Compass Rose Legal Group
| Compass Rose Legal Group | |
| Headquarters | Washington, DC |
|---|---|
| Major practice areas | National Security, Whistleblower, Federal Criminal & Administrative Investigations, Government & Media Relations |
| Key people | Andrew P. Bakaj, Managing Attorney |
| Company type | PLLC |
| Website | www.CompassRosePLLC.com |
Compass Rose Legal Group, PLLC (CRLG) is a Washington, DC law firm specializing in national security law.[1]
History
Compass Rose Legal Group was founded by Andrew P. Bakaj, a former federal official with the Central Intelligence Agency and Department of Defense Office of Inspectors General.[2][3][4][5]
Practice Areas
Compass Rose Legal Group is a boutique law firm with the following practice areas:[6]
- National Security: Security Clearance and Polygraph
- Whistleblower Representation
- Criminal and Administrative Investigations
- Internal Investigations
- Congressional Investigations
- Government & Media Relations
- Freedom of Information Act and Pre-Publication Guidance
Notable Cases
In 2016 Andrew P. Bakaj, the firm’s Managing Attorney, was quoted in an article concerning the firm’s client, John R. Crane, a former Senior Official with the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General. The article pertained to the activity of former Defense Inspector General Joseph E. Schmitz, a foreign policy advisor to Donald Trump. The information reported gained significant global media attention, particularly because, according to reporting by The Hill, of the accusations of Schmitz "boasting about firing Jews and downplaying the Holocaust while serving as inspector general for the Department of Defense (DOD)," as reported by McClatchy.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] Keith Olbermann referred to this matter when discussing Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election. [16]
Andrew P. Bakaj
Andrew Bakaj is a former intelligence officer with the Central Intelligence Agency Office of Inspector General (CIA OIG) and the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG). While at DoD OIG, Bakaj was central in developing the legal and investigative framework to conduct the Federal Government’s first investigations involving security clearance actions as a pretext for reprisal. In effect, he was among those who lead to the establishment of the Defense Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Program.[17][18] Due to the program’s success, DoD senior leadership tasked him with briefing the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) on the program. This framework was used as the basis for the White House issuing Presidential Policy Directive 19 (PPD-19).[19][20][21][22]
PPD-19 was signed by President Barack Obama and is designed to ensure that employees who serve in the Intelligence Community or have access to classified information can effectively report waste, fraud, and abuse, while protecting classified information. It is the executive order establishing standards for all Federal agencies with employees covered by the Directive, including those under Defense Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection and the U.S. Department of Defense Whistleblower Program. It also prohibits retaliation against these employees for their reports.[23]
See also
- Whistleblower Protection in the United States
- Defense Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection
- Department of Defense Whistleblower Program
- Department of Defense Office of Inspector General
- Central Intelligence Agency Office of Inspector General
- John Crane
- Mark Zaid
References
- ↑ Compass Rose Legal Group, PLLC [1].
- ↑ Compass Rose Legal Group, PLLC [2].
- ↑ Formation of Compass Rose Legal Group [3].
- ↑ The George Washington University (Dec. 22, 2011) [4]
- ↑ Mark Zaid [5].
- ↑ Avvo [6]
- ↑ Marisa Taylor and William Douglas, "Trump adviser accused of making anti-Semitic remarks", McClatchy (Washington, DC)(Aug. 18, 2016) at [7].
- ↑ Mark Hensch, "Trump adviser accused of anti-Semitism," The Hill (Washington, DC) (Aug. 18, 2016) [8].
- ↑ Katherine Krueger, "Complaint Alleges Trump Adviser Made Anti-Semitic Remarks As Pentagon IG," Talking Points Memo (Aug. 18, 2016) [9].
- ↑ Hank Berrien, "Trump Foreign Policy Advisor Accused Of Anti-Semitism," The Daily Wire (Aug. 18, 2016)[10]
- ↑ Alfred Ng, "Donald Trump foreign policy advisor Joseph Schmitz allegedly downplayed Holocaust horrors, bragged about firing Jewish staffers,New York Daily News (Aug. 18, 2016) [11].
- ↑ "Trump Foreign Policy Adviser Accused of Holocaust Denial," The Daily Beast [12].
- ↑ Eric Cortellessa, "Trump adviser allegedly bragged about firing Jews from Pentagon jobs; Former Defense official Joseph Schmitz also accused of making anti-Semitic remarks such as: ‘Ovens were too small to kill 6 million Jews’" The Times of Israel(Aug. 19, 2016) [13]
- ↑ See also: Clark, Charles S. (May 23, 2016). "Fired Pentagon Whistleblower Goes Public in Attack on IG's Office". Government Executive. Retrieved May 23, 2016..
- ↑ See also: Goodman, Amy (May 23, 2016). "Pentagon Whistleblower's Disclosures Put a Lie to Obama, Clinton Claims About Snowden". Democracy Now!. New York City. Pacifica Radio..
- ↑ Olbermann, Keith (September 13, 2016). "176 Reasons Donald Trump Shouldn't Be President". GQ.com. GQ.
- ↑ Eric B. Kempen and Andrew P. Bakaj, "Marshalling Whistleblower Protection Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine", The Journal of Public Inquiry (Spring/Summer 2006): 6.
- ↑ See also: Lindsay Boyd & Brian Futagaki, Intelligent Whistleblowing, Journal of Public Integrity (Summer 2010) at 20 (an article presenting a history of the intelligence community whistleblowing and outlining the procedures employed by DoD IG to protect DoD intelligence community whistleblowers from reprisal.).
- ↑ Compass Rose Legal Group, PLLC [14].
- ↑ Memorandum, Department of Defense, Office of Inspector General [15].
- ↑ Mark Zaid [16].
- ↑ AIHIT [17].
- ↑ The White House, Washington, D.C., Presidential Policy Directive 19, October 10, 2012.
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