Top Trump adviser is fighting claims he questioned Holocaust historyTrump’s campaign website remains ‘neutral’ on Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Fears of ‘alt-right’ anti-Semitic support for Trump mark latest campaign hire
Schmitz has called the accusations defamatory, but reports of anti-Semitic tendencies at the top of the Trump team reinforce the narrative.
Joseph Schmitz. (photo credit:SCOTT DAVIS / US ARMY)
WASHINGTON — One of five top foreign policy advisers to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is fighting allegations that he underplayed the extent of the Holocaust and sought to push Jewish employees out of the Pentagon during his tenure there.
Claims of anti-Semitic rhetoric and activity have been leveled against Joseph Schmitz, named to the Trump campaign in March, who when serving as Defense Department inspector general under the George W. Bush administration received formal complaints for counting his success in “firing the Jews” as a tenure achievement.
Schmitz also allegedly lectured an employee “on the details of concentration camps and how the ovens were too small to kill six million Jews,” wrote a complainant, Daniel Meyer, who once oversaw whistleblower cases at the Pentagon. His complaint, originally obtained and published by the McClatchy Company, is before the executive branch’s quasi-judicial agency called the Merit Systems Protection Board.
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Joseph E. Schmitz
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Joseph Edward Schmitz Conservative lawyer, former Inspector General of the Department of Defense (March 21, 2002-September 9, 2005), and current executive with Blackwater USA, a private contractor providing security services to the U.S. military.
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1 Biography
2 Schmitz as Inspector General
3 Resignation
4 Similar Actions of Bush Administration Officials
5 Bibliography and Links
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Biography
Parents: Joseph Edward Schmitz is the son of the late John G. Schmitz, former California State Senator, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and U.S. Presidential candidate (1972). John Schmitz was famous for his right-wing views and occasional racist and homophobic remarks. His public career was ended when it was revealed that he had an affair and fathered two illegitimate children. John Schmitz's seven legitimate children include former George H.W. Bush White House counsel John P. Schmitz, Jerome T. Schmitz, Theresa Manion, Elizabeth Crnkovich, Philip Schmitz (who tragically drowned as a baby in the family pool), convicted child rapist Mary Kay Letourneau, and Joseph Edward Schmitz.
Education: Schmitz attended Catholic schools as a child and Georgetown Preparatory School while his father served in Congress. He holds a B.S. (1978) from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland and a J.D. (1986) from Stanford University. He was on the wrestling team at the Naval Academy.
Professional Career: Upon graduation from the Naval Academy, Schmitz served in the U.S. Navy for approximately four years, including a stint as an exchange officer with the German Navy. Schmitz left active duty and was in the Naval Reserve until 2002, when he retired with the rank of Captain. After leaving active duty, Schmitz attended law school. He clerked with James L. Buckley, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and was a special assistant to Attorney General Edwin Meese III during the Reagan Administration. Schmitz entered the private sector in 1987, eventually joining the Washington DC firm of Patton Boggs LLP. He was an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University in the 1990s. In 2001, he was nominated by President George W. Bush for the position of Inspector General of the Department of Defense.
Schmitz is a member of the Federalist Society and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. He was also an attorney for US English, an organization devoted to making English the official language of the United States, and a "Young Leader Alumnus of the American Council on Germany."
A young Schmitz was portrayed by child actor Cody Jones in the TV movie "The Mary Kay LeTourneau Story: All-American Girl" (2000).
Schmitz was mentioned by name on a September 2002 "Dateline NBC" episode entitled "Teacher's Pet" about sister Mary Kay Letourneau.
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Schmitz as Inspector General
Schmitz was nominated by President George W. Bush to be Defense Department Inspector General on June 18, 2001. His nomination was held up in the Senate Armed Services Committee for unknown reasons until March 21, 2002, when he was confirmed by the full Senate by voice vote. In his confirmation hearings, committee Democrats expressed concern about a letter that Schmitz had written to the Washington Times in 1991 in which he had accused then-candidate Bill Clinton of treasonous actions and had inappropriately signed the letter with his military rank.
According to an AP report dated December 5, 2001, the Inspector General's office had recently failed a "peer review" audit in which it was shown that IG officials had destroyed documents relating to an investigation. Iowa Republican Senator Charles Grassley, a supporter of the Schmitz nomination and critic of the IG's office, commented that "[o]nce President Bush's nominee for the IG job is in place, he will need to clean house from top to bottom. Heads must roll," because of the document destruction.
Upon taking office, Schmitz hired L. Jean Lewis, a Republican operative and whistleblower in the Whitewater Affair. Lewis, a former Resolution Trust Corporation investigator, was a pivotal figure in publicizing the alleged financial misdeeds of President Bill Clinton and wife Senator Hillary Rodham-Clinton. She marketed products with pictures of Mrs. Clinton and the logo "B.I.T.C.H.: Bill, I'm Taking Charge. Hillary." Schmitz eventually created the position of "Chief of Staff" for Lewis.
Insight Magazine, in its September 30, 2002, issue, reported that shortly after his arrival at the IG, Schmitz ordered a "bottom-up review" that was conducted by Military Professionals Resources, Inc. (MPRI), a defense contractor based in Alexandria, Va. The review resulted in the removal of a number of senior civil servants in the agency. Sen. Grassley quoted by Insight, said, "The new inspector general, Mr. Joe Schmitz, has already started to clean house. Heads have started to roll with more to come . . . Based on what I've heard and seen, the Independent Review Team appears to be on the right track. The team appears to see the very same problems that I see and seems to be headed toward a hard-hitting final report." According to the September 23, 2002 issue of Defense Week, the removed civil servants filed a complaint with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, a government agency that investigates whistleblower complaints and Hatch Act violations. In its June 23, 2003 issue, Defense Week reported that the matter was settled to the satisfaction of both parties involved, but suggested that the removed civil servants had been vindicated.
According to the Los Angeles Times (September 25, 2005), Schmitz had an "unusual fascination" with Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, a Prussian officer appointed Inspector General of the Continental Army by George Washington. "The Nation" (September 25, 2005) magazine reported that Schmitz spent three months redesigning the seal of the Inspector General's office to include elements of von Steuben's family crest, including the von Steuben family motto, Sub Tutela Altissimi Semper, "Under the Protection of the Almighty." (Schmitz was quoted in the LA Times article as saying that the eagle of the previous seal looked "like a chicken".) Schmitz authored an article in the in-house journal of the federal inspectors general about Von Steuben and mentioned him in virtually every speech he made while in office ("The Enduring Legacy of Inspector General von Steuben," Public Inquiry, F/W 2002, [1]. "He was consumed with all things German and all things Von Steuben," said a government official quoted in the LA Times article. "He was obsessed."
Schmitz also took an unusual interest in the sex slave trade. His office investigated the involvement of the U.S. military in the sex trade in South Korea, Bosnia, and Kosovo, but found little beyond the propensity of soldiers to frequent brothels, an inexcusable moral lapse, according to Schmitz's testimony before Congress and an article he wrote that was published on the website of the World Security Network,[2].
Schmitz's downfall apparently began when he and John A. "Jack" Shaw, former DoD Deputy Undersecretary for International Technology Security signed an agreement giving Shaw authority to investigate telecommunications contracting fraud in Iraq sometime in 2003. According to the Los Angeles Times (September 3, 2005), Shaw used the results of his investigation to steer contracts to friends. When confronted with the case, Schmitz referred it to the FBI for investigation, even though IG agents claimed they had enough evidence of Shaw's illegal activities for prosecution.
The Los Angeles Times article also claims that Schmitz interfered in other investigations of senior officials:
The Air Force Academy sex scandal, in which senior Air Force Academy officials were accused of failing to investigate rape allegations by female cadets.
A contracting scandal involving the Air Force and Boeing Corporation, in which senior Air Force officials, including former Air Force Secretary James Roche, were accused of steering contracts to the Boeing Corporation. Before presenting his report to Congress, Schmitz allegedly sent it to the White House for review. The names of several White House officials were reportedly redacted from the report. Sen. Charles Grassley was quoted by the Los Angeles Times as saying to Schmitz, "That decision … raises questions about your independence."
Grassley, who had become disillusioned with Schmitz, was particularly upset by Schmitz's plans to travel to Potsdam, Germany at taxpayer expense, where he was to speak at a ceremony commemorating Baron von Steuben. Schmitz was forced to cancel the trip.
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Resignation
Schmitz resigned as Defense Department Inspector General on September 9, 2005 in order to take a position with the Prince Group a holding company for Blackwater USA, which provides security services and training to the U.S. military in Iraq and elsewhere. In a letter dated June 15, 2005, and posted on the Inspector General's website on September 2, 2005, Schmitz recused himself from investigating all matters related to Blackwater.
The Los Angeles Times quoted Danielle Bryan of the Project on Government Oversight as saying, "He's a person who did not put the appearance of ethics above all else . . . That is not the way the government should function. These are the kind of things that make the general public distrust government."
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Similar Actions of Bush Administration Officials
See also Janet Rehnquist, former Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services and Scott Bloch, Office of the Special Counsel.
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Bibliography and Links
NNDB Page [3].
Inspector General of the Department of Defense website [4].
Schmitz official DoD biography [5].
BlackwaterUSA website [6].
"Politicization of Inspectors General" [7], a report released by Ranking Member Henry Waxman (D-CA) of the House Committee on Government Reform.
"The Scrutinizer Finds Himself Under Scrutiny," T. Christian Miller, Los Angeles Times, September 25, 2005. [8]
"How Many More Mike Browns Are Out There?," Mark Thompson, Karen Tumulty, Time Magazine, October 3, 2005. [9]
"No FBI Charges for Defense Official in Iraq Case," T. Christian Miller, Los Angeles Times, October 15, 2005. [10]
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Joseph E. Schmitz
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Joseph Edward Schmitz is a conservative lawyer, former Inspector General of the Department of Defense and executive with Blackwater USA, a private contractor providing security services to the U.S. military.
Contents
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1 Biography
2 Inspector General of the Department of Defense
3 Resignation
4 See Also
5 References
6 Links
[edit] Biography
Joseph Edward Schmitz is the son of the John G. Schmitz, former California State Senator, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and U.S. Presidential candidate (1972). Schmitz attended Catholic schools as a child and Georgetown Preparatory School while his father served in Congress. He holds a B.S. (1978) from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland and a J.D. (1986) from Stanford University. He was on the wrestling team at the Naval Academy. His siblings include Mary Kay Letourneau and John Patrick Schmitz.[1]
Upon graduation from the Naval Academy, Schmitz served in the U.S. Navy for approximately four years, including a stint as an exchange officer with the German Navy. Schmitz left active duty and was in the Naval Reserve until 2001. After leaving active duty, Schmitz attended law school. He clerked with James L. Buckley, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and was a special assistant to Attorney General Edwin Meese III during the Reagan Administration. Schmitz entered the private sector in 1987, eventually joining the Washington DC firm of Patton Boggs LLP.[2] He was an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University in the 1990s.
[edit] Inspector General of the Department of Defense
Schmitz was nominated by President George W. Bush to be Defense Department Inspector General on June 18, 2001. His nomination was held up in the Senate Armed Services Committee for unknown reasons until March 21, 2002, when he was confirmed by the full Senate by voice vote.
[edit] Resignation
Schmitz resigned as Defense Department Inspector General on September 9, 2005 in order to take a position with the Prince Group, a holding company for Blackwater USA, which provides security services and training to the U.S. military in Iraq and elsewhere. In a letter dated June 15, 2005, and posted on the Inspector General's website on September 2, 2005, Schmitz recused himself from investigating all matters related to Blackwater.
[edit] See Also
Janet Rehnquist, former Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services
Scott Bloch, Office of the Special Counsel
Robert Cobb, Inspector General of NASA
[edit] References
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http://www.nndb.com/people/466/000104154/ ^ Scahill, Blackwater, 303.
Miller, T. Christian. (2006). Blood Money: Wasted Billions, Lost Lives, and Corporate Greed in Iraq. New York: Little, Brown and Company. See pages 68-69.
Scahill, Jeremy. (2007). Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army. New York: Nation Books. See Chapter Seventeen: "Joseph Schmitz: Christian Soldier."
[edit] Links
NNDB Page [1].
Inspector General of the Department of Defense website [2].
BlackwaterUSA website [3].
"Politicization of Inspectors General" [4], a report released by Ranking Member Henry Waxman (D-CA) of the House Committee on Government Reform.
"US: Pentagon's Top Watchdog Resigned Amid Claims of Stonewalling Inquiries," T. Christian Miller, Los Angeles Times, September 3, 2005. [5]
"The Scrutinizer Finds Himself Under Scrutiny," T. Christian Miller, Los Angeles Times, September 25, 2005. [6]
"How Many More Mike Browns Are Out There?," Mark Thompson, Karen Tumulty, Time Magazine, October 3, 2005. [7]
"No FBI Charges for Defense Official in Iraq Case," T. Christian Miller, Los Angeles Times, October 15, 2005. [8]
"Tanker Inquiry Finds Rumsfeld's Attention Was Elsewhere," R. Jeffrey Smith, Washington Post, June 20, 2006. [9]
"Blackwater's Top Brass," The Pilot Online, Hampton Roads, Virginia, July 24, 2006. [10]
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Joseph Schmitz
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THE FAMILY THAT KEEPS ON GIVING….Today’s LA Times story about former Pentagon inspector general Joseph Schmitz is hilarious:
[Current and former colleagues] described a management style in which Schmitz asked for updates on personal projects — such as a new bathroom in his executive suite or the hiring of a speechwriter — while avoiding substantive issues such as tight budgets.
….Some of the more unusual complaints regarding Schmitz deal with what senior officials called an “obsession” with [Baron Friedrich] Von Steuben, the Revolutionary War hero who worked with George Washington to instill discipline in the military. Von Steuben reportedly fled Germany after learning that he was going to be tried for homosexual activities.
Shortly after taking office, Schmitz made Von Steuben’s legacy a focus. He spent three months personally redesigning the inspector general’s seal to include the Von Steuben family motto, “Always under the protection of the Almighty.”
He dictated the number of stars, laurel leaves and colors of the seal. He also asked for a new eagle, saying that the one featured on the old seal “looked like a chicken,” current and former officials said.
AMY GOODMAN: Other allegations in the documents, Prince’s North Carolina operations had an ongoing wife-swapping and sex ring?
JEREMY SCAHILL: Yeah. I mean, I—you know, I had heard these allegations. I think the first time I heard something of that nature was in 2006. One of—this is something that comes from just one of the individuals, the one identified as John Doe number two. And John Doe number two says that it caused so much trouble at the company that Erik Prince—among the staff, because of the wife-swapping operation—that Erik Prince actually asked one of his senior executives, Joseph Schmitz, to conduct an investigation. There’s no further information on it.
Interestingly, Joseph Schmitz, speaking of the Christian stuff, was—Christian supremacist stuff—was Donald Rumsfeld’s Pentagon inspector general, was in love with Donald Rumsfeld, while he was supposed to be monitoring his conduct, and then leaves the Pentagon to go work for one of the contractors he was supposed to be overseeing. Joseph Schmitz is a radical, militant, right-wing Catholic, who once wrote a letter to the Washington Times about abortion, referring to himself as a former fetus, and therefore he understands the issue of abortion, because he’s a former fetus. He also is a member of the Knights of Malta and is an avowed Christian supremacist.
Blackwater: Knights of Malta in Iraq
( a few excerpts from the lengthy article )
Blackwater is more than just a “private army”, much more than just another capitalist war-profiteering business operation. It is an army operating outside all laws, outside and above the US Constitution and yet is controlled by people within and outside our government whose allegiance is primarily to the foreign Vatican state. In other words, Blackwater is a religious army serving the Pope in Rome through the Order of Malta, which is itself considered under international law, as a sovereign entity with special diplomatic powers and privileges. Like Blackwater, the Order of Malta is “untouchable” because it is at the heart of the elite aristocracy.
The Knights of Malta is not merely a “charitable organization”. That’s just an elaborate front, as should become clear to you later. As the name Sovereign Military Order of Malta confirms, it is a military order based on the crusader Knights Hospitaller of Jerusalem and is interwoven with Freemasonry. Most people have never even heard of SMOM, much less that it is a part of Freemasonry. But that is the way the aristocratic elite like it. snip —
The father of the CIA, “Wild Bill” Donovan, was a Knight of Malta. In order to be a director of the CIA you must be a crusading Knight of Malta and it doesn’t hurt if you are a member of Skull and Bones either. In order to reach the highest levels in the Pentagon establishment, you must be an illuminated Freemason and/or a Knight of one order or another. Notable US military members of SMOM include top crusading generals such as Alexander Haig, William Westmoreland, and Charles A. Willoughby, an admitted Fascist. snip —-
Such a list should make you sit up and pay attention, but it is only the tip of the iceberg unfortunately. Then we come to another SMOM member, important to what is transpiring in Iraq. Educated at the Jesuit Georgetown University, former Pentagon Inspector General Joseph Edward Schmitz, Blackwater’s operations chief, is a member of both SMOM and Opus Dei. All the top Nazis in our government are connected in some way to the Vatican, Jesuits and Knights of Malta and have been for decades, as were the Italian Fascists and German Nazis of WWII. After all, what was their favorite symbol after the swastika? The Maltese Cross of course!
Joesph Schmitz is the brother of Mary Kay Letourneau, the teacher who has an affair with her middle school student, went to prison, and is now married to the student.
full link ;http://aftermathnews.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/blackwater-knights-of-malta-in-iraq/
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Joseph E. Schmitz
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Joseph Edward Schmitz Conservative lawyer, former Inspector General of the Department of Defense (March 21, 2002-September 9, 2005), and current executive with Blackwater USA, a private contractor providing security services to the U.S. military.
Biography
Parents: Joseph Edward Schmitz is the son of the late John G. Schmitz, former California State Senator, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and U.S. Presidential candidate (1972). John Schmitz was famous for his right-wing views and occasional racist and homophobic remarks. His public career was ended when it was revealed that he had an affair and fathered two illegitimate children. John Schmitz’s seven legitimate children include former George H.W. Bush White House counsel John P. Schmitz, Jerome T. Schmitz, Theresa Manion, Elizabeth Crnkovich, Philip Schmitz (who tragically drowned as a baby in the family pool), convicted child rapist Mary Kay Letourneau, and Joseph Edward Schmitz.
Schmitz is a member of the Federalist Society and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. He was also an attorney for US English, an organization devoted to making English the official language of the United States, and a “Young Leader Alumnus of the American Council on Germany.”
Mazars and Deutsche Bank could have ended this nightmare before it started.
They could still get him out of office.
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