[eyespysomething]

So Gorelick was the top Pentagon lawyer, then she came over to Reno's dept in what? 1994, right?

Who replaced Gorelick at the Pentagon?

[eureka!]

Dunno, but dollars to donuts Gorelick was involved in the hire, which would not be unusual...

[cake_crumb]

I don't remember who replaced her, though the SecDef was William Perry. He was more interested in promoting the cause of women and minorities in the DoD than in anything else at all and created a whole slew of new positions to ensure the mediocrity of DoD staff.

IMO, the more important information is this:

"One of Ms. Gorelick's principal priorities was to help prepare the Justice Department to be able to respond effectively to the new challenges of transnational crime and terrorism. To do this, she forged new relationships and administrative protocols with the Departments of State, Treasury and Defense, and with the intelligence community."

She built the wall that caused the problem, then sat on the Commission to investigate intelligence failures caused by the wall.

[cake_crumb]

Hmmmm....maybe nobody replaced her. Didn't Clinton put ALL intelligence gathering under the pervue of the NSA (and ultimately the White House) in 1994? That was the same time he fired all those Justice Dept employees and Gorelick was guaranteeing China had access to all the US intelligence they wanted.