The Law of Unintended Consequences

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PMA Group

PMA Group is a lobbying firm "specializing in securing defense
earmarks for its clients."

On March 29, 2009, the New York Times reported that Paul
Magliocchetti, had built "his lobbying firm into one of the 10 biggest
in Washington. Now, however, Mr. Magliocchetti$B!G(Bs generosity is coming
to an abrupt halt: his firm, the PMA Group, is closing its doors next
week, after reports that federal prosecutors had recently raided his
office and his home. And many on Capitol Hill, recalling the scandal
that mushroomed around the lobbyist Jack Abramoff, are wondering who
else will be ensnared in the investigation as prosecutors pore over
the financial records and computer files of one of K Street$B!G(Bs most
influential lobbyists, known both for the billions of dollars in
earmarks he obtained for his clients and for his open hand toward
those he sought to influence." [1]




Contents [hide]
1 Background
2 Contact info
3 Articles and resources
3.1 Related SourceWatch articles
3.2 References
3.3 External resources
3.4 External articles

[edit]Background
In March 2009, the Chicago Tribune reported that "the firm is
disintegrating amid a federal investigation into allegations that its
founder, Paul Magliochetti, a former top aide to Rep. John Murtha, D-
Pa., steered donations to lawmakers through sham donors." [1]

Representative Pete Visclosky also has ties to PMA. "His former
congressional chief of staff worked as a lobbyist for the firm, and he
received at least $100,000 in contributions from donors tied to PMA
Group between 2006 and 2008, according to Federal Election Commission
reports. PMA Group was the top donor to Visclosky$B!G(Bs 2008 re-election
campaign." [1]

In November 2008, the FBI raided the firm's office, as part of an
investigation into PMA's "suspicious campaign donations." After the
raid, "many partners left PMA, and its lobbying practice recently
closed." In March 2009, the Senate passed a bill providing funding for
federal agencies, which included earmarks for 13 PMA clients, bringing
them a total of $10 million. Senators John McCain and Tom Coburn
offered an amendment to strip the PMA-related earmarks from the bill,
but it failed. [2]

[edit]Contact info
The PMA Group
2345 Crystal Drive, Suite 300
Arlington, Virginia 22202

Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Email: ***@thepmagroup.com
Website: http://www.thepmagroup.com

[edit]Articles and resources

[edit]Related SourceWatch articles
___Pat Kohli___



[edit]References
$B",(B 1.0 1.1 Henry C Jackson, "Visclosky's ties to troubled PMA Group run
deep," Chicago Tribune, March 2, 2009.
$B",(B Paul Kane, "Democrats Stop Effort To Remove Earmarks," Washington
Post, March 5, 2009.
[edit]External resources
"Scandal: House of Murtha," PMA Group coverage by ProPublica.org
[edit]External articles
Jonathan Allen and Alex Knott, "PMA Lobbyist, Relatives Gave Lawmakers
$1.5 Million Since 2000," CQ Politics, March 12, 2009.
Carol Eisenberg, "Donations from defense lobbyist PMA Group were a
family affair," Muckety.com, March 16, 2009.

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Pat Kohli

Pat Kohli, or Patrick Kohli, is a member of the Haifan Baha'i Faith[1]
who makes regular contributions to the USENET newsgroup
talk.religion.bahai[2]. He is a computer programmer who has worked on
software for various projects, including military systems.

Contents [hide]
1 Background
2 Articles and Resources
2.1 Related SourceWatch Articles
2.2 References
2.3 External Articles

[edit]Background
He "is a computer scientist assigned to 4.5.3.3. He works for PMA-231
as the Open Architecture (OA) IPT lead, in the OA/FORCEnet IPT of the
Network Centric Warfare IPT. Prior to this he worked at Saint Inigoes
for 4.5 and developed a prototype next generation flight data
recorder, using COTS components, to meet incident reporting,
maintenance and FOQA needs. Pat also supported the old PMA-282 which
did weapon control systems for guided missiles. Pat has an MS in
computer Information Systems from Florida Tech." [3]

"Pat Kohli, NCW Open Architecture Lead, demonstrated how the E-2/C-2
program office (PMA-231) is continuously evaluating and implementing
software modernization to facilitate transition of the existing E-2
operational flight program to an environment using commercially
available systems. Venlet said, "The Naval Aviation Enterprise has
embraced open architecture as a fundamental building block of weapon
system development from its very inception. Our government/industry
teams continue to leverage these open system strategies and concepts
in achieving reduction in overall development cycle times and
delivering increased system capabilities to the Fleet faster and
cheaper. The advantages of integrating open architecture designs and
contracting strategies are measurable and pronounced as is
substantiated by our E-2D Advanced Hawkeye and P-8 Multi-Mission
Aircraft development programs. The key to continued success will be
maintaining the close partnership with industry experts, as we provide
the right capabilities, at the right time and right cost to the joint
warfighter."The E-2 Hawkeye team has been representing and directly
supporting Venlet's executive office - the aviation domain lead for
open architecture initiatives - since June 2004, because of its role
as a battle management command and control platform and a central
network communications node in aviation. E-2 Program Manager Capt.
Randy Mahrsaid, "Today's evolving E-2 open architecture model paves
the way for a more mature system to be used by the E-2D prior to it
taking its place in the fleet."[3]

Pat Kohli has maintained a consistent web presence since the late
1990s, particularly on USENET, addressing both external critics and
dissenters within the Haifan Baha'i Faith tradition to which he
belongs [5]. In 1998, he voted against the creation of the USENET
group, talk.religion.bahai, as an un-moderated discussion forum for
issues relating to the Baha'i faith [4]. Official discussion regarding
the creation of this group may also be found at: [6]. He posts under
the handles Mr All Bad and All_Bad [5]

[edit]Articles and Resources
[edit]Related SourceWatch Articles
PMA Group
[edit]References
$B",(B Letter from Assistant Secretary, Kishan Manocha, on Behalf of
National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United Kingdom [1],
dated October 8, 2002, Accessed 17 February, 2009.
$B",(B Discussion Archive of USENET group Talk.Religion.Baha'i, [2],
Accessed February 17, 2009
$B",(B 3.0 3.1 Drema Ballengee-Grunst, "Assistant SecNav visits NAVAIR T&E
laboratory", November 10, 2005.
$B",(B Record of votes cast regarding the creation of the USENET group,
talk.religion.bahai,[3], Accessed February 17, 2009.
$B",(B Excerpt from USENET group talk.religion.bahai,[4], Accessed February
17, 2009.
[edit]External Articles

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[PaulHammond]

What's the connection between this Sourcewatch article and the law of
unintended consequences, IRI hack?

Paul

NUR wrote:

[NUR]

"First, I do believe, based on Hammond's refusal to say why he is
interested in the Baha'i Faith and his frequent defense of the AO,
that he is probably working for them."

-- Eric Stetson, September 2003