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By Adam Cohen
The New York Times
Monday 26 February 2007
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Carol Lam, the former United States attorney for San Diego, is smart and tireless and was very good at her job. Her
investigation of Representative Randy Cunningham resulted in a guilty plea for taking more than $2 million in bribes
from defense contractors and a sentence of more than eight years. Two weeks ago, she indicted Kyle Dustin Foggo, the
former No. 3 official in the C.I.A. The defense-contracting scandal she pursued so vigorously could yet drag in other
politicians.
In many Justice Departments, her record would have won her awards, and perhaps a promotion to a top post in Washington.
In the Bush Justice Department, it got her fired.
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