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Interesting that the third person mentioned there, Valerie Caproni, is now the General Counsel (top lawyer) for the FBI and was in charge of the FBI's investigation of TWA 800!! [She firmly rejects claims that TWA 800 was anything but a fuel tank accident (see below).] It sure is interesting how several key people seem to pop up here and there for different reasons. As General Counsel for the FBI she might have a lot of say in how both the Plame leak investigation and allegations about "the wall" contributing to 9/11 are handled from the FBI's standpoint. Article below says one of her recent priorities has been streamlining FBI requests for warrants related to counter-terrorism investigations. She must know quite a bit from her days in the FBI's NY offices.

http://www.law.uga.edu/news/archives/041007caproni.html

On July 17, 1996, TWA Flight 800 bound for Paris crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island after taking off from JFK at 8:31 p.m. All 230 people aboard died. Because officials at first believed it was a criminal act (some witnesses said they saw a missile hit the plane), the FBI and Caproni were brought in to investigate and ensure the site was treated as a crime scene. That meant that the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which normally investigates plane crashes, was pushed to the sidelines. That fueled rumors that the feds were covering something up.

Caught up in these rumors was Caproni, who conspiracy theorists accused of running roughshod over the NTSB during the first few days after the accident. Apparently, she made it quite clear that the FBI was in charge and that the FBI would conduct all interviews with witnesses. In addition, Caproni ruffled some feathers when she charged James Sanders, a freelance journalist, for removing a piece of the wreck in order to test it in a lab for explosive residue. To this day, some people still believe terrorists blew up the plane or that a wayward Navy missile struck it, and that Caproni tried to silence witnesses and journalists.

Caproni laughs at the accusations.

"Conspiracy theorists came out of the woodwork before the last piece of the plane hit the Atlantic," she says. "This was the most thorough investigation that had ever been done. We followed every lead and there was no doubt the plane exploded. It was not brought down by a rocket or a bomb. It exploded because of the center fuel tank. Anyone who believes otherwise is not listening to the facts."

As for the charges that she and the FBI took over investigation, Caproni says she is guilty.

"The FBI stepped to the plate because we believed we were investigating a criminal case," she says. "We indicated that we were in charge."

Ms. Emily Walker (center) receives the 2004 Chairman’s Award from Dr. George W. Arnold (left), Chairman of the ANSI Board of Directors. Wendy Freitag (right), Microsoft Corporate Security, accompanies Ms. Walker.

Emily Walker began her career working for such institutions as the Republican National Committee, the Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Department of Treasury before moving to London in 1991, to work for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). From 1993 to 1995, she worked as an independent consultant in Washington, DC for the U.S. Government and EBRD. In 1995, she joined Citigroup where she has held many positions and worked in their London, New York, Hartford and Stamford, CT, offices. Most recently, Ms. Walker served as a staff member of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also known as the 9-11 Commission). It was in this position that Ms. Walker demonstrated her dedication to, and leadership and support of, the American National Standards Institute Homeland Security Standards Panel (ANSI-HSSP).

A public hearing held by 9-11 Commission in late 2003 identified that there were no generally accepted standards in the area of private sector preparedness. Ms. Walker was appointed as the Commission’s focal point to investigate possible solutions, and she asked ANSI to become involved, leading to a formal invitation from the Commission chairman inviting ANSI to produce a recommendation.

Since the inception of the ANSI-HSSP, Ms. Walker has played a vital role in bringing key players to the group, keeping focus on the deadline and working with participants to reach consensus. Ms. Walker was very involved throughout the process, including the instrumental role that she played in planning the presentation ceremony where the president of ANSI formally presented the recommendation to the Honorable H. Lee Hamilton, vice chair of the 9-11 Commission.

Following completion of her assignment with the Commission, she again joined the Citigroup Corporation.

Ms. Walker earned her BA in international affairs and French at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and her MA in international economics, European studies, French at John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, DC.