Tuesday, October 16, 2001 11:40 AM

WEB ALERT

We have just posted the court-appointed federal monitor's latest report 
to Judge Lamberth, made public this morning. You can find it at 
www.indiantrust.com

The report is severely critical of Secretary Norton. Among the 
conclusions:

-- "There is no one in charge of trust reform operations at Interior"

-- A recent quarterly report filed by Secretary Norton with the court 
   is "untruthful, inaccurate and incomplete"

-- The Solicitor's Office - Interior's top lawyers - pressured 
   underlings to verify the accuracy of the quarterly report, which 
   several refused to do

-- "There is no one [at Interior] with sufficient experience or 
   knowledge to adequately describe for this Court the overall status 
   of trust reform operations"

-- "There is no one [at Interior] who knows what is necessary or how to 
   correct trust reform management."

And "there is no one [at Interior] who will tell the Court these facts."

Interior's trust reform effort "is broken and has not been and may not 
be capable of repair by the Interior defendants," the monitor concludes.