View bill hamiltons profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. The software, which was developed by bill hamilton. Law enforcement authorities said foims and coins are believed to be upgraded versions of the promis software. 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. A canadian government official says that canada is using the promis software, according to inslaw owners william and nancy hamilton. As such, it had to have a multilingual computer language reading capability. Firm says stolen software helped bin laden plot 911. On may 12th, rugh provided a package of promis software and. Promis is said to be the forerunner to the nsas prism software that was disclosed by nsa whistleblower edward snowden. 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. 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. Promis is a tracking program with enhancements by washington, dcbased inslaw inc.
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. Hamiltons account inslaw owner william hamilton will later say that brewer is. Promis was developed under a law enforcement assistance administration leaa grant. 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. Software piracy, conspiracy, coverup, stonewalling, covert action. 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. Former israeli intel official claims jeffrey epstein. Promis was developed under a law enforcement assistance administration leaa.
The software program inslaw developed was a casemanagement computer program called promis. Promis itself stands for prosecutors management information software or in some versions, system. Among frickers important work was his investigation of the u. Promis software was originally written in cobol for use on mainframe computers. Justice department records confirm promis scandals ties to israel. Developed by inslaw president bill hamilton, promis enabled u. Promis software developed, can integrate information from. 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. 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. 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. 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. Hamilton and others have identified orr as being eitan. Promis prosecutors management information system was a case management software.
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. Prism did it come from promis software stolen by a government. These facts lend a great deal of credence to the statements from bill hamilton and others that the.