|
Joseph Edward Schmitz (born August 28, 1956) is an American lawyer, former Inspector General of the Department of Defense and a former executive with Blackwater Worldwide. ==Biography== Schmitz was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,〔U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services, ''Nominations before the Senate Armed Services Committee, first session, 107th Congress'', 1616〕 the son of John G. Schmitz, former California State Senator, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and U.S. Presidential candidate (1972). Schmitz attended Catholic schools as a child and Georgetown Preparatory School while his father served in Congress. He holds a Bachelor of Science (1978) from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland and a Juris Doctor (1986) from Stanford University. He was on the wrestling team at the Naval Academy. His siblings include Mary Kay Fualaau, Jerome Thomas Schmitz and John Patrick Schmitz.〔(NNDB, ''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 the Naval Reserve until 2001. After leaving active duty, Schmitz attended law school. He clerked with James L. Buckley, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and was a special assistant to Attorney General Edwin Meese III during the Reagan Administration.〔 Schmitz entered the private sector in 1987, eventually joining the Washington, D.C., firm of Patton Boggs LLP.〔Scahill, ''Blackwater'', 303.〕 He was an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University in the 1990s. He founded his own firm, ''Joseph E. Schmitz, PLLC'', in 2008.〔(Joseph E. Schmitz, PLLC )〕 The company's domain ''jespllc.com'' was registered with Bethesda Hosting on May 22, 2010.〔(''WhoIs Records JESPLLC.COM'' )〕 He is a member of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.〔(WorldSecurityNetwork.com )〕 He is an author of the anti-Islam report, ''Sharia: The Threat to America''.〔''Sharia: The Threat To America'', (), Center for Security Policy, October 2010〕 In 2008, he argued for the application of Sharia law in his plea to dismiss the Florida court case against Blackwater regarding Blackwater Flight 61.〔Bruce Falconer, ''In Florida Legal Case, Blackwater Demands Taliban Treatment'', (), Mother Jones, June 19, 2008〕 This contradiction was first noted by Jeremy Scahill of The Nation.〔Jeremy Scahill, ''A Real Sharia Law Promoter for Peter King to Investigate'', (), The Nation, March 9, 2011〕 He is known to have a fascination with Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, having installed seals bearing the Von Steuben family motto in the Inspector General's office during his time there.〔T. Christian Miller, ''The Scrutinizer Finds Himself Under Scrutiny'', (), Los Angeles Times, September 25, 2005〕 As Inspector General, Schmitz investigated involvement of the U.S. military in the sex trade in South Korea, Bosnia, and Kosovo, but found nothing other than petty prostitution.〔''Pentagon Iraq War Intel "Not Illegal": Questions About DoD Inspector General's Flawed Report'',(), Daily Kos, Feb 9, 2007〕 Schmitz currently writes a column titled “Support and Defend” for the media organization Newsmax. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joseph E. Schmitz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|