Hamilton and others have identified orr as being eitan. On may 12th, rugh provided a package of promis software and. The primary users of this early version of the software were the united states attorneys office of the district of columbia, and state and local law enforcement. Inslaws principal asset is a highly sophisticated software program called promis, a computer program which manages large amounts of information a justice department above the law in 1982, inslaw won a contract with the department of justice to install promis in u. Promis prosecutors management information system was a case management software. Among frickers important work was his investigation of the u. Software piracy, conspiracy, coverup, stonewalling, covert action. Promis is said to be the forerunner to the nsas prism software that was disclosed by nsa whistleblower edward snowden. Promis prosecutors management information system was a case management software developed by inslaw formerly the institute for law and social research, a nonprofit organization established in 1973 by bill and nancy hamilton. Promis prosecutors management information system was a case management software developed by inslaw formerly the institute for law and social research, a nonprofit organization established in. Promis has also been forked into various different softwares over the years used for a myriad of applicable uses within government, which this writer will discuss later. Prism did it come from promis software stolen by a government. Hamilton to develop case management software for law enforcement office automation.
The department of justice has won a round in a case of alleged software piracy that has kept conspiracy buffs around the world busy for more than 10 years. These facts lend a great deal of credence to the statements from bill hamilton and others that the. View bill hamiltons profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Designed as casemanagement software for federal prosecutors, promis has the ability to combine disparate databases, and to track people by their involvement with the legal system. My sources wont tell me what it is, says bill hamilton, but what theyve explained to me is that the final use of the promis software is so sensitive that its disclosure is a matter under the. Promis was developed under a law enforcement assistance administration leaa. A canadian government official says that canada is using the promis software, according to inslaw owners william and nancy hamilton. Riconosciuto told bill hamilton that he and earl brian, a director of hadron, inc. Developed by inslaw president bill hamilton, promis enabled u. Hamiltons account inslaw owner william hamilton will later say that brewer is.
Promis is a tracking program with enhancements by washington, dcbased inslaw inc. Law enforcement authorities said foims and coins are believed to be upgraded versions of the promis software. The software program inslaw developed was a casemanagement computer program called promis. As such, it had to have a multilingual computer language reading capability. It was being developed by hamtilton s company inslaw for use in the justice department to allow prosecutors to track cases through state and federal systems. Promis was developed under a law enforcement assistance administration leaa grant. Remember reporter danny casolaro promise inslaw bcci.
The senate had ordered the court in may 1995 to determine whether the united states owes inslaw compensation for the governments use of. Promis software was originally written in cobol for use on mainframe computers. Former israeli intel official claims jeffrey epstein. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover bills. Bill hamilton, the original developer of the promis software and head of inslaw inc. Inslaw president bill hamilton has claimed that ed meese associate earl brian was given control of pirated versions of the promis software by meese to sell back to.
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