Prosecutor’s Firing Was Urged During Probe<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\nSen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said in a television appearance yesterday that Lam "sent a notice to the Justice Department saying that there would be two search warrants" in a criminal investigation of defense contractor Brent R. Wilkes and Kyle "Dusty" Foggo, who had just quit as the CIA’s top administrator amid questions about his ties to disgraced former GOP congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham.<\/p>\n
The next day, May 11, D. Kyle Sampson, then chief of staff to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, sent an e-mail message to William Kelley in the White House counsel’s office saying that Lam should be removed as quickly as possible, according to documents turned over to Congress last week.<\/p>\n
"Please call me at your convenience to discuss the following," Sampson wrote, referring to "[t]he real problem we have right now with Carol Lam that leads me to conclude that we should have someone ready to be nominated on 11\/18, the day her 4-year term expires."<\/strong><\/p>\nThe FBI raided Foggo’s home and former CIA office on May 12. He was indicted along with Wilkes on fraud and money-laundering charges on Feb. 13 — two days before Lam left as U.S. attorney.<\/p>\n
The revelation that Lam took a major step in the Foggo probe one day before Sampson’s e-mail message was sent to the White House raises further questions about the decision to fire her, Feinstein suggested.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
How does one respond to something like this? Here’s how:<\/div>\n
\nA Justice spokesman yesterday referred questions about the meaning of the "real problem" e-mail to Sampson’s attorney, Bradford Berenson, who declined to comment.<\/div>\n
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"We have stated numerous times that no U.S. attorney was removed to retaliate against or inappropriately interfere with any public corruption investigation or prosecution," Justice spokesman Brian Roehrkasse said in a statement. "This remains the case, and there is no evidence that indicates otherwise."<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Reminds me of what elementary kids say – "
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