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...Louis Freeh, who led the FBI for nearly eight turbulent years, announced Tuesday he was leaving the Bureau...
Prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington last week blasted FBI Director LOUIS FREEH and JOHN ASHCROFT'S Justice Department over a new wrinkle in the probe of the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia. After DOJ decided to yank the investigation from outgoing U.S. Attorney WILMA LEWIS and give it to prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Virginia, Lewis steamed that the move was "the latest gambit in an ongoing effort by Director Freeh to move this case from this office, which would not accede to his demands...
...steaming response to a decision by DOJ officials to yank the probe from her office and give it to prosecutors in Virginia, U.S. Attorney Wilma Lewis said the action was "not only ill-conceived and ill-considered, but is the latest gambit in an ongoing effort by Director Freeh to move this case from this office, which would not accede to his demands as to how the case should be prosecuted...
...Freeh and Lewis have long battled over how to proceed in the probe of the truck bombing at the military barracks in Dharan, Saudi Arabia, which killed 19 U.S. airmen and injured dozens more. The case has languished for a host of reasons, including the Saudis' early refusal to allow American law enforcement officials to interview people suspected of having a connection to the incident. Sources in Lewis's camp say some in the FBI pressed for indictments and advocated other aggressive moves, but prosecutors have considered the evidence far too thin. FBI officials counter that the issue was never...
...Freeh's persistent complaints to Justice Department headquarters finally bore fruit this week, when Acting Deputy Attorney General Robert Mueller pulled the case and gave it to the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Virginia at Freeh's request - prompting Lewis' fiery comments, which were not exactly the norm for a federal official...