disinfozone/The_Info_Web
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull requests Projects Releases Packages Wiki Activity Actions

vault backup: 2026-05-17 21:47:57

Browse source
This commit is contained in:
disinfo.zone 2026-05-17 21:47:57 -04:00
parent 6293a6a777
commit f17f037c56
347 changed files with 3025 additions and 1227 deletions
Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files

6
10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/Lowell Jensen.md
View file

@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ In 1981, Jensen was appointed Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Divisi
### DALITE and the Prior Competition with INSLAW
While serving as Alameda County District Attorney, Jensen received a [[LEAA|Law Enforcement Assistance Administration]] grant to develop DALITE (District Attorney's Automated Legal Information System), a case management software program directly analogous to [[PROMIS]]. DALITE competed with PROMIS during the LEAA's evaluation of transferable prosecutor case management systems in the late 1970s. When INSLAW won subsequent federal contracts over DALITE and similar programs, Jensen became a member of the DOJ's PROMIS implementation oversight committee — a conflict of interest that INSLAW would later cite as evidence of institutional bias.[^2]
While serving as Alameda County District Attorney, Jensen received a [[LEAA|Law Enforcement Assistance Administration]] grant to develop DALITE (District Attorney's Automated Legal Information System), a case management software program directly analogous to [[PROMIS]]. DALITE competed with PROMIS during the LEAA's evaluation of transferable prosecutor case management systems in the late 1970s. When INSLAW won subsequent federal contracts over DALITE and similar programs, Jensen became a member of the DOJ's PROMIS implementation oversight committee - a conflict of interest that INSLAW would later cite as evidence of institutional bias.[^2]
### Role in the INSLAW Contract
@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ As Associate Attorney General and subsequently Deputy Attorney General, Jensen o
[[George Francis Bason, Jr.|Bankruptcy Judge Bason]] concluded in his September 1987 findings that Jensen's "biased attitude toward Inslaw contributed to the situation in which Inslaw's complaints about Brewer and the administration of the PROMIS implementation contract went unheeded."[^3]
The [[Edwin Meese|Meese]] recusal added further significance to Jensen's role: Meese reportedly recused himself from PROMIS matters upon becoming Attorney General in February 1985, given his association with [[Earl Brian]] from the Reagan California cabinet years. Jensen therefore handled all DOJ decision-making on PROMIS from February 1985 onward.[^4] It was Jensen's secretary who brought a letter to [[William Bradford Reynolds]] for signature during a period when Jensen was out of the building — a letter advising that PROMIS software was being provided to an Arab sheik for resale and general distribution, which Reynolds signed under the impression it required a signature from someone in Meese's inner circle.[^4]
The [[Edwin Meese|Meese]] recusal added further significance to Jensen's role: Meese reportedly recused himself from PROMIS matters upon becoming Attorney General in February 1985, given his association with [[Earl Brian]] from the Reagan California cabinet years. Jensen therefore handled all DOJ decision-making on PROMIS from February 1985 onward.[^4] It was Jensen's secretary who brought a letter to [[William Bradford Reynolds]] for signature during a period when Jensen was out of the building - a letter advising that PROMIS software was being provided to an Arab sheik for resale and general distribution, which Reynolds signed under the impression it required a signature from someone in Meese's inner circle.[^4]
### House Judiciary Committee Findings
The House Judiciary Committee's September 1992 report (House Report 102-857), produced after a three-year investigation chaired by Representative [[Jack Brooks]], named Jensen as among those who "consciously ignored INSLAW's proprietary rights." The committee found it "incredible that the Department, having made this determination [that INSLAW's claim was legitimate], would continue to pursue its litigation."[^3] The report noted that INSLAW alleged Jensen had been induced by Brian's political influence — routed through Meese — to engineer disputes with INSLAW and drive the company into bankruptcy, with Brian positioned to acquire the company and its software assets through his vehicle [[Hadron]].[^3]
The House Judiciary Committee's September 1992 report (House Report 102-857), produced after a three-year investigation chaired by Representative [[Jack Brooks]], named Jensen as among those who "consciously ignored INSLAW's proprietary rights." The committee found it "incredible that the Department, having made this determination [that INSLAW's claim was legitimate], would continue to pursue its litigation."[^3] The report noted that INSLAW alleged Jensen had been induced by Brian's political influence - routed through Meese - to engineer disputes with INSLAW and drive the company into bankruptcy, with Brian positioned to acquire the company and its software assets through his vehicle [[Hadron]].[^3]
### Bua Report Findings