GORELICK: NOT THE FIRST CALLS FOR RESIGNATION

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[swilhelm73]

CONFLICT OF INTEREST? [Andrew Stuttaford]

Jamie Gorelick sits on the 9/11 commission. She’s a Clinton era Deputy Attorney General, who now works as a litigation partner for the Washington law firm of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering. So far so good. Now here’s the twist (via blogger Dwight Meredith). Wilmer, Cutler have reportedly agreed to represent ‘prince’ Mohammed al Faisal, a potential defendant in the litigation being brought by the 9/11 families against various prominent Saudis.

Now the ‘prince’ is entitled to legal representation, but you don’t have to be paranoid to think that there’s a clear problem here with conflict of interest. Remember that there doesn’t have to have been any actual impropriety to find a conflict. The mere potential is enough, or, in sensitive cases, even its perception. If investigating 9/11 isn’t sensitive, what is?

Gorelick should resign from the commission.

And while we’re on the subject of the commission, how about those 28 pages?

[river rat]

Gorelick authored the "wall" regulations?
Gorelick was in the center of the incompetent Clinton administration?
Gorelick's law firm is going to defend the Saudi prince..


My, my.....isn't that precious...

She shouldn't have the opportunity to resign..
They should expel her a$$..

Semper Fi

[Poohbah]

And then send her to Gitmo.

[Viking2002]

The pig won't resign. She's a vile, subsimian liberal - resigning would be an act of honesty and integrity that liberals are incapable of.