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But a lawyer for Holy Land, Mark MacDougall in the Washington office of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, a law firm based in Dallas, said the group was cooperating with the attorney general's office.
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Mark J. MacDougall is a partner in the litigation practice group of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. in Washington, D.C. His current cases include the defense of an internationally prominent Russian media executive and political critic in connection with efforts by the Moscow regime to force his extradition from the West. In recent years, Mr. MacDougall has represented two of the key figures in the federal investigation of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters election, a leading Chinese-American financier accused of espionage and campaign finance violations, a New York investment banking firm under investigation for alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and a member of the White House staff in a series of inquiries by congressional committees and the office of independent counsel. For several years during the early 1990s, Mr. MacDougall served as a trial attorney with the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice where he was the lead prosecutor in a series of major bank fraud cases.
VX had been found at El Shifa.' Idris has said he paid $12 million for El Shifa and agreed to assume $18 million in debt. `No U.S. official has provided any evidence to date linking Idris to bin Laden, nerve gas production or terrorist activities. But David C. Leavy, a White House spokesman, said, "We remain confident of the evidence that El Shifa was engaged in chemical weapons-related activities." One senior administration official, who asked not to be quoted by name, said the administration had "compelling" evidence tying El Shifa to the Sudanese military and to Iraq's chemical weapons program, both of which have ties to bin Laden... `"Akin, Gump ... should think twice about the kinds of clients they are representing," the official said. `A senior Akin, Gump partner responded that the firm "doesn't represent Sudan." It represented Idris, a Saudi citizen, for some time prior to his acquisition of the pharmaceutical plant," The Washington Post adds. `The law firm has a long-held reputation of influence in Democratic circles with partners like Robert Strauss, the former Democratic Party chairman, and Vernon Jordan, a close friend of President Clinton,' comments the New York Times. But the firm's lawyers `have been flatly rebuffed in their efforts to present their findings to the White House, National Security Council or the Justice, Treasury and Defense Departments. `"We've been confronted with the problem of proving a series of negatives - that there was no Empta at the plant and that Idris was not a terrorist," said Mark MacDougall, a partner at the law firm. "We think we've done that with evidence that can be admitted in court. But to date responsible officials, including at the White House, have flatly refused to look at the facts." `The lawyers have not yet decided whether they will sue the government, in what would probably be complex litigation with an uncertain outcome. Nevertheless, MacDougall said Idris wanted to clear his name.' (Washington Post 4/Feb/99, NYT 9/Feb/99)