- Joseph E. Schmitz
Joseph Edward Schmitz (born on
December 11 ,1958 inOrange County, California ) [ [http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/calbirths?c=search&first=Joseph+E&last=Schmitz&spelling=Exact&4_year=&4_month=0&4_day=0&5=&7=&SubmitSearch.x=32&SubmitSearch.y=20 California Birth Index] ] is an Americanlawyer , formerInspector General of the Department of Defense and a former executive withBlackwater Worldwide , a private contractor providing security services to the U.S. State Department and the U.S. military.Biography
Joseph Edward Schmitz is the son of the
John G. Schmitz , former California State Senator, member of theU.S. House of Representatives , and U.S. Presidential candidate (1972). Schmitz attended Catholic schools as a child andGeorgetown Preparatory School while his father served in Congress. He holds aBachelor of Science (1978) from theUnited States Naval Academy inAnnapolis, Maryland and aJuris Doctor (1986) fromStanford University . He was on thewrestling team at the Naval Academy. His siblings includeMary Kay Letourneau and John Patrick Schmitz. [ [http://www.nndb.com/people/466/000104154/ Joseph E. Schmitz ] ]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 theNaval Reserve until 2001. After leaving active duty, Schmitz attended law school. He clerked withJames L. Buckley ,Circuit Judge ,United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and was a special assistant to Attorney GeneralEdwin Meese III during the Reagan Administration. Schmitz entered the private sector in 1987, eventually joining theWashington, D.C. , firm ofPatton Boggs LLP. [Scahill, "Blackwater", 303.] He was anadjunct professor of law atGeorgetown University in the 1990s.He is a member of the
Sovereign Military Order of Malta . [ [http://www.worldsecuritynetwork.com/_dsp/dsp_authorBio3.cfm?authID=10 WorldSecurityNetwork.com ] ]Inspector General of the Department of Defense
Schmitz was nominated by President
George W. Bush to be Defense Department Inspector General onJune 18 2001 . His nomination was held up in the Senate Armed Services Committee for unknown reasons untilMarch 21 2002 Fact|date=April 2008, when he was confirmed by the full Senate byvoice vote .Resignation
Schmitz resigned as Defense Department Inspector General on
September 9 2005 in order to take a position with thePrince Group Fact|date=April 2008, a holding company forBlackwater Worldwide Fact|date=April 2008, which provides security services and training to the U.S. military in Iraq and elsewhere. In a letter datedJune 15 2005 , and posted on the Inspector General's website onSeptember 2 2005 , Schmitz recused himself from investigating all matters related to Blackwater.Fact|date=April 2008ee also
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Janet Rehnquist , former Inspector General of theDepartment of Health and Human Services
*Scott Bloch ,Office of the Special Counsel
*Robert W. Cobb , NASA Inspector General
*Howard Krongard , Inspector General of theUnited States Department of State
*Erik Prince , founder and CEO of Blackwater Worldwide, Inc.References
ources
*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."External links
*NNDB Page [http://www.nndb.com/people/466/000104154/]
*Inspector General of the Department of Defense website [http://www.dodig.mil]
*BlackwaterUSA website [http://www.blackwaterusa.com/]
*"Politicization of Inspectors General" [http://democrats.reform.house.gov/story.asp?ID=726&Issue=Administration+Oversight] , a report released byRanking 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 [http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=12596]
*"The Scrutinizer Finds Himself Under Scrutiny," T. Christian Miller, Los Angeles Times,September 25 2005 [http://www.epic-usa.org/Default.aspx?tabid=1858]
*"How Many More Mike Browns Are Out There?," Mark Thompson, Karen Tumulty, Time Magazine,October 3 2005 [http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1109345,00.html]
*"No FBI Charges for Defense Official in Iraq Case," T. Christian Miller, Los Angeles Times,October 15 2005 . [http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-shaw15oct15,0,7200090.story?coll=la-home-nation]
*"Tanker Inquiry Finds Rumsfeld's Attention Was Elsewhere," R. Jeffrey Smith, Washington Post,June 20 ,2006 [http://www.rawstory.com/showarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2006%2F06%2F19%2FAR2006061901090_pf.html]
*"Blackwater's Top Brass," The Pilot Online, Hampton Roads, Virginia,July 24 2006 [http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=108028&ran=144012]
* http://www.worldsecuritynetwork.com/_dsp/dsp_authorBio3.cfm?authID=10
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