Exploitation of children via the guise of "protecting the children" reserves a special place in hell for all those involved.
First, hypocrite Mark Foley, former Co-chair of the Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus, rationalizes his own sexual demons through zealous passage of the Adam Walsh Act.
Now, Orrin Hatch (UT-R) finds himself cited in a lawsuit that claims to "lay bare how ... former pardons chairman, lobbyist Michael Sibbett, and other former public officials purportedly sought to secure no-bid federal and state contracts for their client through their congressional ties and their connections with Utah officials."
The
Adam Walsh Act was "pushed by Hatch in the Senate and former Florida Rep. Mark Foley, among others, in the House, created a national sex offender registry and called for police to equip the worst sex offenders with an ankle monitor. The bill included "a single-source provision that
only the TrackerPAL device can satisfy," according to the lawsuit."
We all wonder what Hastert knew about Foley. What did Hastert know about the TrackerPal connection when he suspended the rules to allow the Foley 18 to pass the Adam Walsh Act in the House?
Read on for details regarding the slime that drips off the AWA.
Be forewarned. A hot shower immediately after reading may be necessary to wash away the filth connected to the Adam Walsh Act.
Utah's former Board of Pardons chairman tapped Sen. Orrin Hatch to help pass legislation virtually guaranteeing a multimillion-dollar windfall for a Sandy-based company that sells ankle monitors for parolees, according to a state court lawsuit.
One of their main vehicles was a sex offender bill Hatch shepherded through Congress this summer. The bill included minimum requirements for ankle monitors taken "verbatim from a description" of Secure Alert's product, TrackerPAL, according to the suit.
Sibbett and his partner Robin Riggs, who worked as legal counsel in former Gov. Mike Leavitt's administration, wrote the language and pushed the product to Hatch and his staffers.
"TrackerPAL is to my knowledge the only company that can meet those minimum standards," Sibbett said.
The bill creates a pilot program providing states with grants, but the money can only be spent on ankle monitors that meet the legislation's requirements. And according to the suit, that means TrackerPAL. The bill appropriates $15 million over the next three years but also creates a path to increase the size of the program.
Such provisions are often "written behind closed doors with a nod and a wink."
Before the AWA was passed, high-profile supporters were recruited. Ed Smart and his daughter Elizabeth, who was famously kidnapped from her home in 2002 and found nine months later, appeared on television shows like "Good Morning America" and "America's Most Wanted" to promote the bill. Ed Smart held up the TrackerPAL in one appearance, Hatch in the other.
A picture from "America's Most Wanted" now appears on Hatch's Web site with the caption: "Hatch is holding an example of the ankle tracking device that will be attached to the worst of the worst convicted offenders."
Hatch's office declined to comment on HGR and lobbyist Sibbett's involvement in the sex offender bill.
Lobbyists regularly use their political connections to help a specific company, said Massie Ritsch, spokesman for the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan Washington, D.C., group that tracks money in politics.
But the lawsuit allows a "rare look at how business often gets done in Washington," Ritsch said. "They're showing how the sausage is made and sometimes it stinks a little."
Ready for that shower?
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