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--- Begin Message ----Caveat Lector-> <http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Terror-Ashcroft-Sued.html> > > > February 17, 2004 > Prosecutor in Terror Case Sues Ashcroft > By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS > > Filed at 11:41 a.m. ET > > WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal prosecutor in a major terrorism case in > Detroit has taken the rare step of suing Attorney General John Ashcroft, > alleging the Justice Department interfered with the case, compromised a > confidential informant and exaggerated results in the war on terrorism. > > Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Convertino of Detroit accused the > Justice Department of ``gross mismanagement'' of the war on terrorism in > a whistleblower lawsuit filed late Friday in federal court in Washington. > > Justice officials said Tuesday they had not seen the suit and had no > comment. > > The suit is the latest twist in the Bush administration's first major > post-Sept. 11 terrorism prosecution, which is now in danger of > unraveling over allegations of prosecutorial misconduct. > > Convertino came under internal investigation last fall after providing > information to a Senate committee about his concerns about the war on > terror. His testimony came just months after he helped convict some > members of an alleged terrorism cell in Detroit. > > The government now admits it failed to turn over evidence during the > trial that might have assisted the defense, including an allegation from > an imprisoned drug gang leader who claimed the government's key witness > made up his story. > > Convertino is seeking damages under the First Amendment and Privacy Act, > alleging he has been subjected to an internal investigation as > retaliation for his cooperation with the Senate and that information > from the internal probe was wrongly leaked to news media. > > The lawsuit states Convertino first complained to his superiors more > than a year ago about Justice's interference in the Detroit terrorism > trial, saying Washington supervisors ``had continuously placed > perception over reality to the serious detriment of the war on terror.'' > > The lawsuit includes excerpts of an e-mail from another prosecutor in > the case that Convertino says ``identified some of the gross > mismanagement which was negatively impacting the ability of the United > States to obtain convictions in a major terrorist case.'' > > The e-mail from the other prosecutor shows he complained at the time > that efforts by Justice's terrorism unit in Washington to ``insinuate > themselves into this trial are, nothing more than a self-serving effort > to justify the existence'' of the unit. > > ``They have rendered no assistance and, are in my judgment, adversely > impacting on both trial prep and trial strategy,'' the e-mail cited in > the lawsuit states. > > Convertino also accused Justice officials of intentionally divulging the > name of one of his confidential terrorism informants (CI) to retaliate > against him. > > The leak put the informant at grave risk, forced him to flee the United > States and ``interfered with the ability of the United States to obtain > information from the CI about current and future terrorist activities,'' > the suit alleges. > > The prosecutor is being represented by the National Whistleblower > Center, which has represented FBI agents and other whistleblowers in > recent cases involving terrorism. Its chief lawyer successfully helped > Linda Tripp win damages under the Privacy Act for the leak of > information from her Pentagon personnel file after the Monica Lewinsky > affair. > > Copyright 2004 The Associated Press | Home | Privacy Policy | Search | > Corrections | Help | Back to Top > > -- www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
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