DOJ Official Hoped Lam Would NOT Succeed & Argued AGAINST Sending "Extensive Resources" To Help Her

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DoJ Official Argued against Sending "Extensive Resources" to Lam
By Paul Kiel - March 27, 2007, 1:53 PM

The administration has repeatedly argued t
hat U.S Attorney for San Diego Carol Lam was fired because she failed to make immigration cases a priority. Either that's true, or it's a cover story.

Yesterday I laid out Lam's performance on immigration. It's clear that in another administration, Lam would have been commended, not fired.
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002877.php

But it's clear from the emails that certain senior Justice Department officials just didn't like Lam -- and seemed to harbor a wish that she not succeed.



Five days later, Mercer suggested a "range of options" for dealing with Lam, the first one being "replace Carol." The third one was to add prosecutors "immediately after Carol's successor is named."

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002879.php

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