI wire tap tapes. I believe Mr. Amos has been in contact with you
> about this previously.
>
> Very truly yours,
> Barry A. Bachrach
> Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403
> Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003
> Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com
>
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Amos" <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
To: <Tom.Ostertag@mlb.com>; <chris.christie@gov.state.nj.
<Richard.Bagger@gov.state.nj.
<Matt.OKeefe@gov.state.nj.us>; "j.kroes" <j.kroes@interpol.int>;
<ethics@eces.state.nj.us>; "RBauer" <RBauer@perkinscoie.com>
Cc: "David Amos" <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
<commissioner@dobi.state.nj.us
<megan.gillis@sunmedia.ca>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 6:14 PM
Subject: Yo the lawyers Chris Christie and Jeff Chiesa should remember
me I sent them hard copy way back when they worked for Ashcroft EH Bob
Paulson?
Ostertag, Thomas Joseph
Major League Baseball
Office of the Commissioner of Baseball
245 Park Ave.
New York, NY 10167-0002
Phone: work(212) 931-7800
Websites associated with this firm:
mlb.mlb.com
http://www.warrencountygop.
Jeffrey S. Chiesa Attorney General
On January 10, 2012 Jeffrey S. Chiesa was sworn in as New Jersey's
59th Attorney General.
Chiesa served as Chief Counsel to Governor Chris Christie from January
2010 through December 2011, when he was nominated to be New Jersey
Attorney General by Governor Christie.
Prior to his appointment as Chief Counsel, Chiesa served as Executive
Director of Governor Christie’s Transition Team. Chiesa was previously
a partner at the law firm of Wolf & Samson in their litigation group.
Prior to joining Wolf & Samson, Chiesa worked in the U.S. Attorney’s
Office in the District of New Jersey from 2002 – 2009, last serving as
the Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney. He also served as Counsel to
the U.S. Attorney and as Chief of the Public Protection Unit. Chiesa
was involved in all aspects of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, including
the management of the Criminal, Civil, Appeals and Special
Prosecutions Divisions.
As a unit chief, he supervised a group of Assistant U.S. attorneys
primarily responsible for the investigation and prosecution of
criminal cases involving bank robbery, child pornography, human
trafficking and identity theft. Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s
Office, Chiesa was a partner at the law firm of Dughi and Hewit, where
he litigated civil matters, including the representation of medical
professionals and hospitals.
Chiesa is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where he earned
his Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting. He earned his
Juris Doctorate from The Catholic University of America
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 03:30:38 -0300
Subject: As McCain endorsed Mitt Romney I got a call back from their
nasty little Yankee buddy Sheriff Babeu"s Office in Arizona
To: dcorn@motherjones.com
Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
Seems that Senator John McCain forgot all about page 25 of this file EH?
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
From: Elias Johnson <Elias.Johnson@pinalcountyaz.
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 16:08:51 -0700
Subject: Re: I just called (902 800 0369) about Sheriff Babeu and Mitt Romney
To: "Amos, David" <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Was the purpose of your email to share this information or are you in
need of something?
Elias Johnson
Public Information Officer, PCSO
Office (520) 866-5208
Mobile (520) 858-4553
email: elias.johnson@pinalcountyaz.
My response was one word hoping that the Sheriff was an honest man
then I got the phone call (hereto attached) removing all doubt as to
his position So I called the bastard back and told him to look for the
evidence of MURDER that he had just acknowledged and told him i look
forward to meeting him in court someday.
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 20:02:47 -0400
Subject: Re: I just called (902 800 0369) about Sheriff Babeu and Mitt Romney
To: Elias Johnson <Elias.Johnson@pinalcountyaz.
Justice
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Amos" <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
To: <Thomas.Motamed@cna.com>; <samb@roughnotes.com>;
<salenger@marvinzonis.com>; <Wayne.Lang@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>;
<cgaska@firstam.com>; <investor.relations@firstam.
<debsmith@fnf.com>; <dkmurphy@fnf.com>; <maria.filippelli@fnf.com>;
"David Amos" <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
<bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>; <george.osborne.mp@parliament.
<public.enquiries@hm-treasury.
<Barbara.Cottam@citizensbank.
<oig@sec.gov>; <Consumer.Queries@fsa.gov.uk>;
<sarah.chapman@fsa.gov.uk>; <registerodonnell@
<D.Jones@citizensbank.com>; <Jim.Hughes@citizensbank.com>
Cc: <claims@ctic.ca>; <corporate.communications@
"dean.buzza" <dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>; "RBauer"
<RBauer@perkinscoie.com>; "counsel" <counsel@barackobama.com>; "paul"
<paul@mittforpresident.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2012 3:56 AM
Subject: Perhaps Tom Motamed best ask Obama or Fidelity/Chicago Title
about a perfect storm in England and NYC as the Witch of November
comes early to the Maritimes
Clearly somebody Is very nervous and wondering when you will do your
job EH Bobby Paulson and Deanoo Buzza????
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Amos" <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
To: <viewpoint@current.com>; "news" <news@thetelegraph.com.au>;
"maxnews" <maxnews@astral.com>; <jrogers@nhpr.org>;
<john_chambers@
<david_beers@standardandpoors.
<nikola_swann@
<david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Cc: <adrian.dix.mla@leg.bc.ca>; <shirley.bond.mla@leg.bc.ca>;
<gregor.robertson@vancouver.ca
<John.Williamson@parl.gc.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:14 PM
Subject: Well Mr Spitzer I have been waiting NINE years for YOU to act
ETHICALLY and serve an October surprise on the GOP and Mitt Romney in
particular
You MUST REMEMBER THESE FILES Your letter and mine are in both of them
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
http://www.checktheevidence.
Plus you certainly testified at the US Senate Baknking Commitee on the
same day you thanked me. Furthermore when notified you and many others
before and after you became governor that the Senate's records were
missing the FBI were not long catching you with the wrong lady in
Wasington but you were never prosected. Howcome??? Years later in 2011
I raised hell with CNN about YOU and the missing records YOUR In the
the ARENA show was quickly cancelled CORRECT?
Please don't even try to pretend that I did not just send you this
Tweet. As you no doubt know I keep perfect records.
https://twitter.com/
24m Viewpoint @CurrentSpitzer
The #Viewpoint Number of the Day = 1. That's where we're heading — the
world's top producer of oil: http://bit.ly/RkMuC2
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@CurrentSpitzer Say Hey to Obama for me
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.
… & http://www.checktheevidence.
… $$$$ http://banking.senate.gov/
… @ http://www.nycga.net/members/
http://current.com/shows/
Eliot Spitzer: The Romney campaign ‘is so much less than meets the eye’
“The anxiety about our future that has allowed Mitt Romney a seat at
the table is what will drive our politics for the next decade.” —Eliot
Spitzer read post
by Viewpoint Staff
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos
To: pm@pm.gc.ca ; david.raymond.amos@gmail.com ;
motomaniac333@gmail.com ; NewsTips@turner.com ;
patrick.j.fitzgerald@usdoj.gov ; bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca ;
bob.rae@rogers.blackberry.net ; MulcaT ; erin@issaforcongress.com ;
john@issaforcongress.com ; darrell@issaforcongress.com
Cc: RBauer@perkinscoie.com ; MElias@perkinscoie.com ;
aculvahouse@omm.com ; counsel@barackobama.com ;
granthuihi@garyjohnson2012.com ; gregory.craig@skadden.com ;
icnucnwecan@yahoo.com ; Rathika.Sitsabaiesan@parl.gc.
riho.kruuv@mfa.ee ; george.osborne.mp@parliament.
public.enquiries@hm-treasury.
michael.geller@rbs.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:44 PM
Subject: Mr Obama and his lawyer Mr Bauer are no doubt well aware of
why the US Treasury Dept in Alanta and many others are nervous EH Mr
Harper?
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http://qslspolitics.blogspot.
Just go back six more years in case you forgot EH Harper???
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.
Bob Bauer a former blogger for Huffington Post returned to Perkins $
Coie after a period of service to President Barack Obama as his White
House Counsel from December of 2009 until June of 2011.
He is now General Counsel to the President’s re-election committee, to
Obama for America, and General Counsel to the Democratic National
Committee. He has also served as co-counsel to the New Hampshire State
Senate in the trial of Chief Justice David A. Brock (2000); general
counsel to the Bill Bradley for President Committee (1999-2000); and
counsel to the Democratic Leader in the trial of President William
Jefferson Clinton (1999).
He has co-authored numerous bipartisan reports, including "Report of
Counsel to the Senate Rules and Administration Committee in the Matter
of the United States Senate Seat From Louisiana" in the 105th Congress
of the United States (March 27, 1997); "Campaign Finance Reform," A
Report to the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the United States
Senate (March 6, 1990); and "The Presidential Election Process in the
Philippines" (1986), a bipartisan report prepared at the request of
the Chairman and Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations.
Too bad so sad the lawyer Obama didn't ignore his legal counsel and
check my work for himself long ago. It is clear to me that Bob Bauer
never studied Maritimers and their lawsuits as closely as I studied
his work over the years.
http://www.checktheevidence.
If Obama does not finally simply say my name and expose what he knows
about Romney and I way back before he was even a Governor then he
deserves to lose this election.
However even though I would NOT wish to see another GOP president you
and your Bankster buddies won't mind that a bit but I doubt the NDP
and the Liberals will agree EH Mr Prime Minister?
http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/
Somebody wise should scroll to the bottom of this email and understand
that it was Fidelity that knowingly sold the Title Insurance on the
fraduulent sale of my family's home in 2005 then Citizens Bank
illegally recorded the discharge of a mortage long after the deal was
done. They and the FSA know I have the records from the Registry of
Deeds. Clearly the Royal Bank Of Scotland and British FSA has ADMITTED
knowing all this for way past too long.
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
902 800 0369
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Amos" <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
To: <admins@newsjunkiepost.com>; <9.17occupywallstreet@gmail.
"newsonline" <newsonline@bbc.co.uk>; "Newsroom"
<Newsroom@globeandmail.com>; "thepurplevioletpress"
<thepurplevioletpress@gmail.
"chiefape" <chiefape@gmail.com>; "Wayne.Lang"
<Wayne.Lang@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>; "Barry.MacKnight"
<Barry.MacKnight@fredericton.
<complaint.info@financial-
Cc: "ed.pilkington" <ed.pilkington@guardian.co.uk>
"andrewsmediacorp" <andrewsmediacorp@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: The BritishFinancial Ombudsman, the FSA and the FCA and
complaint # ISS10441377
BINGO
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From: do_not_reply@financial-
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:21:00 +0100
Subject: Thank you for your email to the Financial Ombudsman Service
To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
Thank you for your email to the Financial Ombudsman Service.
First of all – we handle complaints only about financial businesses
(like banks, insurance companies and finance firms).
So if your enquiry is about anything else, please look at the end of
this email for details of other organisations that may be able to help
you.
But if you:
are thinking of complaining about a financial business or
want more information about the Financial Ombudsman Service or
have questions about a complaint you have already raised with us …
… here is some general information that may help with your enquiry. If
you require further assistance, please contact us directly on 0800 0
234 567 (8am – 6pm, Monday to Friday)
------------------------------
complaining about a financial business – STEP 1
There is more information about how to complain on our website at:
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We can’t step in to investigate a complaint until the financial
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On 9/23/11, David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: occupy wallstreet <9.17occupywallstreet@gmail.
> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 03:21:34 -0400
> Subject: Re: i just called from 902 800 0369 (Nova Scotia)
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>
> Thanks.
>
> On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 10:22 PM, David Amos
> <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>
>> http://qslspolitics.blogspot.
>>
>> I am the guy the SEC would not name that is the link to Madoff and
>> Putnam Investments
>>
>>
>> http://banking.senate.gov/
>>
>> Notice the transcript and webcast of the hearing of the US Senate
>> banking Commitee is missing? please notice Eliot Spitzer and the Dates
>> around November 20th, 2003 in te following file
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.checktheevidence.
>>
>
>
>
> From: "OSBORNE, George" <george.osborne.mp@parliament.
> Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:56:26 +0100
> Subject: Thank you for your e-mail
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>
>
> Thank you very much for your e-mail to George Osborne.
>
> If you are contacting George in his capacity as Chancellor of the
> Exchequer, please re-send your e-mail to:
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> Alternatively, write to The Correspondence & Enquiry Unit, HM
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> 4558.
>
> If you are one of George's Tatton constituents, please ensure that you
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>
> If you are a personal contact of George's, your e-mail will be
> forwarded accordingly.
>
> With kind regards,
>
> Office of Rt Hon George Osborne MP
> Chancellor of the Exchequer
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:46:12 -0300
> Subject: Fwd: ISS10441377
> To: public.enquiries@hm-treasury.
> Cc: pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, "Dean.Buzza" <Dean.Buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,,
> "j.kroes" <j.kroes@interpol.int>, maritime_malaise
> <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:17:07 -0300
> Subject: Fwd: ISS10441377
> To: complaint.info@financial-
> Cc: maritime_malaise <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>, "Dean.Buzza"
> <Dean.Buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:03:32 -0300
> Subject: Fwd: ISS10441377
> To: info@hermitagefund.com, "flaherty.j@parl.gc.ca"
> <flaherty.j@parl.gc.ca>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, "bert. hudon"
> <bert.hudon@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, michael.geller@rbs.com,
> Barbara.Cottam@citizensbank.
> "william.elliott@rcmp-grc.gc.
> "j.kroes" <j.kroes@interpol.int>, oig <oig@sec.gov>
> Cc: "alfred.smithers" <alfred.smithers@fco.gov.uk>,
> MIMEsweeper@fsa.gov.uk, maritme_malaise <maritme_malaise@yahoo.ca>
>
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:53:14 -0300
> Subject: Fwd: Re: ISS10441377 Perhaps You or your Ambassador in Ottawa
> or Halifax should call me back? 902 800 0369
> To: info@hermitagefund.com
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: MIMEsweeper@fsa.gov.uk
> Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:34:51 +0100 (BST)
> Subject: RE: Re: ISS10441377 Perhaps You or your Ambassador in Ottawa
> or Halifax should call me back? 902 800 0369
> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: FCC <Consumer.Queries@fsa.gov.uk>
> Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:44:47 +0100 (BST)
> Subject: RE: ISS10441377
> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>
> Our Ref: PC41073. ISS10441377
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sarah.chapman@fsa.gov.uk
> Date Sent: 31/08/2011 16:54:39
> To: Consumer.Queries@fsa.gov.uk
> Subject: RE: ISS10441377
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Amos [mailto:david.raymond.amos@
> Sent: 28 August 2011 01:40
> To: michael.geller@rbs.com; Barbara.Cottam@citizensbank.
> whistleblower; Whistle
> Cc: Dean.Buzza; maritime_malaise
> Subject: Do your people at RBS think I am joking?
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 14:08:24 -0300
> Subject: i just called you again Mr O'Donnell perhaps you should review
> the Homestead Act and check your work
> To: registerodonnell@norfolkdeeds.
> Cc: "Fred.Wyshak" <Fred.Wyshak@usdoj.gov>, maritime_malaise
> <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 13:57:12 -0300
> Subject: Fwd: I just called and tried to reason with you people whilst
> the Stock Markets tumble AGAIN Correct JIM?
> To: Jim.Hughes@citizensbank.com
> Cc: D.Jones@citizensbank.com, oig <oig@sec.gov>, OIG <OIG@ftc.gov>, ir
> <ir@landsbanki.is>, ir <ir@statestreet.com>, jrogers <jrogers@nhpr.org>
>
> I saw you checking my work on the web now check your bank's malicious
> work in the attachment
>
> Just Dave
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>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 09:59:29 -0300
> Subject: i just called and tried to reason with you people whilst the
> Stock Markets tumble AGAIN Correct?
> To: david.barry@nbsc-cvmnb.ca, kptummon@gov.pe.ca, obrienhl@gov.ns.ca,
> slattejw@gov.ns.ca, atkinssj@gov.ns.ca, gsinfo@gov.nl.ca,
> harryharding@gov.nl.ca, "terry.seguin" <terry.seguin@cbc.ca>,
> "jonesr@cbc.ca" <jonesr@cbc.ca>
> Cc: maritime_malaise <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>, oig <oig@sec.gov>,
> ministerofstate <ministerofstate@acoa-aperca.
> <Dean.Buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, newsroom <newsroom@telegraphjournal.com
> "Barry.MacKnight" <Barry.MacKnight@fredericton.
> "oldmaison@yahoo.com" <oldmaison@yahoo.com>
>
> Since you won't speak to me, why not talk about your deliberate
> incompetence to the foreign newsmen contacting me?
>
> csa-acvm-secretariat@acvm-csa.
>
> http://www.nbsc-cvmnb.ca/nbsc/
>
> http://www.gov.pe.ca/
>
> http://www.gov.ns.ca/nssc/
>
> http://www.gs.gov.nl.ca/
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
> 902 800 0369
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <myson333@yahoo.com>
> Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 12:04:33 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: Ed Here is your ticket to keep you out of hot water Just send
> this to Hugh Grant and he can raise hell for you
> To: ed.pilkington@guardian.co.uk
> Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>
> Byway of the US FTC the Feds in many countries can never deny that they
> did not know the truth long ago
>
> From: Ed Pilkington <ed.pilkington@guardian.co.uk>
> Subject: GUARDIAN
> To: myson333@yahoo.com
> Date: Wednesday, August 3, 2011, 11:42 AM
>
>
> hi
>
> here's my email and my cell number is below
>
> all best
>
> Ed
>
> --
> Ed Pilkington
> New York bureau chief
> The Guardian
> www.guardian.co.uk
> twitter.com/Edpilkington
>
> Cell: 646 704 1264
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> --- On Tue, 8/2/11, David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re Rupert Murdoch and his associates Perhaps Ms Curtis should
> show this email to the actor Hugh Grant
> To: polly.curtis@guardian.co.uk
> Cc: jhenderson@newscorp.com, rnolte@newscorp.com, jdorrego@newscorp.com,
> "maritime_malaise" <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>
> Date: Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 2:21 PM
>
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/
> uiry
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: OIG <OIG@ftc.gov>
> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:29:48 -0400
> Subject: RE: I just called again and tried to speak with John Seeba and
> Cynthia Hogue of the FTC
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>
> Mr Amos. I just talked to you. Our office only has jurisdiction over
> internal matters like if an FTC employee is involved in fraud. We also
> report to congress to notify them how the FTC utilizes funds.
>
> What can we do for you?
>
> Thanks. Zisa Walton
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Amos [mailto:david.raymond.amos@
> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 4:23 PM
> To: OIG; maritime_malaise
> Cc: Fred. Pretorius; Fred.Wyshak
> Subject: I just called again and tried to speak with John Seeba and
> Cynthia Hogue of the FTC
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:56:13 -0300
> Subject: RE BSkyB and News Corp I am on the phone to you right now
> To: jhorner@newscorp.com, teverett@newscorp.com,
> jhenderson@newscorp.com, rnolte@newscorp.com, jdorrego@newscorp.com,
> "Marc.Litt" <Marc.Litt@usdoj.gov>
> Cc: oig <oig@sec.gov>, maritime_malaise <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>,
> "Dean.Buzza" <Dean.Buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
>
> http://www.newscorp.com/
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 22:05:59 -0300
> Subject: RE BSkyB and News Corp
> To: aarti.maharaj@
> emma.gilpin-jacobs@ft.com, saltschuller@foleyhoag.com
> Cc: newsroom <newsroom@wnyc.org>
>
> http://www.corporatesecretary.
> -help-help-combat-us-lawsuits/
>
> http://www.corporatesecretary.
> sibility-and-role-board-
>
> http://www.csrandthelaw.com/
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 02:45:11 -0300
> Subject: RE BSkyB and News Corp Opps ol Rupert would be pissed that I
> forgot to send the oh so important attachments
> To: jacques.nasser@bhpbilliton.com
> asiskind@newscorp.com, investor-relations@bskyb.com,
> investor@newscorp.com, "Rupert.Murdoch@fox.com"
> <Rupert.Murdoch@fox.com>, "James.Murdoch@fox.com"
> <James.Murdoch@fox.com>, Edith Cody-Rice <Edith.Cody-Rice@cbc.ca>,
> Jacques Poitras <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, Robert Jones
> <Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>, Terry Seguin <Terry.Seguin@cbc.ca>, "richard.
> dearden" <richard.dearden@gowlings.com>
> <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>, "Carol.Coristine@cbc.ca"
> <Carol.Coristine@cbc.ca>, "Bob.Kerr@CBC.CA" <danfour@myginch.com>
> Cc: newsdesk@theage.com.au, jbrowning9@bloomberg.net,
> athomson6@bloomberg.net, kwong11@bloomberg.net,
> frank.pingue@thomsonreuters.
> <news-tips@nytimes.com>, newsonline <newsonline@bbc.co.uk>, newshour
> <newshour@pbs.org>, newsroom <newsroom@theguardian.pe.ca>, Newsroom
> <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, foreigneditor
> <foreigneditor@independent.co.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Grant.McCool@thomsonreuters.
> Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 01:23:36 -0400
> Subject: Out of Office AutoReply: RE BSkyB and News Corp Hey Jac Nasser
> Howcome or the trusted lawyers Arty Siskind and Lony Jacobs did not tell
> the Murdochs I was still alive and kicking like hell?
> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>
> I am out of the office until Monday, August 8. I will not be reading
> email until then. Regards
>
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>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 02:23:30 -0300
> Subject: Fwd: RE BSkyB and News Corp Hey Jac Nasser Howcome or the
> trusted lawyers Arty Siskind and Lony Jacobs did not tell the Murdochs I
> was still alive and kicking like hell?
> To: jbrowning9@bloomberg.net, athomson6@bloomberg.net,
> kwong11@bloomberg.net, frank.pingue@thomsonreuters.
> grant.mccool@thomsonreuters.
> vasilescua@sec.gov, friedmani@sec.gov, krishnamurthyp@sec.gov,
> "Dean.Buzza" <Dean.Buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
> Cc: maritime_malaise <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>,
> newsdesk@theage.com.au, bruce.alec@gmail.com
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 01:41:59 -0300
> Subject: RE BSkyB and News Corp Hey Jac Nasser Howcome or the trusted
> lawyers Arty Siskind and Lony Jacobs did not tell the Murdochs I was
> still alive and kicking like hell?
> To: jacques.nasser@bhpbilliton.com
> asiskind@newscorp.com, investor-relations@bskyb.com,
> investor@newscorp.com, "Rupert.Murdoch@fox.com"
> <Rupert.Murdoch@fox.com>, "James.Murdoch@fox.com"
> <James.Murdoch@fox.com>, Edith Cody-Rice <Edith.Cody-Rice@cbc.ca>,
> Jacques Poitras <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, Robert Jones
> <Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>, Terry Seguin <Terry.Seguin@cbc.ca>, "richard.
> dearden" <richard.dearden@gowlings.com>
> <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>, "Carol.Coristine@cbc.ca"
> <Carol.Coristine@cbc.ca>, "Bob.Kerr@CBC.CA" <Bob.Kerr@cbc.ca>
> Cc: pm@pm.gc.ca, LaytoJ <LaytoJ@parl.gc.ca>, info <info@bobrae.ca>,
> oldmaison@yahoo.com, danfour <danfour@myginch.com>
>
> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/
> n-quandary.html
>
> Interesting quandary you bskyb dudes have. Seems it just got worse EH
> Jac?
>
> Clearly you and I crossed paths bigtime before TWO IMPORTANT elections
> in Canada last year and obviously News Corp and Bloomberg's pal Joel
> Klein's old buddies in the US Justice Dept and the SEC etc pissed me off
> way back in 2002 EH?
>
> Need I say iIdid not like it when and heard of corrupt cops in seven
> cars pounced on my son and I at 2;30 in the morning about two weeks
> after i received this email from you with the attached letter. Small
> wonder Stevey Boy Harper stopped the BHP take over bid of Potash when he
> could not get th RCMP to shut me up EH?
>
> BTW the pdf file hereto attached that should refresh Siskind's and
> Jacobs memories can be found here as well the letter you sent to me last
> September
>
> http://www.scribd.com/doc/
>
> Altough my contempt towards greedy publicly held companies is well known
> my desire to expose corrupt law enfocement people is far higher on my
> list of offensive things. If old Rupert were wise and his son is clever
> perhaps they should have somebody finally call me back ASAP.
> Perhap Ruper Murdoch can figure how to deal with an honest man ethically
> for the benefit of many shareholders and the chagrin of the SEC and
> Barack Obama EH?
>
> News Corp has the media and I have the evidence. Why not pretend I am
> Monte Hall and lets make a deal for the benefit of all. Try leaving the
> dark side and ignoring your crooked lawyers for a change. What say you
> Rupert? Dickens wrote books about such things.
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
> 902 800 0369
>
> The links to newsrags etc at the bottom of this email prove that
> obviously I have been reading many things lately. Your lawyers should
> study some of my work within this one email alone As you well know i
> will be forwarding this email to many people in short order.
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 23:36:47 -0300
> Subject: RE the Email from BHP Billiton's Chairman Perhaps your lawyers
> and I should talk ASAP? 902 800 0369
> To: Jane.McAloon@bhpbilliton.com
> Cc: jacques.nasser@bhpbilliton.com
>
> Jane McAloon (Group Company Secretary) BEc (Hons), LLB, GDipGov, FCIS
> Term of office: Jane McAloon was appointed Group Company Secretary in
> July 2007 and joined the BHP Billiton Group in September 2006 as Company
> Secretary for BHP Billiton Limited.
> Skills and experience: Prior to joining BHP Billiton, Jane McAloon held
> the position of Company Secretary and Group Manager External and
> Regulatory Services in the Australian Gas Light Company. She previously
> held various State and Commonwealth government positions, including
> Director General of the NSW Ministry of Energy and Utilities and Deputy
> Director General for the NSW Cabinet Office, as well as working in
> private legal practice. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered
> Secretaries.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Collins, Susan J (COSEC)" <Susan.J.Collins@bhpbilliton.
> Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:23:12 +1000
> Subject: Email to BHP Billiton Chairman's
> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>
>
> Please find attached a letter from Mr Jac Nasser, Chairman of BHP
> Billiton
>
> Susan Collins
> Company Secretariat
> BHP Billiton | 180 Lonsdale St | Melbourne Vic 3000 |Australia
> T: +61 3 9609 2654 | M: +61 427 713 994 | F: +61 3 9609 3290
> E: susan.j.collins@bhpbilliton.
>
> <<Amos D 2010 09 14.pdf>>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Amos [mailto:david.raymond.amos@
>> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 8:36 AM
>> To: pr@potashcorp.com; Podwika@potashcorp.com;
>> fosterd@bennettjones.ca; corporate.relations@
>> lgold.blcanada@b-l.com; shawn. graham; David.ALWARD@gnb.ca;
>> krisaustin; jacques_poitras@cbc.ca; cjcw@nbnet.nb.ca;
>> tomp.young@atlanticradio.
>> bruce.northrup@gnb.ca; atlbf@nb.aibn.com; akapoor@globeandmail.com;
>> nmacadam@globeandmail.com; vepp@globeandmail.com;
>> potash@mackenziepartners.com; contactus@
>> rick.hancox; Bernard.LeBlanc; Liebenberg, Andre;
>> mclellana@bennettjones.com; MooreR; danfour; oldmaison@yahoo.com;
>> Harris, Brendan; Dean.Buzza; Gilles. Blinn
>> Cc: wcoady; michel.desneiges@sade-els.org; producers@stu.ca;
>> WaterWarCrimes; Penny Bright; tony; Nasser, Jacques
>> Subject: Fwd: PotashCorp should mention my concerns about their lack
>> of ethical conduct and actions against me to your shareholers before
>> you people buy much stock in their stock eh?
>>
>> With ANOTHER election in the near future I see no need to explain my
>> issues again about the exploitation of our natural resources to a
>> bunch of sneaky lawyers.(everyboy shoul checkout the pdf hereto
>> attache) especially our former Deputy Prime Minister Lanslide Annie
>> McLelllan an the RCMP thought they knew everything seven years ago and
>
>> did nothing let alone call me back just like you an your many
>> conservative cohorts NEVER did EH Brucy Baby Northrup? (902 800 0369
>> Notice my new contact number? You an the RCMP can forget Werner Bock's
>> now)
>>
>> Clearly there is no need for politicians to try to be confidential
>> with mean old me when the Globe and Mail loves spilling the beans
>> sometimes ou woul think those unethical journlists woul know that
>> simple truths spoken amongst common folk about corrupt politicians
>> have a good habit of coming to the surface sooner or later anyway EH?
>>
>> Veritas Vincit
>> David Raymond Amos
>>
>>
>
>
> This message and any attached files may contain information that is
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> the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient or the
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> received this message in error please notify the sender immediately and
> delete the message.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:05:02 -0300
> Subject: Mr Lee I just called you from 902 800 0369 after listening to
> you on CAPAC last night perhaps we should talk ASAP
> To: ian_lee@carleton.ca
> Cc: maritime_malaise <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>
>
> First and foremost do you see Eliot Spitzer testified on the very day he
> thanked me for the info? I ask again where did the transcripts and
> webcasts go not long after I made the congressman Ron Paul and legions
> of others well aware of their existence as he bitched about such things
> whle running for the GOP endorcement to run for president in 2007? For
> the PUBLIC Record the records of the hearings were deleted in late fall
> 2007 just as all the subprime morigages began to smell bad.
>
> http://banking.senate.gov/
> earing_ID=90f8e691-9065-4f8c-
>
> Now check the dates on the letters in this file page 13 in particular
>
> http://www.checktheevidence.
> t.pdf
>
> Then read ths old email exchange
>
> http://qslspolitics.blogspot.
> ml
>
> Get it? If not call me will ya?
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 22:56:05 -0300
> Subject: Fwd: Wheras ol Whitey Bulger is now in custody Perhaps the FEDS
> should review this old file ASAP EH Assange?
> To: jcarney@carneybassil.com, "jacques.boucher"
> <jacques.boucher@rcmp-grc.gc.
> "william.elliott@rcmp-grc.gc.
> "Wayne.Lang" <Wayne.Lang@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, dean <dean@law.ualberta.ca>,
> Daniel.Conley@massmail.state.
> wburnews@wbmur.org, birgittajoy <birgittajoy@gmail.com>, "Julian
> Assange)" <editor@wikileaks.org>, "Bathurst, News Max"
> <maxnews@astral.com>, "mckeen.randy" <mckeen.randy@gmail.com>, "Frank.
> McKenna" <Frank.McKenna@td.com>, "mclaughlin.heather"
> <mclaughlin.heather@
> Cc: maritime_malaise <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>, danfour
> <danfour@myginch.com>, "oldmaison@yahoo.com" <oldmaison@yahoo.com>,
> editorial <editorial@thedailybeast.com>, "terry.seguin"
> <terry.seguin@cbc.ca>, nickysbirdy <nickysbirdy@yahoo.ca>, webo
> <webo@xplornet.com>, "Loiseau, Frederic"
> <frederic.loiseau@fredericton.
> <Barry.MacKnight@fredericton.
>
> http://www.wbur.org/2011/07/
>
> http://carneybassil.com/team/
>
> From: magicJack <voicemail@notify.magicjack.
> Subject: New VM (16) - 0:47 minutes in your magicJack mailbox from
> 7097728272
> To: "DAVID AMOS"
> Date: Monday, July 4, 2011, 6:16 AM
>
> Dear magicJack User:
>
> You received a new 0:47 minutes voicemail message, on Monday, July 04,
> 2011 at 09:16:24 AM in mailbox 902 800 0369 from 709 772 8272.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:02:45 -0300
> Subject: Wheras ol Whitey Bulger is now in custody Perhaps the FEDS
> should review this file ASAP?
> To: "william.elliott@rcmp-grc.gc.
> "Wayne.Lang" <Wayne.Lang@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, dean <dean@law.ualberta.ca>,
> maritime_malaise <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>,
> "greg.preston" <greg.preston@police.edmonton.
> <acampbell@ctv.ca>, LaytoJ <LaytoJ@parl.gc.ca>, godiny
> <godiny@parl.gc.ca>, Ashfik1a <Ashfik1a@parl.gc.ca>
> Cc: "terry.seguin" <terry.seguin@cbc.ca>, danfour <danfour@myginch.com>,
> "oldmaison@yahoo.com" <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, "richard. dearden"
> <richard.dearden@gowlings.com>
>
> http://www.checktheevidence.
>
> Beginning on page 56 All of Whitey's lawyers will get the jitters
>
> Notice Andrew Bulger?
>
> http://www.bostonmagazine.com/
> ge4
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:18:17 -0300
> Subject: Thanx for the call back
> To: dboeri@wbur.bu.edu
> Cc: maritime_malaise <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 13:35:19 -0300
> Subject: "He looks forward to facing the charges against him," said
> Bulger lawyer Peter Krupp
> To: pkrupp@luriekrupp.com
> Cc: maritime_malaise <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>, "Daniel.Conley"
> <Daniel.Conley@massmail.state.
> <Daniel.Conley@state.ma.us>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 09:43:17 -0300
> Subject: Thanx for listening to me I will call WBUR's David Boeri in
> short order (617 353 1059)
> To: wburnews@wbur.org, maritime_malaise <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>
> Cc: Fred.Wyshak@usdoj.gov, oldmaison@yahoo.com, danfour
> <danfour@myginch.com>, "jonesr@cbc.ca" <jonesr@cbc.ca>
>
> I called and tried to talk to David Boeri because of what he said
> recently within this video and what he wrote about Whitey na the Feds
> over the years
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?
>
> http://www.wbur.org/contact
>
> FYI After I called a lot of parliamentarians, the RCMP and the FBI I
> noticed this hit on a blog about me this morning. I have no doubt the
> following emails is what they were reading so I called Fred Wyshak and
> read him the riot act once again byway of his voicemail within the US
> Attorney's Office and then called the WBUR newsroom
>
> http://qslspolitics.blogspot.
> -part-3.html
>
> QSLS Politics
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>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
> Date: Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 2:09 PM
> Subject: Attn Fred Wyshak and Stockwell Day Here is some proof that I
> was not joking with you last week
> To: Fred.Wyshak@usdoj.gov, USAMA.MEDIA@usdoj.gov, W-Five@ctv.ca,
> day.s@parl.gc.ca, "Harper.S@parl.gc.ca" Harper.S@parl.gc.ca, "Duceppe.
> G" Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca, dions1@parl.gc.ca, "layton. j"
> Layton.J@parl.gc.ca, leader@greenparty.ca, "lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca"
> lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca, "fbinhct@leo.gov" fbinhct@leo.gov,
> webo@xplornet.com, "wally.stiles@gnb.ca" wally.stiles@gnb.ca
> Cc: josie.maguire@dfait-maeci.gc.
> moore.r@parl.gc.ca, kmearn@townofmilton.org, kmunro@yahoo-inc.com, Ryan
> Johnson nelsonresisters@gmail.com, Alfonso Carcamo
> alfonso@canucklinks.com, robin reid zorroboy@live.com, Byron Prior
> alltrue@nl.rogers.com, "t.j.burke@gnb.ca" t.j.burke@gnb.ca,
> thompson.g@parl.gc.ca, townhall@town.woodstock.nb.ca,
> ted.tax@justice.gc.ca, townofsussex@sussex.ca, "thibault.
> r"Thibault.R@parl.gc.ca, "oldmaison@yahoo.com" oldmaison@yahoo.com,
> "bruce.noble@fredericton.ca" bruce.noble@fredericton.ca,
> "faye.rammage@pcnb.org" faye.rammage@pcnb.org, Dan Fitzgerald
> danf@danf.net, "danny.copp@fredericton.ca" danny.copp@fredericton.ca>
>
> Some of the docments within this file are signed by your boss the US
> Attorney Michael Sullivan and it was me he was trying to argue about a
> great deal of money as he covered up for the actions of corrupt US
> Treasury Agents Correct?
>
> http://www.scribd.com/doc/
>
> And this is a true copy of one of many American Polce surveilance
> wiretap tapes that I have in my pssession many law enforcement
> authorities in Canada and the USA have received and acknowledged
> Correct?
>
> http://www.archive.org/
>
> Who the Hell do you think chucked them in the garbage in Boston many
> years ago? Here is your clue.
>
> http://www.boston.com/news/
> lly_portrayed_as_corrupt_
>
> Furthermore Didn't Connoly tell the bartender's daughter Whitey Bulger
> buried some of his victims just outsife Yarmouth in the crooked
> politician Robert Thibault's riding in Nova Scotia?
>
> Must I sue you too Fred???
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
> Date: Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 4:20 PM
> Subject: Hey Fred Wyshak Say hey to your boss the US Attorney Michael J.
> Sullivan for me will ya? In return I will say hey to Callahan's family
> for you, Deal?
> To: Fred.Wyshak@usdoj.gov, USAMA.MEDIA@usdoj.gov, w-five W-Five@ctv.ca,
> "
> t.j.burke@gnb.ca" t.j.burke@gnb.ca, oldmaison.wcie@gmail.com, "
> bruce.northrup@gnb.ca" bruce.northrup@gnb.ca, "bev.harrison@gnb.ca"
> bev.harrison@gnb.ca, "bruce.noble@fredericton.ca"
> bruce.noble@fredericton.ca, bmosher@mosherchedore.ca
> Cc: "moore.r@parl.gc.ca" moore.r@parl.gc.ca, "
> william.elliott@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
> ken.cook@fredericton.ca" ken.cook@fredericton.ca, "
> Kathy.Alchorn@fredericton.ca" Kathy.Alchorn@fredericton.ca,
> kelly.lamrock@gnb.ca, kmearn@townofmilton.org, kmunro@yahoo-inc.com, "
> wayne.steeves@gnb.ca" wayne.steeves@gnb.ca, "wally.stiles@gnb.ca"
> wally.stiles@gnb.ca, josie.maguire@dfait-maeci.gc.
> nelsonresisters@gmail.com
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Raymond Amos noreply-comment@blogger.com
> Date: Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 3:49 PMy Hey to
> Subject: [Just Dave] New comment on Just Dave.
> To: David.Raymond.Amos@gmail.com
>
> David Raymond Amos http://www.blogger.com/
> has left a new comment on the post "Just Dave
>
> http://davidamos.blogspot.com/
> ail":
>
> From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
> Date: Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 3:47 PM
> Subject: Attn Willi Burgess perhaps you should read what i just posted
> in my blog or other people's wesites
> To: j.ford@shaw.ca, newbobjoy@shaw.ca, donna.clarkson@shaw.ca,
> edphclarke@shaw.ca, tkiers@shaw.ca, kristiansen@shaw.ca,
> chalko@liberalalberta.ca, info@timuppal.ca, info@voterona.ca,
> RajotJ1@parl.gc.ca, info@mikelake.ca, info@brentrathgeber.com,
> info@voterahimjaffer.com, info@lauriehawn.ca, info@petergoldring.com,
> info@votejasonkenney.ca, info@jimprentice.ca, info@votedianeablonczy.ca,
> info@votelee.ca, info@reelectdeepakobhrai.com, info@devindershory.com,
> info@robanders.com, info@robmerrifield.ca, info@kevinsorenson.ca,
> blake@voteblake.ca, info@blainecalkins.ca, info@brianstorseth.ca,
> info@voteleonbenoit.ca, earl.dreeshen@shaw.ca,
> vote4warkentin@canada.com, vote4ted@tedmenzies.ca, casson@rickcasson.ca,
> info@brianjean.ca
> Cc: lindaduncan@ndp.ca, daveburkhart@ndp.ca, chughes@albertandp.ca,
> barbphillips@ndp.ca, nevc@shaw.ca, anand47@yahoo.com, hanarazga@ndp.ca,
> pricerg@telus.net, raymartin@ndp.ca, braunmw@telusplanet.net,
> donnamartyn@shaw.ca, cameronwakefield@shaw.ca, marie.read@greenparty.ca
>
> My concerns are far from confidential never mind what I know about
> BANKERS and the US Treasury Dept etc
>
> MURDER is a capital crime CORRECT? Connoly the ex FBI Agent's long
> delayed trial started today and I am the guy with the wiretap tapes that
> he threw out long ago. Why the Hell do you think I took such a chance
> with the corrupt RCMP last week and recorded me serving a copy of one
> wiretap tape upon them in Youtube before your boss Stevey Boy Harper had
> his buddy the Governor General drop the writ?
>
> Scroll down you will see that I am no liar. I posted this email there as
> well.
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
>
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> FEDERAL EXPRESS February 7, 2006
>
> Senator Arlen Specter
> United States Senate
> Committee on the Judiciary
> 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
> Washington, DC 20510
>
> Dear Mr. Specter:
>
> I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man named,
> David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters raised in
> the attached letter. Mr. Amos has represented to me that these are
> illegal FBI wire tap tapes. I believe Mr. Amos has been in contact with
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>
> Very truly yours,
> Barry A. Bachrach
> Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Amos" <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
To: <info@chicagotitle.ca>
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 3:01 PM
Subject: Fwd: Here is why I hung on the lawyer for Fidelity, Deb Smith
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
Date: Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 2:19 PM
Subject: Here is why I hung on the lawyer for Fidelity, Deb Smith
To: debsmith@fnf.com, dkmurphy@fnf.com, "t.j.burke@gnb.ca"
t.j.burke@gnb.ca, freb01@nb.sympatico.ca
Cc: corporate.communications@
investor.relations@firstam.com
She said she did not get my email even after I had the proof I that I
had sent it to her twice. I know the lawyers for First American Title
are not any more ethical but at least after all my calls and emails
and blogs etc they can't say their company didn't know the awful truth
about themselves before we meet in court.
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond amos
From: Smith, Debra - New York debsmith@fnf.com
Date: Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 1:54 PM
Subject: Out of Office AutoReply: First American and Fidelity National
Title Insurance dudes and other Real Estate Crooks
To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
I will be out of the office from Monday, October 13th through Friday,
October 17th. I will have no access to email. If you need immediate
assistance, please contact Maria Filippelli at
maria.filippelli@fnf.com or 212-880-1317. Thank you. Debra
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
Date: Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 1:54 PM
Subject: Fwd: First American and Fidelity National Title Insurance
dudes and other Real Estate Crooks
To: debsmith@fnf.com
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 1:36 PM
Subject: RE: First American and Fidelity National Title Insurance
dudes and other Real Estate Crooks
To: debsmith@fnf.com
Hey Gypsy just in case you think I am joking about Mikey Allen and the
Alliance Realty dudes in Moncton and the Cendant Corp dudes in New
Jersey who read my work in your blog quite often, I figured I would
expand on things a little bit for the benefit of my fellow common man
who pays taxes and and the mortgage on his home in good faith that the
bankers and government are ethical and won't screw him out of house
and home the first chance they get if you have the power to embarass
them. It happened to me and it can happen to anyone.
To stay on topic in this blog here is a little bit of what your MP
Mikey Allen knew about mean old me as soon as he got elected in 2006.
Hell I even discussed this crap with him on the phone after the
election and he asked what he could do. I demanded that he uphold his
oath as a parliamentarian and uphold the laws that the smiling
bastards make then I went to Woodsock and stuck some documents and CD
under his door to prove to him I am a man of my word and that his boss
Stevey Boy Harper was a crook. A bunch of kids in the computer access
place right next door to Allen's office watched me do it after I
explained some shit to them and they had told me that the new Neo Con
government had cut the funding and they were about to be shut down.
Hell I even said it in Youtube the day after I did it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Rest assured that the New Brunswick Real Estate Association learned
last year what their overseer the Minister of Justice of New Brunswick
knew I knew about their business over four years ago. The crooks in
Cendant Corp and the Title company dudes have laughed at me way past
too long for the benefit of Stevey Boy Harper and his puppet master.
Brian Mulroney.
Here are just a few of quite litterly thousands of document lawyers do
not want to argue with me about. I am writng this as I wait for John
Hershberger of Fidelity National Title Insurance in Jacksonville, FL,
32207 to never call me back as usual. (904 854 8976)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
Same thing a year before with different property and Coldwell Bankers
and First American Title
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
The above documents about Putnam Investments, Coldwell Bankers,
Cendant Corp, Brian Mulroney and the US Senate Committee on Banking
caused the following hearings from years ago to disappear from the
Congrgessional record just as soon as I made a few calls at about
this time last year.
http://banking.senate.gov/
http://banking.senate.gov/
These are the title dudes top lawyers. These publicly held
corporations sold the Title Insurance on two very fraudulent real
estate transactions which involves the forging of my wife's signature
and the creation of a fraudulent document bearing mine etc etc. The
first order of business of any lawyer working for a publicly held
company is to protect its shareholders' investment. The lawyers MUST
act with integrity not only according to their licence to practice law
for a fee but according to the Code of Ethical Conduct of the publicly
held company.
http://www.firstam.com/
The lawyers were very foolish indeed to make false allegations against
me while I was running for aseat in the 39th Parliament and then
invite me to sue their company just because they thought the corrupt
public officials would protect their fancy arses. Now that the actions
of many bankers, accountants and lawyers etc involving countless
questionable real estate business have come under scrutiny methinks
somebody should settle with me ASAP and tell the truth thewhole the
and nothing but the truth for the benefit of many people around the
world who have lost bags of money already because of loss of
confidence in their business.
Kenneth D. DeGiorgio
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
The First American Corporation
Corporate Headquarters: The First American Corporation1 First American
WaySanta Ana, California 92707
Toll Free: 1.800.854.3643
Local: 1.714.250.3000
Kenneth D. DeGiorgio is senior vice president and general counsel for
The First American Corporation.
Fidelity National Financial
Corporate Headquarters
601 Riverside Avenue
Jacksonville, FL 32204
888.934.3354
DeGiorgio's tenure with First American began in 1999 when he was
appointed regulatory counsel. He was promoted to vice president and
associate general counsel in 2001, then to his current position as
senior vice president and general counsel three years later. DeGiorgio
also serves on the board of directors of RP Data Ltd., an Australian
public company in which First American owns a minority interest.
DeGiorgio began his career as an associate in the Los Angeles office
of White & Case, a law firm based in New York. A California native, he
graduated with honors from Harvard University before attending
University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, where he earned a
juris doctor degree; and Anderson Graduate School of Management at
UCLA, where he received a master’s degree in business
administration. DeGiorgio resides in Long Beach, Calif.
Peter T. Sadowski
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
Peter T. Sadowski is Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE: FNF), a Fortune 500
provider, and a leading provider of title insurance, specialty
insurance and claims management services.
As Chief Legal Officer, Peter manages the Company's Legal Department,
consisting of more than 200 attorneys, paralegals and support
personnel from coast to coast. In addition, Peter directs Fidelity
National Global Solutions, the company's international arm; the
UCCPlus division; as well as directing the National Title Services of
Fidelity National Title Insurance Company and the National Business
Units of Chicago Title Insurance Company. These national commercial
units handle large, multi-state, multi-site commercial transactions
and work directly with large national clients.
Peter was born in Warsaw, Poland, and came to the United States at the
age of 14. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Louis
University in 1976 and his Law degree in 1978 from St. Louis
University School of Law.
During the first two years after law school, Peter served as Assistant
Attorney General of Missouri under John Ashcroft, who was then
Missouri Attorney General and who became the U.S. Attorney General
under President George W. Bush. In 1980 he joined the Stolar
Partnership, a law firm in St. Louis, where he became a partner in
1984. In 1996 Peter formed his own firm, named Goldberg, Katz,
Sadowski and Stansen.
Peter joined Fidelity National Financial in January 1999 and works
from its headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Amos" <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
To: <info-en-q@wikimedia.org>
Cc: "bob.rae" <bob.rae@rogers.blackberry.net
<bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>; "David Amos"
<david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 1:30 AM
Subject: Fwd: Tom Motamed best grip the helm and prepare for another
perfect storm A Proud Maritimer is baiting the Witch of November to
come early
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 01:31:48 -0300
Subject: Tom Motamed best grip the helm and prepare for another
perfect storm A Proud Maritimer is baiting the Witch of November to
come early
To: Thomas.Motamed@cna.com, samb@roughnotes.com,
salenger@marvinzonis.com, Jonathan.Kantor@cna.com, info@cnasurety.com,
bob-bke@rcn.com, trevor.a.schauenberg@ge.com,
insure@electricinsurance.com, thomas.pontarelli@cna.com,
elis.boone@att.net, oig <oig@sec.gov>, oig <oig@ftc.gov>, info
<info@bobkerrey.com>, brittany <brittany@debfischer2012.com>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
tmccoy@roughnotes.com, counsel <counsel@barackobama.com>, paul
<paul@mittforpresident.com>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, MulcaT
<MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>, "bob.rae" <bob.rae@rogers.blackberry.net
"bob.paulson" <bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, leader
<leader@greenparty.ca>
Perhaps the lawyer within Mr Motamed should read the document hereto
attached and finally call me back HIMSELF in order to have CNA settle
with me ASAP for the benefit of its shareholders. The wrongs of your
client are irrefuttable.
I am tired of CNA's minor minions being rude and inviting me to sue
the company or being very nice but playing as dumb as posts. After
your company acknowledged receiving the last three emails I sent
directly to you I see no reason why I shouldn't sue you and youor
associates personally as well. Do you Mr Motamed??? I doubt that you
would be as patient as I after the ridulous letter I got fron one of
CNA's lawyers in 2005.
After seven long years of waiting for the PUBLICLY held company to
finally act ethically I called YOUR lawyers' offices and several
others. In return NOBODY within CNA would talk to me or return my
calls once AGAIN. Everybody was in a "meeting" as usual. However many
found the time to surf the Internet in order to try to figure out why
I am so pissed off and preparing to sue CNA and a host of other
companies. Trevor Schauenberg should know that the same holds true for
GE.
Scroll down to see a little proof of the obvious malice from CNA
today. First I will prove to you that you dudes brag to much for your
own good and that I am not as dumb as you lawyers claim I am. EH Mr
Obama: coumsel??? ( Say Hoka Hey to Mitt, Madoff, Greg Craig and his
buddy Mr Eisen for me will ya?)
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.
Maritimers know how litigate, play on the stock market and practice
hard ball politicking too. After all this is the 200 year anniversary
of the War of 1812 in that one pissed off Canadians burnt the White
House and half of Washington Correct Mr Harper?
http://www.checktheevidence.
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
902 800 0369
http://www.cnasurety.com/
http://investor.cna.com/
http://investing.businessweek.
http://www.cna.com/portal/
http://business-insurance.
http://business-insurance.
http://business-insurance.
http://investing.businessweek.
http://investing.businessweek.
http://www.hardygroup.bm/
http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&
http://investing.businessweek.
http://idc.api.edgar-online.
Jonathan D. Kantor. Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and. Secretary.
Telephone 312-822-1384
Facsimile 312-817-0511
http://investing.businessweek.
http://www.ge.com/company/
http://www.marvinzonis.com/
Marvin Zonis+Associates, Inc.
p: 1.773.324.4196
p: 1.773.230.1501
salenger@marvinzonis.com
Bob Katz
Bob Katz Enterprises
p: 1.781.652.8160
bob-bke@rcn.com
From: Information At CNA Surety <info@cnasurety.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 03:22:27 +0000
Subject: E-mail Receipt Acknowledgment
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Thank you for your interest in CNA Surety. This is to acknowledge
receipt of your email.
Your inquiry has been forwarded to the appropriate department for
handling. You can expect a response soon, usually within one business
day if this is an underwriting issue.
If this matter relates to a claim, you can expect to receive a written
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http://www.roughnotes.com/
Taking the helm in a perfect storm
Industry veteran Tom Motamed brings experience and vision to CNA
By Elisabeth Boone, CPCU
------------------------------
The phrase “perfect storm,” taken from the title of Sebastian Junger’s
breathtaking saga of the Gloucester fishing fleet’s encounter with
destiny in the North Atlantic, has been used to describe everything
from meteorological catastrophes to financial collapses.
Albeit well worn, the term describes with pinpoint accuracy the
situation in which large, multiple line insurers currently find
themselves. Like the 50-foot waves that buffeted the swordboat “Andrea
Gail” in The Perfect Storm, powerful forces are challenging carriers
on all sides: the prolonged soft market in property/casualty lines;
possible reserve inadequacies for life companies; the stock market
volatility, the credit crunch, and the ongoing crisis in the housing
market.
Given the number, nature, and magnitude of these challenges, few would
question the decision of industry veteran Thomas F. Motamed to retire
last June from The Chubb Corporation after a distinguished 31-year
career with the insurer. Motamed joined Chubb in 1977 as a claims
trainee and in 2002 was elected vice chairman and chief operating
officer.
Quite a few people, however, might wonder what motivated Motamed to
defer his well-earned R&R and instead return to the executive suite,
this time at a leading multi-line carrier based in Chicago.
On January 5, 2009, Motamed began his tenure as chairman and chief
executive officer of CNA Financial, the holding company of CNA
insurance companies. He succeeded Stephen W. Lilienthal, who retired
in Deccember 2008 after holding those positions since 2002.
In an exclusive interview with Rough Notes, Motamed explained his
reasons for accepting the top post at CNA and, from the perspective of
his first 30 days on the job, shared his insights into the myriad
challenges that face his organization and its competitors in today’s
storm-tossed market.
“First and foremost, I thought there was a tremendous opportunity to
build a great company,” Motamed said. “CNA has been around since 1897,
so it has a long history, and I thought it had good people. This is a
people business, and if you have good people who are on the right
page, you can win.”
Ranking priorities
Given the “perfect storm” in which insurers are struggling to remain
afloat, how do leaders like Motamed approach the challenge of
establishing their priorities?
“Everyone—individuals, businesses in general, and certainly insurance
companies—is facing a decline in the value of their assets,” Motamed
observed. “To me, probably the most serious issue insurance companies
are dealing with, particularly life companies, is the asset side of
the balance sheet. Clearly, everyone is hoping for an economic
recovery and a financial market recovery, but we need to be constantly
looking at ways to improve the financial side of the business.”
In recent months, some life insurers have been petitioning their home
state insurance departments to reduce reserve requirements to help
preserve their financial stability ratings in the current crisis. We
asked Motamed to comment on this trend.
“Every insurance company I know has taken a hit on the asset side,” he
replied. “When that happens, you’re subjected to scrutiny by the
rating agencies. I believe that all of us who run companies, who
believe that we have good products, services and people, don’t want to
operate under the cloud of a lower rating. People look to the
financial strength of insurers to protect their assets when it comes
to a claim,” he pointed out.
“It’s important to remember that we’re not the only ones in control of
our destiny. We’re watched by the rating agencies and by state
regulators, and by the federal government when it gives TARP money to
insurers.” In this environment, Motamed remarked, “I think everyone is
trying to avoid a downturn in their rating.”
Eye on the cycle
These days you’d have to go a long way to find any Pollyannas in the
insurance business, and Motamed is no relentless optimist. Neither,
however, is he a pessimist; his long experience in the industry
informs his stance as a confirmed realist.
“I think it’s a great business with great people, and it’s cyclical,”
he said. “People have to understand that we’re in a cycle now where
it’s not as lucrative for insurers, and customers are getting lower
prices. And that will change.”
For that reason, Motamed sees no reason to view today’s soft
property/casualty market as anything more than an inevitable turn in
the traditional underwriting cycle.
“A lot of people are complaining about the soft market, but the
current soft cycle is a lot shorter than historic soft market cycles,”
he commented. “It’s not as bad as people think, and the calendar year
results are pretty good for most insurance companies. The current
accident years are coming under some pressure, but a lot of companies
reported pretty good earnings and combined ratios, aside from what
happened on the investment side of the house.
“Core property and casualty results continue to be pretty good,”
Motamed continued. “Growth is not good, but in economic times like
these, where sales and payrolls are down and people are not
reinvesting in their businesses, it’s hard to charge people more money
for insurance when they’re already suffering economically.”
In times like these, Motamed said, “Whether you’re an insurance
company or an agent, the most important thing you can do is stay close
to the customer. We have to stay close to our agents and brokers, and
we have to execute our fundamentals in a superb way. We also have to
be clear about our abilities in the marketplace, and we have to
exercise what I call ‘continuing underwriting discipline,’” Motamed
asserted.
It’s equally important to recognize, he continued, that “this is a
face-to-face business. Underwriters need to be in front of their
agents, and agents need to be in front of their customers. Technology
is never going to change the face-to-face nature of the business, and
I don’t think it should.”
Pointing to another imperative, Motamed said, “We have to make sure
we’re providing excellent service to the ultimate customer, because
that’s who pays the bills.”
Playing to strengths
How does Motamed characterize the key strengths of CNA in today’s
economic climate?
“I’ve learned a lot about the company since I got here, and I’ve been
very pleased,” Motamed replied. “First, we have good ratings, and
people look to that. We have solid service capabilities in claims,
risk control, and back-office operations. We’re known in the
marketplace for underwriting strength in our HealthPro business,
construction, and our programs.” (The CNA HealthPro division was
profiled in an article titled “Leading the Way in Health Care
Liability” in the October 2008 issue of Rough Notes.)
A key strength for CNA is its relationships with the agents and
brokers who distribute its products, Motamed emphasized. “We’re very
much an independent agent company, and agents will be hearing more
about CNA expanding its relationships with groups like the Big ‘I’ and
the CIAB. We believe we have to work with our agency force to provide
first-class solutions to clients,” he said.
“Agents need to be more selective as to whom they represent,” Motamed
remarked, “and stick with those relationships and build stronger
relationships with a core group of companies, rather than dealing with
a fractured list of markets. It’s not economical, and it creates
problems on the E&O side if you don’t really know what your markets
are selling.”
What’s more, Motamed commented, “Agents have to be more vocal to their
underwriters as to what products and services they want and what their
customers are willing to pay for. On the other hand, we as
underwriters know that price is part of every sales equation, but
agents need to demonstrate their value to the client as well as the
value of the market they are representing.
“At the end of the day,” Motamed asserted, “relationships are
everything. In soft markets and hard markets, agents want long-term
relationships with their clients, and we want the same with our
agents. It’s cost effective; ultimately it’s more profitable not only
for the agent and the underwriter but also for the client when there’s
a long-term relationship.”
Future of consolidation
The last several years have seen the consolidation of some industry
giants that few if any industry observers ever would have imagined
joining forces. Centuries-old names have disappeared amid a wave of
mergers and acquisitions as insurers seek to control their ever-rising
costs of doing business. We asked Motamed to comment on this trend and
whether he expects it to continue.
“It’s kind of a ‘tale of two cities,’” he responded. “On the one hand,
I expect more consolidation because there are companies with weaker
balance sheets that are unable to raise capital in this economic
climate. Underwriting results have deteriorated in the soft market, so
logically that suggests that some companies would view a sale to be in
the best interests of their shareholders.
“On the other hand, there are fewer buyers, because they have weaker
balance sheets as well,” Motamed observed, “and they also have the
problem of raising capital today. What’s more, today there are many
fewer companies to buy than there were 30 years ago. So when you look
at consolidation, logically it should happen—but will it? Only time
will tell.”
Like his peers in the executive suites of other top insurers, Motamed
was leery of playing the role of crystal ball gazer. Asked what he
thinks the property/casualty business might look like three to five
years from now, he did offer some thoughts.
“I can’t predict the future with any degree of accuracy, but I expect
there will be a turning point on pricing in the next year or two,”
Motamed said. “However, that will be muted by the effects of the
economy. Underwriters will be able to get a better price for the
product, but whether it’s payroll, sales, or total insured values,
they are still going to be depressed until the economy comes back.
“We’re looking at a scenario where the bottom line may improve, but
growth will be difficult in a soft economy. Profitability could
improve as rates increase, but the fact is that clients still won’t be
paying a lot more for their insurance,” Motamed said.
Challenges notwithstanding, Motamed declared: “I continue to be
excited about the opportunities at CNA. It’s great to be back in the
saddle, and CNA has a lot of advantages. We have talented people who
really want to work with our agents, and our local presence in the
marketplace with CNA offices is very important so our field people can
have face-to-face discussions with their agents,” Motamed said. “We
want to be a company that thinks in a big way but acts very locally.”
Just Dave
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Subject: Attn Stephen Immelt I just called and left you a message perhaps you should have your friend Ty Cobb call me ASAP (902 800 0369)
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Subject: RE: Yo President Trump RE the Federal Court of Canada File No
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Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry
Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 Time: 10:00 AM
Topic
Witnesses
Witness Panel 1
-
Mr.
William H.
Donaldson
ChairmanSecurities and Exchange Commission
Witness Panel 2
-
Mr.
Matthew P.
Fink
PresidentInvestment Company Institute
-
Mr.
Marc
Lackritz
PresidentSecurities Industry Association
Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2003 Time: 02:00 PM
Topic
Witnesses
Witness Panel 1
-
Mr.
Stephen M.
Cutler
Director - Division of EnforcementSecurities and Exchange Commission
-
Mr.
Robert
Glauber
Chairman and CEONational Association of Securities Dealers
-
Eliot
Spitzer
Attorney GeneralState of New York
Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry: Understanding the Fund Industry from the Investor’s Perspective
Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 Time: 10:00 AM
Topic
Witnesses
Witness Panel 1
-
Mr.
Tim
Berry
TreasurerState of Indiana
-
Honorable
Gary
Gensler
ChairmanU.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
-
Mr.
James K.
Glassman
Resident FellowAmerican Enterprise Institute
-
Mr.
Don
Phillips
Managing DirectorMorningstar, Inc
-
Mr.
Jim
Riepe
Vice Chairman of the Board of DirectorsT. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry: Fund Operations and Governance.
Date: Thursday, February 26, 2004 Time: 02:00 PM
Topic
Witnesses
Witness Panel 1
-
Mr.
Jack
Bogle
FounderThe Vanguard Group
-
Ms.
Mellody
Hobson
PresidentAriel Capital Management
-
Mr.
David
Pottruck
President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of DirectorsCharles Schwab
-
Mr.
David
Ruder
Former ChairmenU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry: The Regulatory Landscape
Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 Time: 10:00 AM
Topic
Witnesses
Witness Panel 1
-
Ms.
Lori
Richards
Director, Office of Compliance, Inspections, and ExaminationsSecurities and Exchange Commission
-
Mr.
Paul
Roye
Director, Division of Investment ManagementSecurities and Exchange Commission
-
Ms.
Mary
Schapiro
Vice Chairman of NASD and President of NASD Regulatory Policy & OversightNational Association of Securities Dealers
-
Honorable
David M.
Walker
Comptroller General of the United States
Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry: Fund Operations and Governance
Date: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 Time: 10:00 AM
Topic
Witnesses
Witness Panel 1
-
Professor
Mercer
Bullard
Associate Professor of LawUniversity of Mississippi School of Law
-
Mr.
William D
Lutz
Professor of EnglishRutgers University
-
Mr.
Robert
Pozen
Non-Executive ChairmanMassachusetts Financial Services Co.
-
Ms.
Barbara
Roper
Director of Investor ProtectionConsumer Federation of America
Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry: Fund Costs and Distribution Practices
Date: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 Time: 02:30 PM
Topic
Witnesses
Witness Panel 1
-
Honorable
Daniel K.
Akaka (D-HI)
United States Senator
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Honorable
Susan
Collins (R-ME)
United States Senator
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Honorable
Peter
Fitzgerald (R-IL)
United States Senator
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Honorable
Carl
Levin (D-MI)
United States Senator
Witness Panel 2
-
Mr.
Paul G.
Haaga, Jr.
Executive Vice President and Director of Capitol Research and Management Company, and Chairman of the Investment Company Institute
-
Mr.
Chet
Helck
President and Chief Operating OfficerRaymond James Financial
-
Mr.
Thomas
Putnam
Founder and CEOFenimore Asset Management
-
Mr.
Edward
Siedle
Founder and PresidentThe Benchmark Companies
-
Mr.
Mark
Treanor
General Counsel and Head of Legal DepartmentWachovia Corporation
Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry: The SEC's Perspective
Date: Thursday, April 8, 2004 Time: 10:00 AM
Topic
Witnesses
Witness Panel 1
-
Mr.
William H.
Donaldson
ChairmanSecurities and Exchange Commission
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REVIEW OF CURRENT INVESTIGATIONS
AND REGULATORY ACTIONS REGARDING
THE MUTUAL FUND INDUSTRY
HEARINGS
BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE ON
BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS
FIRST AND SECOND SESSION
ON
INVESTIGATIONS AND REGULATORY ACTIONS REGARDING THE
MUTUAL FUND INDUSTRY AND INVESTORS’ PROTECTION
NOVEMBER 18, 20, 2003, FEBRUARY 25, 26, MARCH 2, 10, 23, 31, AND
APRIL 8, 2004
Printed for the use of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
REVIEW OF CURRENT INVESTIGATIONS
AND REGULATORY ACTIONS REGARDING
THE MUTUAL FUND INDUSTRY
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2003
U.S. SENATE,
COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS,
Washington, DC.
The Committee met at 10 a.m. in room SD–538 of the Dirksen
Senate Office Building, Senator Richard C. Shelby (Chairman of
the Committee) presiding.
OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN RICHARD C. SHELBY
Chairman SHELBY. The hearing shall come to order.
This hearing is part of the Committee’s ongoing oversight of the
mutual fund industry. Today, the Committee will review current
investigations and enforcement proceedings and examine regu-
latory actions taken to date in order to fully inform and guide the
Banking Committee’s consideration of possible legislative reform.
On September 30, 2003, this Committee first examined the scope
of problems confronting the mutual fund industry. At that time,
Chairman Donaldson testified about the SEC’s ongoing enforce-
ment actions and described the SEC’s regulatory blueprint for
adopting new regulations aimed at improving the transparency of
fund operations and stopping abusive trading practices. Since
Chairman Donaldson’s testimony, we have learned that improper
fund trading practices are a widespread problem that fund insiders,
brokers, and privileged clients have profited from at the expense of
average investors.
In early September, New York Attorney General Spitzer uncov-
ered arrangements through which brokers facilitated improper
trades for their clients in certain prominent mutual funds in ex-
change for large, fee generating investments. Since this initial set-
tlement, we have learned the extent to which both intermediaries,
such as brokers, and fund executives have engaged in illicit trading
activities. We have read about the backhanded ways by which the
brokers colluded with their customers to disguise improper trade
orders to make them appear legitimate, thus evading detection by
mutual fund policing systems.
Even in situations where mutual funds attempted to halt im-
proper trading activity, certain brokers created fictitious names
and account numbers to fool fund compliance officers and to con-
tinue trading. Recent investigations have also revealed that mutual
fund executives and portfolio managers have actively engaged in
improper trading activity. And these allegations are particularly
troubling because fund executives and portfolio managers have
represented themselves as protecting client assets, but they failed
by either knowingly permitting improper trading by brokers or
actively engaging in illegal trading activities themselves.
Such practices may not only violate prospectus disclosures, but
also violate the fiduciary duties that funds owe to their share-
holders—the duties to treat all shareholders equitably and to pro-
tect shareholder interests. Further, regulators have indicated that
they may soon file charges against funds that have selectively
disclosed portfolio information to certain privileged investors and
fund executives that may have engaged in illegal insider trading by
acting on the basis of nonpublic information.
As this Committee made clear during Chairman William H.
Donaldson’s September 30 appearance here, a regulatory response
to improper trading activities is just one of the many actions that
the SEC must take to address the many troubling issues that have
come to light in the mutual fund industry. This Committee remains
concerned with the transparency of fund operations and ensuring
that investors can learn how their fund is being managed. It has
become very, very apparent that many of the questionable fund
practices that are now being examined are not just the result of a
few bad actors, but are longstanding industry practices that have
largely gone unregulated and not well disclosed to, or understood
by, most investors.
Therefore, this Committee must take a comprehensive look, I be-
lieve, at the industry to determine if the industry’s operations and
practices are consistent with investors’ interests and the greater
interests of the market. It may be that we must consider possible
realignment of interests to ensure that mutual funds are operating
as efficiently and fairly as the market and investors demand. We
will examine fund disclosure practices regarding fees, trading costs,
sales commissions, and portfolio holdings. So, we will continue to
question the conflicts of interest surrounding the relationship be-
tween the investment adviser and the fund and how potential
changes to fund governance and disclosure practices may minimize
these conflicts.
We will also focus on fund sales practices to ensure that brokers
sell suitable investments to their clients, provide adequate disclo-
sure of any sales incentives, and give clients any breakpoint dis-
counts to which they are entitled.
Chairman Donaldson has told this Committee that the SEC has
the necessary statutory authority to reform the mutual fund indus-
try and is in the process of conducting a comprehensive rulemak-
ing. As we have learned in other contexts, however, additional reg-
ulation is not the only answer. Late trading is clearly illegal and
market timing is actively deterred and policed. Despite prohibitions
and warnings, these activities continued unabated because of the
inadequate compliance and enforcement regimes at the SEC, the
mutual funds and the brokers. Whether due to a lack of resources
or other pressing priorities, mutual fund abuses simply did not re-
ceive adequate attention from the SEC. Although recent enforce-
ment actions indicate that priorities have changed, we need to
and halt future fund abuses.
Vigorous enforcement remains the key to restoring integrity to
the fund industry, and Attorney General Spitzer’s timely actions
once again demonstrate, I believe, the significant role that States
play in prosecuting fraud and abuse in the securities markets. Re-
gardless of the number of rules or amount of resources, it would
be impractical to expect the SEC to detect every single fraud and
manipulation in the fund industry. Therefore, the mutual funds
and the brokerage houses themselves must proactively adopt new
compliance measures to detect fraud and abuse. For many years,
participants in the mutual fund industry maintain industry ‘‘best
practices.’’ These practices, however, have clearly proven to be in-
adequate as brokers and funds have disregarded conflicts of inter-
est and colluded at the expense of investors without detection.
Although funds and brokers owe different types of duties to their
investors, both groups have an obligation to refrain from knowingly
ignoring their clients’ interests and profiting at their expense.
With over 95 million investors and $7 trillion—yes, $7 trillion—
in assets, mutual funds have always been perceived as the safe
investment option for average investors. America has become a Na-
tion of investors, but there is no doubt that recent revelations
about mutual funds have caused very many to question the per-
ceived fairness of the industry. Many are surprised to learn that
the mutual fund industry is plagued by the same conflict that was
at the root of the Enron scandal and the global settlement—one set
of profitable rules for insiders and another costly set for average
investors.
Beyond the legal concepts of fiduciary duties and transparency,
there is a more fundamental principle that should underlie the
operation of the mutual fund industry and our securities markets
in general.
This principle is that securities firms and mutual funds should
not neglect investors’ interests and knowingly profit at their ex-
pense. Until firms can demonstrate an ability to abide by this
ideal, investors will not trust the markets, nor should they. In our
own way, Congress, the SEC and regulators, and industry partici-
pants must collectively work to reform the mutual fund industry in
order to restore investor confidence. I believe, we must reassure in-
vestors that mutual funds are a vehicle in which they can safely
invest their money and not fall victim to financial schemes. The
mutual fund industry is simply too important to too many Ameri-
cans to do otherwise.
Examining the mutual fund industry is a priority for this Com-
mittee, and I look forward to working with my fellow Committee
Members, especially Senators Enzi, Dodd, and Corzine, all of whom
have already expressed significant interest in this issue.
Our first witness today is Chairman Bill Donaldson, and on the
second panel we will hear from Matthew Fink, President of the In-
vestment Company Institute, and Marc Lackritz, President of the
Securities Industry Association.
Now, I will call on my Members.
Senator Sarbanes.
Chairman
MFS Investment Management
and
Visiting Professor
Harvard Law School
“REVIEW OF CURRENT INVESTIGATIONS AND REGULATORY ACTIONS
REGARDING THE MUTUAL FUND INDUSTRY:
FUND OPERATIONS AND GOVERNANCE”
COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
UNITED STATES SENATE
Committee for this opportunity to present my views on appropriate reforms for the mutual fund
industry.
My name is Robert C. Pozen and I am from Boston, Massachusetts. I am currently
Chairman of MFS Investment Management, which manages approximately $140 billion for
approximately 370 accounts including over 100 mutual funds serving approximately six million
investors. I am also a visiting professor at Harvard Law School and author of the textbook The
Mutual Fund Business (2 ed. Houghton Mifflin 2001).
I commend the Committee for engaging in a deliberative and broad-ranging review of the
operations and regulation of the mutual fund industry. While I welcome questions about any
aspect of the fund industry, I will limit my testimony today to three areas where I believe that MFS is helping to set important new standards for the fund industry:
The current system of paying for goods and services with “soft dollars”, taken out of
brokerage commissions, is detrimental to mutual fund shareholders. The use of “soft dollar”
payments makes it virtually impossible for a fund manager to ascertain the true costs of executing trades because execution costs are bundled together with the costs of other goods and services such as research reports and Bloomberg terminals. If these costs were unbundled, then fund managers could pay cash out of their own pockets for independent research or market data, and could negotiate for lower execution prices for fund shareholders.
broker on Wall Street, the trader pays five cents a share for execution plus a broad range of
goods or services from the executing broker or third parties: e.g., securities research, market data and brokerage allocations to promote fund sales. These goods and services are paid in “soft dollars”: that is, they are bundled into the five cents per share charge in a non- transparent
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be required to pay five cents per share by the full-service broker.
In other words, it is almost impossible to obtain a price discount from a full-service
Wall Street firm for executing a large fund trade. However, that firm is willing to provide an in-kind
discount in the form of soft dollars that can be used to purchase various goods or services. This is
more than a technical pricing oddity. The key point is this: a price discount on the trade (for
example, from five cents to three cents per share) would go directly to the mutual fund and its
shareholders. In-kind services like market data services go directly to the fund management
company and only indirectly to the mutual fund and its shareholders.
MFS has already eliminated the use of “soft dollars” to promote sales of mutual fund
shares. Since January 1, 2004, MFS has been paying cash out of its own pocket to broker-
dealers to promote fund sales. While the SEC has proposed a rule to this effect, MFS has
switched from soft dollars to cash to promote fund sales regardless of whether and when the SEC
adopts its rule.
More dramatically, earlier this month MFS decided to stop using soft dollars to pay for
third-party research1 and market data. Again MFS will pay cash out of its own pocket for these
items. MFS estimates that this decision will cost the management company $10 to $15 million per
year. Yet MFS has agreed not to raise its advisory fees for its funds over the next five years.
Why is MFS willing to take the lead on getting off the addiction to soft dollars and moving to the healthy environment of price discounts?
1 We are not stopping the use of “soft dollars” for proprietary research and other services. Only recently has the SEC issued a concept release on accounting for all the elements of a bundled commission. SEC Release IC-26313 (Dec. 19, 2003).
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MFS will issue an individualized quarterly statement, rather than a general listing of fund expenses in basis points, which will show each fund shareholder a reasonable estimate of his or her actual fund expenses in dollar terms.
various categories of fund expenses in basis points. The table might say, for instance:
Advisory Fee 53 bp
Transfer Agency Fee 10 bp
Other Fees 2 bp
12 b-1 Fee 25 bp
Total Expenses 90 bp
Nevertheless, some critics have argued that mutual fund investors need customized
expense statements. By that, these critics mean the actual expenses paid by a shareholder in
period. For example, we would have to compute the exact expenses of a shareholder who held
Fund A from January 15 until March 31 without reinvesting fund dividends; another shareholder
who held Fund B for the whole year and reinvested all fund dividends; and yet another
shareholder who held Fund C from February 1 until June 15 as well as from August 22 until
December 11 (during both periods, assuming no record date for fund dividends occurred).
This type of customized expense statement would, in my opinion, involve enormous
computer programming costs. The program would have to track the holdings of every fund
shareholder on a daily basis, take into account whether a fund dividend was reinvested or paid
out to the shareholder, and apply monthly basis point charges to fund balances reflecting monthly
appreciation or depreciation of fund assets. Of course, these large computer costs would
ultimately be passed on to fund shareholders.
At MFS, we will provide every fund shareholder with an estimate of his or her actual
expenses on their quarterly statements.2 We can do this at an affordable cost by making one
reasonable assumption—that the fund holdings of the shareholder at the end of the quarter were
the same throughout the quarter. Although this is a simplifying assumption, it produces a good
estimate of actual fund expenses since most shareholders do not switch funds during a quarter.
Indeed, this assumption will often lead to a slightly higher estimate of individualized expenses
than the actual amount because some shareholders will buy the fund during the quarter and other
shareholders will reinvest fund dividends during the quarter.
In addition, MFS will send its shareholders in every fund’s semi-annual report the
total amount of brokerage commissions paid by the fund during the relevant period as well as the
fund’s average commission rate per share (for example, 4.83 cents per share on average). But
this information on brokerage commissions should be separated from the fund expense table
because all the other items in the table are ordinary expenses expressed in basis points. By
contrast, brokerage commissions are a capital expense added to the tax basis of the securities
held by the fund, and brokerage commissions are expressed in cents per share.
2 These individualized expenses will not include brokerage costs because they are capitalized in the cost of the portfolio
security.
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The mutual fund industry has a unique governance structure: the fund is a separate entity from its external manager. The independent directors of the fund must annually approve the
terms and conditions of the fund’s contract with its external manager. Of course, the independent directors usually reappoint the management company. In an industrial company, how often do the directors throw out the whole management team? But the independent directors of most mutual funds, in my experience, do represent fund shareholders by negotiating for contract terms and monitoring potential conflicts of interest.
industry. To begin with, over 75% of the board is comprised of independent directors, who elect their own independent chairman. The chairman leads the executive sessions of independent directors, which occur before or after every board meeting. The independent chairman also helps set the board’s agenda for each meeting. A lead independent director could definitely take charge of the executive sessions and a lead director could also help set the board’s agenda. Thus, it
does not matter which title is employed; the key is to insure that a senior independent director
plays these two functions.
In many boards, the independent directors have their own independent counsel, as
the MFS boards do. But the independent directors of the MFS funds are going one step further by
appointing their own compliance officer. This officer will monitor all compliance activities by MFS
as well as supervise the fund’s own activities, and will report regularly to the Compliance
Committee of the Board (which itself is composed solely of independent directors).
On the management company side, MFS is the only company I know of that has a
non-executive chairman reporting to the independent directors of the MFS funds. This is a new
position designed to assure that the management company is fully accountable to the funds’
independent directors.
Finally, MFS as a management company has established the new position of Executive Vice President for Regulatory Affairs, and filled the position with a distinguished industry veteran. In addition, MFS has hired a distinguished law firm partner as its new general
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This high profile position within MFS is more than symbolic; it represents the great significance
given by MFS to these regulatory functions. While these functions are performed in most fund
management companies, it is rare to see the person in charge of these functions having the title of executive vice president and serving on the executive committee of the firm.
Conclusions
In summary, MFS is trying to establish standards of best practices in three important
areas to fund shareholders:
proposing and adopting a myriad of rules on disclosure requirements and substantive prohibitions or the fund industry—which overlap to a degree with the efforts of the fund management firms.
Because the SEC and the management firms are making such serious efforts to develop
higher behavioral norms for the mutual fund industry, it might be useful for Congress to monitor these efforts before finalizing a bill on mutual fund reforms. These are complex issues that may be better suited to an evolutionary process, led by an expert public agency with the flexibility to address the changing legal and factual environment.
to answer any questions the Chairman or Committee Members might have.
Robert C. Pozen
- Former president of Fidelity Investments and executive chairman of MFS Investment Management
- Expert who has made hundreds of appearances to companies, television audiences and leaders around the world
- Writer for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, the Harvard Business Review, and more around the globe
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