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http://www.iwon.com/home/news/news_article/0,11746,132210|top|06-03-2001::07
:19|reuters,00.html
White House Reportedly Narrows List for FBI Chief
June 3, 2001 7:05 am EST
Citing sources familiar with the search, the newspaper said the list of
final candidates had been narrowed to U.S. District Court Sterling Johnson
Jr. of Brooklyn, New York; Robert Mueller, who was acting deputy attorney
general from January until last month; and George Terwilliger, a deputy
attorney general under President Bush's father.
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http://www.usaondca.com/txt/html/us_attorney_biography.html
US Department of Justice, Northern District of California
Robert S. Mueller, III
On October 7, 1999 Mr. Mueller was confirmed by the Senate as the United
States Attorney for the Northern District of California. From August 1998
until his confirmation, Mr. Mueller served in that position as the interim
United States Attorney.
In 1995 Mr. Mueller left private practice to serve as Senior Litigation
Counsel in the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia
in the Homicide Section. He assumed the position of Chief of that Section
in 1997.
>From 1990-1993 Mr. Mueller served in the Bush Administration as Assistant
Attorney General in charge of the Criminal Division at the Department of
Justice. Prior to that, Mr. Mueller was on the staff of Attorney General
Richard Thornburgh (1989-1990). He has been an Assistant United States
Attorney in San Francisco (1976-1982) and in Boston (1982-1988). In Boston
he held positions as Chief of the Criminal Division, Deputy United States
Attorney, and United States Attorney.
Mr. Mueller has also practiced law in the private sector. He was a partner
at Hale and Dorr in Boston and Washington (1993-1995), and a partner at Hill
& Barlow in Boston (1988-1989). Mr. Mueller started his legal career as an
associate at Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro in San Francisco (1973-1976).
In 1991 Mr. Mueller was elected a Fellow of the American College of Trial
Lawyers. Mr. Mueller attended Princeton University and received a Masters
Degree in International Relations from New York University. He then served
in the United States Marine Corps where he was awarded the Bronze Star, two
Navy Commendation Medals, the Purple Heart and the Vietnamese Cross of
Gallantry during his tour of duty in Vietnam. Mr. Mueller attended the
University of Virginia Law School.
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From: Kris Millegan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Friday, June 08, 2001 10:52 PM
Subject: [CTRL] HOW DAVID ASIMOV, THE BIGGEST CHILD PORN PROCESSOR IN
CALIFORNIA SKATED AWAY FROM FEDERAL PRISON WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS
FRIENDS
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>HOW DAVID ASIMOV, THE BIGGEST CHILD PORN PROCESSOR IN CALIFORNIA SKATED
AWAY
>FROM FEDERAL PRISON WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS by Kathryn Dixon ©
>2000
>David Asimov, of Living Oak Court, Bennett Ridge, Santa Rosa, the son of
the
>late science fiction writer Isaac Asimov, was sentenced on March 28, 2001
to
>six months' home detention with electronic monitoring and three years
federal
>probation for possessing child pornography. U.S. District Court Judge
Maxine
>M. Chesney sentenced Asimov after reviewing a series of sealed psychiatric
>reports, one of which was ordered by the court. Asimov who was charged
with
>four federal counts of possession of child pornography with each count
>carrying a five year sentence, pled guilty to two counts in a plea bargain
>deal. There was no forfeiture of any of Asimov's assets in this case,
>despite his owning a home in Santa Rosa purchased in 1996 for $375,000, and
>despite his receiving $3,000 per month from his father's estate.
>How did Asimov, who possessed one of the largest stashes of pornography in
>California, skate away from federal prison? A look at the players yields
the
>answer.
>Asimov's child porn stash was so big many child victims and perpetrators
>would have taken a fall, had Asimov been zealously prosecuted at trial.
>Asimov would probably have escaped detection, if he had not taken his
>personal computer to a store when its scanner and color printer
>malfunctioned. A technician working on the machine discovered images of
>children engaged in sexual acts with adults. A store supervisor contacted
>the police. Asimov's case is not the only case where tips about child porn
>were generated by store technicians. It seems either child pornographers
are
>stupid about fixing their computers or they are unwitting framed.
>The police raided Asimov's four-bedroom home with a search warrant and
>discovered the largest child porn "processing center" ever discovered in
>California.
>"There were thousands of disks, thousands of videos," said Sonoma County
>Deputy District Attorney Gary Medvigy, who personally referred to Asimov's
>home as a "processing center" for child pornography. "Anything imaginable
>regarding sex between human beings and human beings, or human beings and
>animals, was there. Whatever your imagination can conjure up, he had it. It
>was like walking into a TV studio" Santa Rosa police seized scores of
>computer disks and approximately 4,000 videocassettes from Asimov's home,
and
>approximately 1,000 of those videos contained child pornography.
>Medvigy said he had evidence to show Asimov distributed child pornography
>through the Internet ``on at least a few occasions,'' which would
constitute
>a felony. He said Asimov had 14 video machines arranged for high-speed
>editing and copying, and possessed cases of blank tapes.
>In addition to the videotapes and computer disks recovered, police
reportedly
>found video cameras, several VCRs, and a costly table-top scanner to create
>computer images. "He had a whole lot of editing and mass production
>capabilities," Santa Rosa Police officer Zamudio said. "We were greeted by
>thousands of tapes, disks, periodicals, and commercial videos with covers
>showing child pornography. We spent two days collecting, packaging, and
>transporting all the items."
>The Sonoma County District Attorney J. Michael Mullins covered up the case,
>let the public believe the feds would prosecute it more thoroughly, and
then
>passed the cover up to U.S. Attorney Mueller.
>In March 1998, Asimov was arrested in Sonoma County and charged with two
>counts of felony exploitation of a child and possession of pornography.
>Asimov faced a maximum state penalty of six years. The identity of the
child
>whom Asimov alleged exploited was never revealed to the public. Parents
and
>associates of the child never came forward. Was there a secret settlement
in
>the style of Michael Jackson? Was any effort at all made to identify the
>children in the tapes? In Europe, parents who are looking for their
missing
>children or for evidence of child abuse are allowed to view pictures of
faces
>of children depicted in porno tapes which are seized by the police. No one
>in Sonoma County reported any photo arrays seized from Asimov's home being
>shown by the police to any parents whose children were exploited or
>kidnapped.
>Asimov was arraigned in Sonoma County Municipal Court, with bail set at
>$250,000. Asimov spent a few days in jail. His lawyer Andrian said Asimov
>had the money to post bail, but preferred to attempt to get out on his own
>recognizance. In fact, a few days later, Judge Frank Passalacqua released
>Asimov after having been told no local victims were identified in the porn
>seized from Asimov's home. Thus, within only a few days of his arrest,
>Asimov was released, because the police happened to know no local victims
>were involved. How could they have known so fast? Obviously, the Sonoma
>County Court didn't care that victims who were not "local" may have been
>involved. Someone's child was on those tapes.
>"As far as local victims, we don't know of any. There are some homemade
>tapes,'' Sonoma County Deputy District Attorney Gary Medvigy told the
judge.
>Why was a distinction made by the Sonoma County Judge and District Attorney
>regarding determining if Asimov's tapes involved "local" victims as opposed
>to non-local victims? What did District Attorney Mullins consider to be
>"local"? Within Sonoma County? Within California? Medvigy also
>acknowledged to Judge Passalacqua that the investigation was still in its
>infancy because of the massive amount of material taken from Asimov's
house.
>Despite the investigation being in its "infancy", Judge Passalacqua set
>Asimov loose.
>By releasing Asimov on his own recognizance, the Sonoma County Judge and
>prosecutor made it clear that they considered the case to be light weight.
>There was no pressure on Asimov to turn in any of his confederates or to
>spill the beans, when he was just lounging around his luxurious home,
>unemployed and enjoying Santa Rosa life. Asimov was ordered released on
the
>condition he stay away from children, computers and the Internet. The
public
>was expected to feel safe because Passalacqua sternly told Asimov he would
>have to comply with a list of conditions, including observing a curfew and
>allowing a probation officer to search his house at any time, and would
have
>to take random chemical tests and engage in psychological counseling.
>In July 1998, before a preliminary hearing commenced which would have put
the
>massive amount of evidence before the public, suddenly Sonoma County Deputy
>District Attorney Gary Medvigy announced that U.S. Attorney's Office in
San
>Francisco agreed to prosecute Asimov, 46, thus relieving Sonoma County of
the
>prosecution. Sonoma Superior Court Judge Frank Passalacqua
"conditionally''
>dismissed the two felony charges against Asimov related to distributing
child
>pornography. Passalacqua stated the charges were dismissed only so federal
>authorities could file their case and would be reinstated in 30 days if for
>some reason federal authorities did not proceed.
>Medvigy tried to convince the public that the reason for the dismissal was
>that his office was limited in its ability to investigate the sources and
>possible distribution of the ``enormous'' amount of child pornography found
>in Asimov's home. Medvigy also cited the fact that much of Asimov's porn
came
>from the internet and involved out-of-state and international sources,
which
>made it more appropriate for federal authorities to take over. At this
>point, J. Michael Mullins apparently wanted the public to believe that the
>federal government was going to do a much more extensive prosecution of
>Asimov than Sonoma County authorities were able to do.
>However, Asimov's attorney shed light on the true reason for the dismissal.
>Chris Andrian said he believed Sonoma County prosecutors handed the case to
>the feds because they had weak evidence of any felony being committed.
>Skating away from prison was on Asimov's mind.
>Deputy District Attorney Medvigy stated about the dismissal, "We had hoped
to
>show that it was not just for his personal viewing pleasure.''
>U.S. Attorney Mueller delivered a sweet plea bargain to Asimov.
>After having found thousands of images of child pornography in Asimov's
>"processing center", District Attorney J. Michael Mullins, washed his hands
>of the matter very carefully. Mullins' office and the Santa Rosa police
made
>public statements that they spent "weeks" analyzing the pornography to
>determine whether Asimov was involved in production or merely possessed it
>for personal gratification. "I couldn't tell you if it was for personal
use,
>national use, or international use," Medvigy said. "It's just too early to
>say."
>Asimov was indicted by a federal grand jury in November 1999 on four counts
>of possessing images of child pornography. Because the grand jury
transcript
>has not been released to the public, the public cannot determine whether
>evidence of distribution and sale of pornography was ever presented by the
>U.S. Attorney.
>Did the grand jury see all 1000 videotapes of horrendous child pornography
>found in Asimov's home? If so, why did they only find four instances where
>pornography was possessed by Asimov? Did the grand jury see any evidence
>that Asimov transmitted or received the pornography via the internet on his
>computer, or manufactured it with his cameras, 14 video machines and high
>tech scanner? Who were the little children depicted on the tapes? Was the
>grand jury given any explanation by U.S. Attorney Mueller?
>In December 1999, Asimov pled not guilty in federal court, and was released
>on his own recognizance. Again this type of release put no pressure on
>Asimov. Asimov enjoyed more balmy days at his Santa Rosa home.
>The two previous charges in Sonoma County, included distribution of child
>pornography and felony exploitation of a child. The federal indictment did
>not include these charges, and only included lesser charges that Asimov
>possessed child pornography by downloading images from the Internet into
his
>computer and onto a floppy disk. The federal charges also included the
>possession of one videocassette and one foreign magazine with images of
>children engaged in sex acts. Each of the four federal counts carried a
>potential sentence of five years in prison.
>In the summer of 1999, U.S. Attorney Mueller engaged in plea deal with
>Asimov, by dropping two counts. At this point, Asimov and his attorney
were
>close to obtaining a sentence which would not involve state prison or
>forfeiture of assets.
>Mueller dropped the ball on the Asimov case. Because of the sealed grand
>jury testimony and sealed evidence, the public will never know the details
>about the one thousand of images of child pornography Asimov used and
created
>and stored. The public is expected to believe that Asimov never
distributed
>any of this pornography. From whom did he obtain this pornography. No
>public evidentiary hearings were ever held. Mueller did a good job
>protecting child pornographers in California.
>Judge Maxine Chesney let Asimov skate federal prison by using psychiatric
>evidence as a basis for the sentence.
>Ultimately, U.S. District Judge Maxine Mackler Chesney gave Asimov an
>incredibly light sentence. No prison. The plea bargain limited her
sentencing
>options, yet she still could have sent Asimov to prison for several years.
>Instead, she took the road laid out for her by various psychiatrists.
>Asimov's attorney Andrian hired psychiatrists to examine his client. Then
>Judge Chesney, herself, appointed a psychiatrist to examine Asimov.
>Apparently, the psychiatric reports about Asimov and all his problems were
>somewhat convincing, or at least established a basis in the record for such
a
>light sentence. The public will never know. These reports are sealed.
>Judge Chesney was nominated by Senator Diane Feinstein and is the wife of
>former San Francisco Superior Court Judge Edward Stern. Judge Chesney
served
>on the San Francisco Superior Court Bench prior to her appointment.
>It is clear that Judge Chesney by this sentencing decision has signaled
that
>public that even the biggest pornography processor in California can walk
>free on the streets.
>ASIMOV'S LAWYER CHRIS ANDRIAN PLAYED HIS CARDS WELL FOR HIS CLIENT, AS
DIRTY
>AS THOSE CARDS WERE.
>Early in the case, Asimov's lawyer Chris Andrian, who has represented many
>child molesters in Northern California, promoted the theory that his
client
>was a reclusive man. After his sentencing, Andrian said Asimov's arrest
made
>him "look inside himself and try to figure out how he got there," even
before
>Judge Chesney ordered counseling.
>The following are various statements made by Andrian throughout the Asimov
>case. One can only conclude that Andrian utilized effect mind-control
>techniques on the public and on the District Attorney, U.S. Attorney and
the
>courts by making statements to make his client look less than totally evil
>and by making it as easy as possible for the authorities to let his client
>skate away from serving a federal prison term.
>Andrian said:
>
>* "My take on the guy is that he's a reclusive introvert. If he did any
of
>this it was in the confines of his own home ... It may have been a fantasy
>world.'' (At the time of Asimov's arrest.)
>
>* "There's no evidence he sold or distributed to any third person."
(When
>Judge Passalacqua dismissed the Sonoma County case against Asimov.)
>
>* Andrian said he believes only a fraction of the material seized by
police
>contains child pornography and many of the videos are for classic TV fare
>such as ``I Love Lucy'' and `Leave it to Beaver.'' Andrian said he already
>has hired a local psychologist to evaluate Asimov. He said so far, he has
not
>seen any evidence that his client was involved in distributing or intending
>to distribute child pornography, even though that is one of the two
felonies
>charged against him. (Source: Santa Rosa Press Democrat - when Asimov was
>released on his own recognizance in Santa Rosa.)
>
>* Andrian described David Asimov as a reclusive, introverted man, who has
>never been married and has no children. Asimov is not wealthy, he said, and
>gets a $3,000 monthly stipend from his father's estate. (Source: Santa Rosa
>Press Democrat - when Asimov was arraigned in federal court.)
>
>* Andrian said he has seen limited police reports, but ``he (Asimov)
>doesn't strike me as in the business of proliferating stuff to others.''|
>
>* Andrian said Asimov gets ``a stipend,'' but said he did not know the
>amount.
>
>* "I don't know of any evidence that he's selling it (child pornography)
>anywhere. I don't know that he needs to.''
>
>* "I don't think they ever uncovered any evidence of intent to duplicate
or
>disseminate (child pornography) to any third person. If they had, it would
>have been charged in federal court.''
>
>* "In the worst-case scenario, if they prove their case, the guy is a
>consumer, not a producer.''
>
>* Andrian disputes that the amount of child porn was that high, saying
>Asimov was a collector of all types of videos, including classic TV fare
such
>as ``Ozzie and Harriet'' and ``My Three Sons.'' (Source: Santa Rosa Press
>Democrat.)
>
>* "I want to believe (Asimov) can put this behind him, that he learned
his
>lesson and knows it's not appropriate.''
>
>U.S. Attorney Mueller, District Attorney J. Michael Mullins, the Santa Rosa
>Police, the FBI and U.S. District Court Judge Maxine Chesney all taught Mr.
>Asimov his lesson. They also taught a lesson to the children depicted in
>Asimov's 1000 video tapes, who suffered during the making of these brutal
>sexual exploitation tapes. These children, unlike Asimov, will not be able
>to put this matter behind them. Their fate, if they are still alive, makes
>Asimov's six-month sentence of six months of sitting at his home with an
>electronic monitoring bracelet on his ankle, look like a day at the beach.
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