CDR: Re: Lee Free - Judge Apologizes For Government's Conduct

[Tim May]

At 4:04 AM -0400 9/14/00, Bill Stewart wrote:
>  >Tim May wrote:
>>...
>>>  Lee spent 9 months in solitary confinement and lost significant
>>>  salary and retirement benefits.
>
>That's why it was critical that Lee be guilty of *something*,
>at least one charge, so he doesn't have a strong position for
>suing the Feds for big bucks individually and organizationally.
>He may still have some ability to do that, but I'd be surprised
>if the plea bargain deal didn't address it somehow, even if it's
>not in the part that's in the press.
>
>>>  This makes it a moral requirement that former Defense Secretary
>>>  William Perry face a similar period of confinement and similar loss
>>>  of benefits. Perry has acknowledged downloading top secrets to his
>>>  home computer and leaving codeword material where his family,
>>>  housekeepers, and other visitors could have found and copied it.
>
>Was that Perry, or Deutch?  I think I saw recently that Deutch _is_
>getting his wrist slapped somewhat hard now.

You may be right. It may be Deutch, not Perry. I get those two guys 
confused all the time.


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