Methinks the collateral damage for "upholding the law of the land" would be too heavy of a price to pay for justice !!!!
"I’m going to uphold the law of the land and let the political consequences be what they may. If it costs me politically, it costs me politically," George W. Bush - Source: Ian Christopher McCaleb, CNN.com Jun 22, 2000.
"I think the thing that discouraged me about the vice president was uttering those famous words, “no controlling legal authority.” I felt like that there needed to be a better sense of responsibility of what was going on in the White House. It’s time for a fresh start after a season of cynicism. And so, I don’t know the man well, but I’ve been disappointed about how and his administration has conducted the fund-raising affairs. You know, going to a Buddhist temple and then claiming it wasn’t a fund-raiser is just not my view of responsibility. We need to say that each of us need to be responsible for what we do. And people in the highest office of the land must be responsible for decisions they make in life. That’s the way I’ve conducted myself as governor of Texas. And that’s the way I’ll conduct myself as president of the United States." George W. Bush - Source: Presidential debate, Boston MA Oct 3, 2000.
Ironic two members of Reno's Attorney General's Advisory Committee of United States Attorneys are charged with alleged racketeering in late 1998, Lynne Battaglia (U.S. Attorney for MD.) and Thomas E. Scott. (U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida,Miami).
By June 2001 Lynne Battaglia and her Chief of White Collar Crime, Dale Kelberman are the focus of a DOJ investigation for alleged corruption along with the head of the Maryland State Police,David B. Mitchell.
In early 2001 after Louis Freeh abruptly left as Director of the FBI,Thomas E. Scott was being touted as a possible replacement for Freeh as Director of the FBI.
Prior to being named U.S. Attorney in Miami, Scott was a federal judge in Miami, Scott is now in private practice.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL JANET RENO ANNOUNCES NEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHAIR
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Attorney General Janet Reno has appointed Mark T. Calloway, United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, as the new Chair of the Attorney General's Advisory Committee of United States Attorneys. The Advisory Committee, created in 1973, advises the Attorney General on law enforcement matters and gives the United States Attorneys a key voice in Department policy.
Calloway, who has served as Co-chair of the Advisory Committee's White Collar Crime Subcommittee, has been very active in the Department's white collar crime efforts and serves on the Department's White Collar Crime Council. He is also a member of the Advisory Committee's Investigation and Intelligence Subcommittee and Ethics In Government Subcommittee.
"Mark's extensive experience in combating white collar crime is very impressive," said Reno. "That experience, along with his impressive tenure as the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, makes him a perfect choice to lead the Advisory Committee into the next millennium." Calloway was appointed United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina in February 1994.
In June, 1996, Governor James B. Hunt, Jr., appointed Calloway to his "Task Force on Racial or Religious Violence and Intimidation." That Task Force dealt with the various issues facing North Carolina in the wake of a series of church burnings.
Calloway served in 1998-99 as Chair of the Criminal Justice Section Council of the North Carolina Bar Association, and currently serves as an Advisor to the Ethics Committee of the North Carolina State Bar. He is also a regular lecturer at the U.S. Justice Department National Advocacy Center's management seminars.
A list of the full Committee follows:
Mark T. Calloway, Chair, Western District of North Carolina
Paul E. Coggins, Jr., Vice Chair, Northern District of Texas
Lynne A. Battaglia, District of Maryland
Robert P. Crouch, Jr., Western District of Virginia
Saul A. Green, Eastern District of Michigan
Stephen L. Hill, Jr., Western District of Missouri
Faith S. Hochberg, District of New Jersey
P.K. Holmes, III, Western District of Arkansas
Walter C. Holton, Jr., Middle District of North Carolina
B. Todd Jones, District of Minnesota
Eddie J. Jordan, Jr., Eastern District of Louisiana
John J. Kelly, District of New Mexico
Beverly Baldwin Martin, Middle District of Georgia
Katrina C. Pflaumer, Western District of Washington
Thomas E. Scott, Southern District of Florida
Judith A. Stewart, Southern District of Indiana
Emily M. Sweeney, Northern District of Ohio
Charles R. Tetzlaff, District of Vermont
Donald K. Stern, Chair, District of Massachusetts, ex officio
Wilma A. Lewis, District of Columbia, ex officio
Janet Craig, Southern District of Texas, ad hoc