NOT ----- INVESTIGATING WHISTLE-BLOWER CASES

COVERING UP ------------QUI TAM INVESTIGATIONS

NOT INVESTIGATING TRAFFICKING OF AMERICANS BY US

CORPORATIONS AND KUWAIT’S KRH USE OF ILLEGAL LABOR
CONTRACTS

NOT INVESTIGATING A COMPANY ON A 5-YEAR PROBATION AND

OVERCHARGING AND TRAFFICKING OF AMERICANS.
 Keven L. Barnes
1083 Vine St # 174
Healdsburg, CA 95448
Tel:
kevenbarnes@yahoo.com

May 25, 2010

VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS

Carmen L. Mallon
Chief of Staff
Office of Information Policy
Department of Justice
Suite 11050
1425 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20530-0001

RE: Request Under the Freedom of Information Act

case 09-cv-00145-MSK-MJW_Barnes
Qui Tam case Keven Barnes vs ITT Federal Services International and Kuwait
Resources House

In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, I am writing to request a
copy of certain records pertaining to the Sealed Case (but not investigated by the DOJ in 12 months
period March 2009 – March 2010 ) against ITT Corporation that has been covered up and not
investigated by the DOJ of Denver, case 09-cv-00145-MSK-MJW_Barnes, which that Qui Tam
complaint is attached.

1. What was the agent or officer’s name that asked for the case to be placed under seal?
2. What was the agent or officer’s name who was in charge of the investigation?
3. Please provide all emails relating to this case number from all agents or officer’s emails?
4. Was the DOJ aware that ITT International Defence America is not a subsidiary of ITT
Corporation?
5. Was the DOJ aware that according to the Secretary of State for Colorado and California, that
ITT International Defence America is not a subsidiary of ITT Corporation?
6. When did the DOJ become aware of that fact?
7. Was the DOJ aware that ITT was giving away American’s Privacy Act Protected information
to an Arab owned company and that the information was not protected or safe-guarded under
U.S. Government’s terms and conditions of W52P1J-05-d-0003?
8. Was the DOJ aware that ITT allowed fraudulent labor contracts to be fabricated by KRH, an
Arab owned company, that were presented to employees in Arabic only? The one that KRH
fabricated on Keven Barnes is attached.
9. Was the DOJ’s Attorney General made aware of this Qui Tam case against ITT?
10. If so, what date was the Attorney General made aware?
11. Was the DOJ aware that Kuwait Reconstruction House (KRH) was trafficking Americans
with false employment contracts that were presented to employees as something that needed
to be signed for car insurance, but not translated to English so the American could
understand?
12. Was the DOJ aware that ITT Federal Services International Limited was a Cayman Islands
based company but presented itself as ITT Corporation of Colorado Springs, Colorado ?

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13. Was the DOJ aware that employment contracts for the W52P1J-05-d-0003 GMASS U.S.
Government contract were being written so that the employee was mislead by ITT
Corporation into believing that they were an employee of Colorado Springs, Colorado when
in fact, according to ITT’s lawyers, they were being transferred without their knowledge to a
Cayman Island company and also under direct employment of KRH.
14. Did any of the witnesses (listed in questions 63 - 84) that were given to the Denver DOJ
office by myself and my attorney, Victor Kubli, get interviewed?
15. If so, when was each interview and what may I have a copy of each interview?
16. Is the DOJ aware that ITT Corporation is on a 5-year Administrative Compliance Agreement
where the ITT Corporation CEO, Mr. Loranger agreed to comply with Federal Acquisition
Regulations?
17. Is the DOJ aware of any reason that the Denver DOJ office would cover-up for the Qui Tam
case that was filed against ITT Corporation ?
18. Is the DOJ aware that ITT filed false police charges against an American Citizen who was a
Whistle-Blower in Kuwait regarding U.S. Government contract W52P1J-05-d-0003 and had
a travel ban placed on him for 4 months?
19. When did the Attorney General become aware of this information ?
20. Did the DOJ conduct an investigation regarding the over-charging of the U.S. Government
regarding U.S. Government W52P1J-05-d-0003?
21. Did the DOJ investigate bid-rigging between ITT Corporation and KRH?
22. If so, what date was that investigation?
23. What was the conclusion of that investigation?
24. Was the DOJ aware of a fictitious 12% inflationary increase that was passed onto the U.S.
Government following ITT turning in housing units in December 2007?
25. Was the DOJ aware that KRH was charging ITT for pay raises that were not passed onto the
employees of the subcontractor KRH, which KRH was instead pocketing?
26. Was the DOJ aware that subcontractor KRH did not give their employees payslips in
accordance to Kuwait Labor Law and did not give an itemized salary?
27. Was the DOJ aware that ITT Corporation gave a fabricated labor guide known as Attachment
003, that claimed that there was a 2% tax withholding in Kuwait when in fact there is no tax
withholding?
28. Was the DOJ aware of a letter written to the Department of Labor Director in July 2008
reporting that ITT Corporation did not have the required Defense Base Act insurance for U.S.
Government W52P1J-05-d-0003?
29. Was the DOJ aware of ITTs subcontractor, Stanley’s employees (3) three, near fatal accidents
that were not documented as required by DOL regulations and by the contract terms and
conditions of U.S. Government W52P1J-05-d-0003?
30. Was the DOJ aware of a Building noted as “Building 50” that was being charged to the U.S.
Government, but was under construction and unsafe for occupation?
31. Was the DOJ aware that ITT Corporation was registered in Kuwait to do business with a
company name that was not registered with the Central Contracting Registration?
32. Did the DOJ perform an audit of W52P1J-05-d-0003 using a professional accounting
company or the Defense Contracting Audit Agency?
33. If an audit was performed for the case 09-cv-00145-MSK-MJW_Barnes, when was that audit
performed and by what agency or company?
34. Please name the auditor or auditors who performed the audit.
35. Was the DOJ aware that ITT Corporation did not pay over-time at the correct rate according
to Kuwait Labor Law?
36. Was the DOJ aware that ITT Corporation did not pay double-time holiday pay for the Arabic
holidays as was required by Kuwait Labor Law.
37. Was the DOJ aware that KRH withholds their employee’s passports in violation of Federal
Acquisition Human Trafficking regulations?
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38. Was the DOJ aware that ITT Corporation misrepresented to the U.S. Government the MRAP
facilities proportions in order to charge for area and services not rendered?
39. Was the DOJ aware that ITT Corporation did not compete requisitions over $ 25,000 as
required by the W52P1J-05-d-0003?
40. Was the DOJ aware that ITT and KRH fabricated housing costs to nearly double the market
rate?
41. If the Attorney General was aware of this overcharging, when did he become aware of it?
42. Was the DOJ aware that ITT was submitting invoice that claimed they were in compliance
with supplying Defense Base Act insurance when in fact they had no DBA insurance at all
43. When did the DOJ become aware that invoices were submitted, but the DBA insurance did
not exist?
44. Was the Attorney General made aware of the DoD IG investigation against ITT ?
45. If so, what date did the Attorney General become aware of the investigation?
46. Is the Attorney General aware of current DoD IG investigation for retaliation against Keven
Barnes and overcharging of the U.S. Government?
47. What, if any violations of ITTs Administrative Compliance Agreement have been recorded?
48. If so, what was each one since the Compliance Agreement started?
49. What is the Agents name that has recommended that case 09-cv-00145-MSK-MJW_Barnes
remain under seal?
50. Is the Attorney General aware of this GAG order?
51. What date did the Attorney General become aware of case 09-cv-00145-MSK-MJW_Barnes?
52. Is there a reason the case would be still under seal?
53. Is the Attorney General aware that the Denver DOJ has dismissed the Qui Tam case and
refuses to give a reason why they never investigated?
54. When did the Attorney General become aware of the dismissal?
55. Please provide any and all communications related to case 09-cv-00145-MSK-MJW_Barnes.
56. Did the Attorney General ever receive the information on the enclosed DVD?
57. If so, when did the Attorney General receive the DVD?
58. Please provide a list of all evidence that I turned over to Stanley Alderson at DOJ also
regarding ITT and his number is (202) 307-6696.
59. Did the Attorney General review any of the evidence given to ?
60. Did the Attorney General know if evidence was being withheld to protect ITT Corportation
since it was on 5-year probation ?
61. Did anyone from ITT Corporation lobby the DOJ to cover-up the Qui Tam case 09-cv-00145-
MSK-MJW_Barnes?
62. If so, who was that person and what date did that occur?
63. , ITTs Safety Manager wrote a report about Building 50 and witnesses the date
that building 50 went into service and has knowledge of it being charged to the U.S.
Government by ITT while the building was actually under construction and not occupied.
The U.S. Government was in effect paying for the construction of Building 50. What date did
the DOJ interview
64. was a Stanley employee and has knowledge of the Stanley Employee car
crashes. What date was she interviewed?
65. was a Stanley manager and has knowledge of their employee car crashes and
that ITT did not have Defense Base Act Insurance as required under the W52P1J-05-d-0003
GMASS contract. What date was Mr. interviewed?
66. was a Flour Engineer who conducted ITT solicitations without following
Federal Acquisition guidelines. What date was Mr. interviewed ?
67. was ITT’s Camp Arifjan Project Manager and was living in a Hilton villa on
the Arabian Gulf and has knowledge of overcharging of Building 50 and the charging to the
other unoccupied buildings to the U.S. Government. What date was Mr. interviewed.
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68. was a manager at Camp Arifjan and has knowledge of the single sole sourcing
of vehicles and bid-rigging with Kuwait Resources House (KRH). What date was Mr.
interviewed?
69. was a U.S. Government Contracting Officer and had knowledge of the
overcharging of apartments to the U.S. Government. What date was Ms. interviewed?
70. was a Contracting Officer at Camp Arifjan and had knowledge of the mis-
represented MRAP building by ITT, the overcharging of Building 50 and other Apartments
by ITT and also the submission of erroneous driver’s numbers by ITT. What date was Major
interviewed.
71. , the Procurement Manager from Qatar had documented mid-night meetings
with KRH to discuss how KRH would be compensated for the empty buildings that ITT was
charging the Government for and the fabrication of the fictitious 12% inflationary increase
that (ITT Kuwait Procurement Manager) fabricated and submitted to the U.S.
Government’s Julie so that KRH would profit from the fabricated story. What date was
Mr. interviewed?
72. was the lead accountant who worked in Kuwait’s Middle East Office (Imagine
the check and balance of accounting to allow a subcontractor to manage ITTs books) Ms.
has knowledge of the pay raises submitted, but not paid to the KRH workers; she has
knowledge Kuwait Holiday Pay of double-time not paid to the 1400 KRH workers and to the
ITT workers. She has knowledge of the Empty Apartments that were being charged for by
ITT, She has knowledge of the Privacy Act information passed on to ITT that was not safe-
guarded. She has knowledge of the hundreds of Americans who had fictitious labor contracts
written in Arabic behind their backs by KRH that under-reported their pay by 50 – 75%.
What date was Ms. interviewed?
73. , was a KRH manager who had full knowledge of the empty
apartments that KRH was charging ITT for and who orchestrated the inflated prices for those
apartments to over double and sometimes triple the market rate. Mr. asked for and
received the ficticious 12% inflationary increase that was fabricated by ITTs
and to offset the loss of buildings that were turned in by ITT after it was
discovered that ITT was charging the U.S. Government for empty buildings and even rent for
one that was under construction. Mr. b was fully aware that KRH was profiting from
the pay raises submitted to ITT that they were pocketing, but not passing onto their workers.
Mr. b was fully aware that KRH was not paying their workers for over-time, holiday
pay and fired any injured worker because ITT did not have the required Defense Base Act
insurance. What date was Mr. interviewed?
74. was ITTs Procurement manager and was the author of the fictitious 12 %
inflationary increase that was to compensate KRH for the loss of the rental of empty
buildings and that money would continue to compensate KRH for future months without
supplying any goods or services. had full knowledge of Privacy Act information
that was given to KRH and she had the responsibility to safeguard that information as did
ITT. had full knowledge of the empty apartment buildings that were being
charged to the U.S. Government and assisted in preparing those invoices that overcharged the
U.S. Government. had full knowledge that she was not competing requirements
for vehicles, apartments, and other goods with a value over $25,000 in accordance with
Federal Acquisition Regulations. also had full knowledge of fictitious contracts
written on Americans without their knowledge in order that their salaries be under reported
and that those Americans were trafficked to become employees under KRH without their
knowledge. knew that those contracts left those American vulnerable to the laws
of the Kuwait Government. also filed false police reports to the Kuwait police that
led to a travel ban being illegally placed on Keven Barnes, her subordinated Contracts
Administrator who blew the whistle on ITT fraudulent activities. What date did
get interviewed?
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75. was an ITT Recruiter and has full knowledge of the actual contracts that
brought Americans to Kuwait. also knows of the Privacy Act information that
was released to KRH so that KRH could fabricate Arabic labor contracts to traffic the
Americans to be KRH employees and lose their rights under their American contracts. Mr.
has full knowledge of this occurring to Keven Barnes, ITTs Contracts
Administrator. What date was interviewed?
76. was the Contracts Administrator who Keven Barnes replaced as Contracts
Administrator. Mr. full knowledge of ITTs overcharging for empty buildings
and not competing requirements with a value over $25,000 as required by the Federal
Acquisition Regulations. Mr. has full knowledge of the inflationary 12% increase
fabricated by . Mr. has full knowledge of Building 50 that was under
construction and being charged as if occupied by ITT. Mr. t has much other
information and has written that he has never been interviewed by anyone from the DOJ, the
FBI, the DoD IG, or the Army CID. What date did Mr. t get interviewed?
77. was the ITT offsite “MEO” Project Manager who instructed to
fabricate the 12% fictitious inflationary increase after private discussions with KRHs
Assistant General Manager and KRHs manager in the halls of ITTs MEO office during the
discussion of turning in the empty apartments that were KRHs cash-cows. Mr. was
also instrumental in the release of Privacy Act Information of Americans to the Arab Owned
firm, KRH and had full knowledge of the false Labor Contracts that trafficked American to
become KRHs employees without their knowledge. Mr. was aware of the empty
Apartment buildings that were being charged for by ITT to the U.S. Government and was
instrumental in keeping KRH supplied with money for those empty apartments. Mr.
know that by KRH placing their own accountant inside of ITT, that she could manipulate the
books for KRHs gain. What date was Mr. interviewed ?
78. was an ITT MEO (Waha Mall, Farwaniya) Contracts Administrator in charge of
KRHs contract and had full knowledge of the empty apartments being charged by ITT to the
U.S. Government and had knowledge of Building 50 that was under construction, yet being
charged as if occupied. What date was interviewed?
79. was an ITT MEO Contracts Administrator and had full knowledge of ITTs
overcharging for empty and unoccupied apartment buildings. He knew of ITTs practice of
single sole sourcing to KRH that were against the Federal Acquisition Regulations and the
terms and conditions of the W52P1J-05-d-0003 contract. He had knowledge of the pay raises
claimed but not paid by KRH and over the incorrect overtime calculations. He had knowledge
that ITT did not have Defense Base Act insurance as required in their terms and conditions
and that ITT submitted invoices claiming that they did have the required insurance and were
profiting from not paying for the insurance. What date was Mr. interviewed?
80. was an ITT MEO HR Manager who knew about the overcharging of the
apartment buildings and was aware of Keven Barnes whistle-blower actions. He was aware
that ITT fired Keven Barnes in retaliation for the whistle-blowing and was himself terminated
for his assistance. What date did Mr. get interviewed?
81. was an ITT Housing manager for Kuwait and had full knowledge of the
empty apartments that were being charged by ITT and knew of another Housing Manager
that was fired for what he knew of the practice. What date was interviewed?
82. John Pachter was the ITT monitor after ITT was placed on a 5-year probation agreement.
Mr. Pachter knew of Keven Barnes’ report to him about the overcharging of the U.S.
Government while ITT was on the Administrative Compliance Agreement entered into with
the DOJ and the U.S. Army. Mr. Pacher knew of the false police report and illegal detention
of ITTs Contracts Administrator. What date did Mr. Pachter get interviewed?
83. was a mechanic in Qatar for ITT and made a report to DCMA regarding
falsified repairs not performed, but charged to the U.S. Government for. He also had broken
his back in Qatar and suffered because ITT directed the Qatar police to take away his
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passport. Mr. is an example of an American who was not medically treated because
ITT did not have the required Defense Base Act insurance. What date did Mr. get
interviewed.
84. Dr. Muharab Ali Al-Enezi was the Kuwait lawyer who defended Keven Barnes against the
ITTs false police reports that were filed to try to get Keven Barnes to drop his whistle-
blowing charges and imprisoned him in Kuwait. What date was Dr. Al-Enezi interviewed?
85. The State Department Consular’s Office was informed of the travel ban placed on Keven
Barnes. What date was the Consulate Officer interviewed?
86. was given contact information of witnesses and supporting
information that he stated would be turned over to investigators. What dates did he turn over
the information and to who did he turn over the information?
87. Please provide email records, recordings, or notes of Mr. regarding ITT
Corporation, ITTMEO, ITT U. S. Army Contract W52P1J-05-d-0003, or 09-cv-00145-MSK-
MJW_Barnes, ITT International Defence America, or Kuwait Resources House or KRH.
88. Was the Attorney General made aware of a misconduct complaint about the Departmetn of
Justice’s Denver office for their cover-up for ITT’s violation of their 5-year probation
agreement terms and conditions?

As you know, FOIA provides that if any part of parts of a record are exempt from disclosure, “
reasonably segregable” portions must be released. Therefore, we request that if you determine that
any portions of the above requested records are exempt from disclosure, we be provided any records,
or portions thereof, that are not exempt; and further that we be provided with a list of exempt records
along with an explanation for the basis of withholding. See Vaughn v Rosen 484 F.2nd 820 (D.C. Cir
1973).

In addition, we ask that you provide us with requested records as soon as they are available,
and that you not await the collection of the entire set of records covered by this request. We are
prepared to pay up to $ 300 without further authorization by us, but ask you that you waive any such
fees. If there is a fee, the please provide that estimated cost to kevenbarnes@yahoo.com

I would be happy to receive the records and lists in electronic form at the below e-mail
address. If you encounter any difficulties with this request, please contact me. I will make every effort
to accommodate you.

Sincerely,

Keven L. Barnes
United States citizen
kevenbarnes@yahoo.com

CC: United States Senate Subcommittee

Contracting Oversight
Senator Sherrad Brown
Senator Clair McCaskill
Senator Susan Collins
Senator Carl Levin
Senator Thomas Carper
Senator Jon Tester
Senator Ted Kaufman
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Senator Tom Coburn

Senator John McCain
Senator Lindsey Graham
Office of Management and Budget
Deputy Administrator Lesley A. Field
Senator Barbara Boxer
Senator Diane Feinstein
Senator Robert P. Casey
Senator Bob Bennett
Congressman Henry Waxman
Congressman Mike Thompson