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Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Jamie S. Gorelick '72 knows what it means to break barriers...
...work Reno is largely isolated from astute political advice, heading a department where several top jobs, including Assistant Attorney General in charge of criminal investigations, have long been vacant. Especially since the departure several weeks ago of Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick, Reno has had no one who is sensitive to vibrations beyond the conference rooms at Justice. For guidance she relies on twice-weekly meetings with Justice Department lawyers who bristle at suggestions they would not pursue an investigation wherever it leads...
Investigations into the earlier bombings don't appear to be close to a resolution. Just two weeks ago, Jamie Gorelick, the Justice Department's second-ranking official, told reporters that in the case of the Centennial Park bombing, "many leads that seemed hot...have for one reason or another not panned out." Investigators have reportedly been checking out a rumored link with a trio of Idaho men who were arrested for bombings in the Northwest, but no decisive evidence has been produced, at least publicly. To solicit more help, the FBI opened a toll-free phone line so potential tipsters...
...office. Though none of the claims have been supported, and the sources may have suspect motives, jittery officials fear that discounting the accusations would incur charges of political favoritism. "My guidance is to go by the book and to follow any leads that are appropriate," Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick told TIME...
Attorney General Janet Reno has nominated Jamie Gorelick to be her Deputy Attorney General. As the Pentagon's top lawyer, Gorelick has won praise for her managerial skills and deft handling of such volatile issues as the retirement of Tailhook-tainted Admiral Frank Kelso. Her predecessor, Philip Heymann, resigned in January, citing bad "chemistry" with Reno...