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: : : : (http://www.enenkio.wakeisland.org)SIR. : : : : : : : : The following electronic message contains an urgent Diplomatic : : : Communiqué and solicits your immediate attention. If it has reached you : : : in error, please forward it to the proper state authority with sincere : : : appreciation from H.M. King Hermios, residing in exile. : Alen P. Stayman - Source Disinformation,Fraud and Lies about EnenKio : Contact: Steve Hansen ( Steve.Hansen@mail.house.gov) (202) 225-7749 or Arturo Silva ( Arturo.Silva@mail.house.gov) (202) 225-4063 To: National Desk/Environmental Reporter July 12, 2000 Inspector General Testifies About Political & Lobbying Activity At Department Of Interior "Most Egregious Example I've Seen" In 30 Years Of Law Enforcement Washington, D.C. - The Inspector General for the U.S. Department of the Interior today outlined numerous examples of political and lobbying activity at the Department which led him to refer the matter for possible criminal prosecution against an agency employee. Earl E. Devaney, Inspector General for the Department of the Interior, testified before the U.S. House Committee on Resources that former Interior official David North's political activities were "the most egregious example I've seen" in 30 years of law enforcement. North "retired" last year immediately after the Resources Committee began an investigation into North's political activities. Devaney testified that North conducted political activity from his federal office during work hours against Majority Leader Armey (R-TX), Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-TX), and U.S. Reps. Phil English (R-PA), Brian Bilbray (R-CA) and Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA). In addition, Devaney testified that North sought to ist Democrat Congressional candidates and had contact with the Democrat National Committee and the Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee. Clinton's Department Of Justice Refuses To Prosecute Case Inspector General Devaney also stated that he was disappointed that the Department of Justice declined to prosecute North for criminal actions. U.S. Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), the Chairman of the Committee, responded that he wasn't surprised "considering the Clinton-Gore Administration's well-doented manipulation of the Justice Department to protect activity by its political appointees." "This is the most partisan and politically-motivated Justice Department in the history of the nation," Young said. Another Clinton Political Appointee Is Under Investigation By Government Devaney also explained to the Committee that Allen Stayman, the former Director of the Office of Insular Affairs, was under investigation by the Office of Special Counsel for possible political and lobbying activities. Devaney said his investigation uncovered evidence that Stayman was aware of some of North's political and lobbying activities. The Resources Committee is also investigating actions by Ferdinand "Danny" Aranza, the current Director of the Office of Insular Affairs. Both Aranza and Stayman testified under oath at today's hearing under subpoena. "I've never high-ranking officials suffer such convenient memory lapses in my 27 years in Congress," Young said. "Despite the denials and all of the 'I-can't-recalls', we will continue to pursue to this issue." Inspector General Devaney also testified that North isted organizations like the Global Survival Network and helped prepare a "report" that questioned connections between Members of Congress and garment executives. The organization later submitted the report to Congress. Devaney also testified that North provided confidential information about private individuals to a reporter. Chairman Young's Opening Statement "After a year-long oversight review, this Committee has unearthed overwhelming doentation of numerous highly unethical and improper actions by federal employees of the Office of Insular Affairs, or OIA. "We have been able to substantiate multiple acts of partisan political activity, lobbying with appropriated funds, producing materials and collecting information under false pretenses, and violations of the privacy of individuals and businesses - all courtesy of the U.S. taxpayer. "In short, we have found mive waste, fraud, and abuse at the Office of Insular Affairs. This is what Congressional oversight is supposed to be all about. "OIA's highly questionable activities, at taxpayer expense, include: researching and writing political campaign press releases and candidate position papers for candidates to present as campaign materials; researching and drafting partisan memos and press releases for Democratic party offices, including the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic National Congressional Committee, The House Democratic Caucus, and state party organizations, to present as their own campaign materials; editing, researching and writing reports, position papers, and press releases for lobbying organizations to use to influence the outcome of legislation before Congress; hiring private investigators to nose around Saipan and even Hong Kong to dig up information on the garment industry; digging up private, sensitive information about private citizens they don't like, and then releasing that information - full names, Social Security numbers, Alien registration information - to investigative journalists. The Committee has subpoenaed and reviewed the contents of hundreds of thousands of doents, as well as the contents of six agency computers and dozens of computer diskettes. At the same time as these materials were being provided to the Committee, the Department was also providing them to the Interior Department Inspector General, Earl Devaney. Interior's own doents show that one purpose of this referral was the hope that an ongoing IG investigation might be a successful excuse to stop producing materials to the Committee. In fact, this excuse was attempted. It did not work then, and it will not work now. This Committee must not - and will not - turn its back on its duty to oversee that activities of officials at the Interior Department - particularly when there are specific and credible allegations they are using the resources authorized by this Committee, for partisan and inappropriate purposes. Nevertheless, I'm sure you will hear the same old song and dance from the Democrat minority: this has been a witch-hunt, this is partisan, there is an active criminal investigation, so we should just drop it. We've seen this defense tactic used so many times from the Minority in this Administration, and in this Committee, that it amazes even me. But let me remind the Democrats that if it weren't for the inquiry being conducted by this Committee, there would be no criminal investigation anywhere. It was only after - and as a direct result of - the opening of this inquiry and the issuance of the initial subpoenas, that the Interior Department forwarded the information to the Office of Special Counsel and the Inspector General. At each step of the inquiry, as this Committee has gathered more information from the Administration, they have had to forward it also to the Inspector General and the OSC. That is how Mr. Devaney learned about the abuses going on at OIA. So now we will hear from the Inspector General, a career law enforcement professional, and a Clinton Appointee. Mr. Devaney delivered a copy of his final report to the Committee on Monday, and appears to have found the same level of waste, fraud, and abuse at OIA that the Committee has found. So, unless you believe in a grand conspiracy involving the Congress and the entire office of the IG appointed by Clinton, this is not a partisan witch hunt. This is about doing our : protecting the taxpayer, protecting privacy, protecting against waste, fraud, and abuse. You'll also hear from my friends in the Democrat minority that the improper activities were only carried out by one rogue operator, David North, and that he's now off the payroll, so let's just drop it. But Mr. North's "retirement" doesn't absolve this Committee of its duty to get to the bottom of things, and to find out who else may have been involved. That's why we're here today, and that's why we have subpoenaed Mr. North's two superiors, former OIA Director Allen Stayman, and former Deputy Director Danny Aranza, the current Director. They had the duty to monitor what Mr. North was up to. Lastly - and most loudly - you'll hear from the Democrats that what was going on in the garment industry in the CNMI1 was so bad that it justified what North and others were up to. Let me be clear: This hearing is NOT about allegations of worker abuse on the CNMI. We have had a CODEL2 to the CNMI, and we have held a hearing on the CNMI, but THIS hearing is about abuses in the OIA, which this Committee has a duty to oversee. And we will NOT be de-railed. If federal officials are allowed to break any laws they want, to violate people's rights, just because they believe their cause is just, then Katie bar the door. The message to all federal employees would be that constitutional and statutory rights don't matter, as long as big brother in the government thinks the cause is just. If the Democrat minority gets its way, then who gets to draw the line? What would my colleagues say if it was a Republican Administration abusing people's privacy and conducting partisan political activity, because they thought the cause was just? If the Minority thinks what went on here was OK, and that we should just ignore the partisan activity and the lobbying and the privacy violations, then they should go on the record and say so. Then the next Administration, and the American people, will know where they stand." 1. CNMI - Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands. 2. CODEL - Congressional Delegation. For more information, please check the House Committee on Resources Home Page at http://resourcescommittee.house.gov : : : * # * # * # * # * # * # BEGIN # * # * # * # * # * # * : : : Your Excellency: : : : Recent articles defaming the government of the Kingdom of EnenKio have : : : been maliciously published under the guise of a Marshall Islands : : : government warning against "fraudulent claims". We have once more : : : admonished the writer of the articles in the Marshall Islands for : : : disregarding indisputable facts which clearly discredit his biased report. : : : We urge you to disregard all discourse in the media regarding the : : : Kingdom of EnenKio which are not validated. To that end, you are : : : cordially invited to contact this office with your specific questions or : : : concerns. For your advice, the following statement was issued by the State : : : Secretary of the Kingdom in reply: : : : The Kingdom has never knowingly made any fraudulent claim whatsoever. : : : No claim we have made has ever been shown to be fraudulent, nor has any : : : claim ever come under or faltered from a challenge by anyone anywhere in the : : : world. We are working vigorously to regain occupation of the ancestral : : : property of H.M. King Hermios, to resolve the virtual "state of war" that : : : exists with the United States government and to be accepted as an honorable : : : state among nations. : : : The Kingdom does not pretend to be "erting authority over land…within : : : the geographical and political boundaries…" of the RMI. We are however : : : striving to expel the armed imperialistic invasion forces of the United States : : : from the shores of EnenKio Atoll so natural Marshallese supremacy can be : : : reestablish there. As to allegations of fraud and constitutional violation, no : : : one has dared to come forward with any such a charge. We say, let the issue : : : be played out in the People’s venue for the record, not in a libelous weekly : : : publication. While we do not wear our brief history on our shirtsleeves, our : : : raison d’être is clearly mandated in the Preamble to the Constitution of : : : EnenKio, which can be seen at our web site: : : : http://www.enenkio.wakeisland.org. : : : Referencing the news article in the Marshall Islands Journal entitled : : : "’Kingdom of EnenKio sets up in New Zealand," of May 1st, the editor was : : : advised, contrary to his report, that neither pports nor driver licenses can : : : be purchased from the Kingdom’s web site. The Kingdom of EnenKio Atoll : : : DOES NOT SELL PPORTS! If you have evidence to the contrary, our : : : Foreign Ministry would appreciate your furnishing it to them so steps can be : : : taken immediately to investigate the matter. You are advised if anyone sells : : : or offers to sell an EnenKio pport, that such an act is patently . : : : The published statement: "The group…claims to represent Iroijlaplap Murjel : : : Hermios and the atolls of the Ratak chain…", is wholly false. I have : : : explained this matter to the editor on several prior occasions and ample : : : information is available at our internet site to refute the statement. The : : : Kingdom does not represent any area outside of its territorial boundaries, as : : : the Ratak atolls surely are. Contrary to their libelous statements, the : : : Kingdom of EnenKio Atoll was not "created" by Robert Moore and he is not a : : : "Honolulu-based attorney. H.M. King Murjel Hermios is the acknowledged : : : hereditary Iroijlaplap of the northern Ratak atolls and is also First Monarch : : : of the Kingdom, not of his own choice, but by a legal process and free choice : : : of our citizens who participated in the founding of the nation in 1994. Such a : : : noble and peaceful beginning is not too uncommon in world history. : : : "Enenkio" (actually Enen-kio or Eneen-Kio, in reference to the atoll itself) is : : : the first Marshallese name for a Marshallese atoll located roughly 300 miles : : : north of Bok-ak (Taongi) Atoll. "Wake" is a fictitious moniker applied to the : : : rediscovered Enen-kio atoll by unknown western society writers. : : : The following is excerpted from a letter to the Secretary-General of the : : : United Nations and is hereby offered for your highest consideration and : : : eminent acceptance: : : : Re: Notice of Accession to Hague Convention I for Pacific Settlement of : : : International : : : Disputes (1898) [UKTS 9 (1901) Cd. 798]; and Hague Convention for : : : Pacific Settlement of International Disputes (1907) [UKTS 6 (1971 Cmnd. : : : 4575]. : : : Now Be It Hereby known, that the Iroijlaplap of the Northern Ratak Atolls : : : of the Marshall Islands who holds native and aboriginal title over the atoll : : : of EnenKio (incorrectly referred to as Wake, Wilkes and Peale Islands) as : : : noted in the United Nations Constitution on Indigenous Peoples Rights, as : : : Monarch of the Kingdom of EnenKio, hereby accedes as a "State" to the: : : : Hague Convention I for Pacific Settlement of International : : : Disputes (1898) [UKTS 9 (1901) Cd. 798]; and : : : : : : Hague Convention for Pacific Settlement of International : : : Disputes (1907). [UKTS 6 (1971 Cmnd. 4575] : : : [hereinafter collectively the "Conventions"]; said Conventions to apply to, : : : inter alia, the Atoll of EnenKio (The Kingdom of EnenKio) and the Atolls of : : : the Northern Ratak Atolls of the Marshall Islands; being Taongi, Aowan, : : : Bikar, Utirik, Takar, Aur, Maloelap, Wotje, Erikub and Ailuk. : : : It is intended by this Notice that the Kingdom of EnenKio be and hereby is : : : an acceding "party" to the Convention, as the term "party" is signified in : : : the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties UN DOC. A/CONF. 39/27, : : : (1969), 63 A.J.I.L. 875 (1969), 8 I.L.M. 679 (1969) at Article 2, Paragraphs : : : 1(a), (b) and (g), and Article 11. : : : Furthermore, it is intended for purposes of this Notice that the Kingdom of : : : EnenKio be treated as a Sovereign State with full "political existence of the : : : state independent of recognition by other states" as expressly stated in the : : : Convention on Rights and Duties of States, 49 Stat. 3097, T.S. 881, 165 : : : L.N.T.S. 19, 3 Bevans 145, done at Montevideo, Uruguay on December 26, : : : 1934 which states at Articles 2 and 3: : : : "The federal state shall constitute a sole person in the eyes of international : : : law." : : : "The political existence of the state is independent of recognition by other : : : states. Even before recognition the state has the right to defend its integrity : : : and independence, to provide for its conservation and prosperity, and : : : consequently to organize itself as it sees fit, to legislate upon its own : : : interests, administer its services, and define the jurisdiction and : : : competence of its courts." : : : : : : This Notice of Accession is respectfully given in accordance with the : : : expressed statements made at the First Conference of Members of the : : : Court, Permanent Court of Arbitration, Peace Palace, The Hague, 10 and : : : 11 September 1993 "Summary of Views" at Page 4, Paragraph 14, to wit: : : : ManyStates are not parties to either Convention. The PCA, and : : : Government of the Netherlands as the depository of the Conventions, : : : should continue their efforts to encourage States to become Parties to : : : the Conventions. The Secretary-General was invited to develop a : : : doentation package to facilitate the procedure for accession. In : : : the course of discussion, one Member indicated his Government's : : : intention to shortly accede to the Convention. : : : Furthermore these rights are respectfully requested under Resolution 1514, : : : on the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Territories : : : and Peoples, adopted in 1960, which states: : : : The subjugation of peoples to alien subjugation, domination and : : : exploitation constitutes a denial of fundamental human rights, is : : : contrary to the Charter of the United Nations and is an impediment to : : : the promotion of world peace and cooperation. : : : All peoples have the right to self-determination; by virtue of that right : : : they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their : : : economic, social and cultural development. . . . : : : Immediatesteps shall be taken, in Trust and Non-Self-Governing : : : Territories or all other territories which have not yet attained : : : independence, to transfer all powers to the peoples of those territories, : : : without any conditions or reservations, in accordance with their freely : : : expressed will and desire, without any distinction as to race, creed or : : : color, in order to enable them to enjoy complete independence and : : : freedom. : : : Notice is hereby further given that the Kingdom of EnenKio requests : : : immediate access to the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague to : : : settle matters of the occupation by the United States Government of : : : EnenKio Atoll (Wake, Wilkes and Peale Islands) in order to peacefully : : : adjudicate the disputes by arbitration. : : : It is further hereby proclaimed that the Government of the Kingdom of : : : EnenKio shares the opinion of the Members of the Permanent Court of : : : Arbitration, Peace Palace, The Hague, who participated in the First : : : Conference of Members of the Court on 10 and 11 September 1993 : : : expressed in the "Summary of Views" that "Peaceful settlement of : : : international disputes is the cornerstone of international law," and further : : : the Members’ comments found at Page 4, Paragraph 15, to wit: : : : Lackof financial resources should not prevent a party from having : : : recourse to the PCA. It would therefore be useful to create a fund out : : : of which parties with limited resources could be compensated in some : : : measure for the costs they incur in connection with proceedings before : : : the PCA. Consideration should also be given to providing the services of : : : the PCA in arbitration taking place at locations other than The Hague, : : : e.g., at regional arbitration centers like Cairo or Kuala Lumpur, or : : : even in the territory of a developing country party to a dispute, if the : : : parties to the dispute so agree. [Emphasis added] : : : Please take further notice that authorized representatives of the : : : Government of the Kingdom of EnenKio have previously attempted to : : : access courts in the Hague without success to put forward, and have : : : adjudicated, the case over the settlement and seizure of EnenKio : : : Atoll. : : : EnenKio Atoll has a historic place in Marshallese tradition and has been, : : : until the more recent occupation by the United States Government, : : : controlled by the Iroijlaplap of the Northern Ratak Atolls whose ancestor : : : by hereditary right is the Honorable Murjel Hermios. : : : To this effect be it known that 1960 Declaration formed the basis of the UN : : : decolonization practice, and, in 1963, the General embly established : : : what became known as the Decolonization Committee, to ist in the : : : implementation of the Declaration. : : : In 1975, the ICJ considered the status of the right to self-determination in : : : its advisory opinion in the Western Sahara Case.(10) Since the 1880s, : : : Western Sahara had been a Spanish colony. In 1966 the General embly : : : decided that Spain should hold a referendum to enable the population of : : : the territory to exercise freely its right of self-determination. Before the : : : referendum was held, however, both Morocco and Mauritania erted : : : claims to Western Sahara on the basis of "historic title" predating Spain's : : : colonization in the 19th century. The General embly requested an : : : advisory opinion from the ICJ on the question of the legal ties between : : : Western Sahara and Morocco and Mauritania. In the course of its opinion, : : : the Court considered the basic principles governing the de-colonization : : : policy of the General embly. : : : . . . . As the Court stated in its Advisory Opinion of 21 June 1971 [in : : : the Namibia case], : : : . . . the subsequent development of international law in regard to non- : : : self-governing territories, as enshrined in the Charter of the United : : : nations, made the principle of self-determination applicable to them : : : all. (1971 ICJ 31) : : : The principle of self-determination as a right of peoples, and its : : : application for the purpose of bringing all colonial situations to a : : : speedy end, were enunciated in the Declaration on the Granting of : : : Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. . . . The : : : [Declaration] thus confirms and emphasizes that the application of : : : the right of self-determination requires a free and genuine expression : : : of the will of the peoples concerned. . . . : : : Generalembly resolution 1514 provided the basis for the process of : : : decolonization which has resulted since 1960 in the creation of many : : : States which are today Members of the United Nations. It is : : : complemented by General embly resolution 1541. . . . The latter : : : resolution contemplates for non-self-governing territories more than : : : one possibility, namely: : : : (a) emerge as a sovereign independent State; : : : (b) free ociation with an independent State; of : : : (c) integration with an independent State. : : : The validity of the principle of self-determination, defined as the need : : : to pay regard to the freely expressed will of peoples, is not affected by : : : the fact that in certain cases the General embly has dispensed with : : : the requirement of consulting the inhabitants of a given territory. : : : Those instances were based either on the consideration that a certain : : : population did not constitute a "people" entitled to self-determination : : : or on the conviction that a consultation was totally unnecessary, in : : : view of special cirstances. . . . : : : The pronouncements of the Court thus indicate that a norm of : : : international law has emerged applicable to the de-colonization of those : : : non-self-governing territories which are under the aegis of the United : : : Nations. In this case we call for the immediate evacuation of the island of : : : EnenKio by the United States Government and the return of the island to : : : the Iroijlaplap of the Northern Ratak Atolls and the Monarch of the : : : Kingdom of EnenKio, H.M. King Murjel Hermios. : : : * # * # * # * # * # * # END OF DOENT # * # * # * # * # * # * : : : Correspondence concerning this Notice of Accession or any other matter : : : may be directed to the State Secretary, at the following address : : : : Government of the Kingdom of EnenKio Atoll : : : Post Office Box 8441 : : : Honolulu, Hawaii, USA : : : 96830-0441 : : : In closing, the government of the Kingdom of EnenKio Atoll wishes to avail : : : itself of this opportunity to renew to your Excellency the urances of its : : : highest consideration. : : : Cordially yours, : : : Cap'n Kermit Rydell

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