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Account Balance.


I enjoyed Tim Cavanaugh's article ("Account Balance," August/September) but believe it only touched the tip of the iceberg tip of the iceberg
n. pl. tips of the iceberg
A small evident part or aspect of something largely hidden: afraid that these few reported cases of the disease might only be the tip of the iceberg. 
. In contrast to the public mess of Worldcom The former name of MCI. Based in Jackson, MS, WorldCom, Inc. was a major, international telecommunications carrier. It was founded in 1983 by Bernard Ebbers as Long Distance Discount Service (LDDS), a reseller of AT&T WATS lines to small businesses. , Enron, Tyco, etc., U.S. citizens have no clue of the rampant fiscal abuse that takes place every day within our government.

I offer you the Bureau of Prisons, where we blindly entrust a government agency with no direct oversight
For Oversight in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Oversight.


Oversight may refer to:
  • Government regulation — The role of an official authority in regulating a separate authority.
 to spend our tax dollars without being required to provide audited financials to justify expenditures.

In the month of August at one federal prison camp, thousands of dollars worth of goods and equipment were destroyed. Some of these items were used military surplus, but more than half were brand-new items, some of which were still in original containers. According to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3.
 a former guard who contacted my organization, there is no requirement to inventory such goods. We indict in·dict  
tr.v. in·dict·ed, in·dict·ing, in·dicts
1. To accuse of wrongdoing; charge: a book that indicts modern values.

2.
 and jail corporate officers for not complying with similar requirements.

Ellen M. Salisbury

Federal Prison Policy Project

Reynoldsburg, OH
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Title Annotation:Letters
Author:Salisbury, Ellen M.
Publication:Reason
Article Type:Letter to the Editor
Date:Dec 1, 2003
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