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ection 2255 issue was raised. After considering the arguments raised at the September 7th meeting, and after conferring with the FBI and with Chief Oosterbaan, our Office decided to proceed with the indictment. At that time, I reminded Mr. Lefkowitz that he had previously indicated his desire to appeal suc

erstood that you wished to present federalism-based concerns regarding our prosecution. To ensure a full consideration of your arguments, I invited Drew Oosterbaan, Chief of the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, to travel from Washington to attend our meeting. During the September 7t

this process over the next several days. With this in mind, and In the event that defense counsel may wish to seek review of our determinations in Washington A.C., I spoke this past Monday with the Assistant Attorney General Fisher, to Inform her of a possible appeal, to ask her to grant the potential tequest

ry proceeding Work Product 6(e) Investigative Privilege P-014070 thru P-014074 9/11/2007 emails between Marie Villafafia, John McMillan, Drew Oosterbaan, Nesbitt Kuyrkendall, and Jason Richards regarding changes to the draft indictment and status of plea negotiations Work Product Deliberative Proce

, and Nesbitt Kuyrkendall regarding status of ongoing investigation, planned presentation to grand jury, continued delay in awaiting decision from Washington, DC, and problems with victims being harassed 6(e) Work Product Deliberative Process Investigative Privilege P-014830 thru P-014837 4/2/2008 emai

ry proceeding Work Product 6(e) Investigative Privilege P-014070 thru P-014074 9/11/2007 emails between Marie Villafalia, John McMillan, Drew Oosterbaan, Nesbitt Kuyrkendall, and Jason Richards regarding changes to the draft indictment and status of plea negotiations Work Product Deliberative Proce

, and Nesbitt Kuyrkendall regarding status of ongoing investigation, planned presentation to grand jury, continued delay in awaiting decision from Washington, DC, and problems with victims being harassed 6(e) Work Product Deliberative Process Investigative Privilege P-014830 thru P-014837 4/2/2008 emai

ry proceeding Work Product 6(e) Investigative Privilege P-014070 thru P-014074 9/11/2007 emails between Marie Villafafia, John McMillan, Drew Oosterbaan, Nesbitt Kuyrkendall, and Jason Richards regarding changes to the draft indictment and status of plea negotiations Work Product Deliberative Proce

, and Nesbitt Kuyrkendall regarding status of ongoing investigation, planned presentation to grand jury, continued delay in awaiting decision from Washington, DC, and problems with victims being harassed 6(e) Work Product Deliberative Process Investigative Privilege P-014830 thru P-014837 4/2/2008 emai

, Chief, Criminal Division Rolando Garcia, Deputy Chief, Criminal Division Karen Atkinson, Chief, Northern Region From: cc: A. Marie Villafafia Drew Oosterbaan Myesha Braden INTRODUCTION This third supplement summarizes the changes to the indictment and prosecution memo since the first presentation in Ma

nal Procedure Act of 1970. Section 3143(a) is a counter-pan of D.C.CT § 23-1325(b). In United States Edwards, 430 A.2d 1321 C.1 1) (en bane) the District of Columbia Court of Appeals dealt with the constitutionality of various of those provisions in an extended opinion (with some dissents on dif- ferent

: — HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_012669 0027006 05/16/2008 11:16 FAX gooz a 05/16/08 FRI 11:08 FAX U.S, Department of Justice Criminal Division Andrew G, Oosterbaan, Chief 1460 New York Avanue, NW Suite 600 Washington, DC 20530 (202) 514-8780 FAN: (202) §}4-1793 Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section May

ATES DEPARTMENT OF J USTICE Criminal Division Chita Exploitation and Obscenity Section 1400 New York Avenue, NW oe ‘CEOS: (202) 5 14-5780 Suite 600 . Washington, DC eyes OL ee PAX: (202) 514-1793 FO: ~R. Alexander Acosta, Esq. . Jay Lefkowitz, Esq. . OFFICE NUMBER: FROM: Alexandra Gelber. DATE/TIME: . May 16, 2

conduct "due dilligence" on selection of Podhurst firm 11/27/2007 Plea Notification Letter at 7:11 pm )3-3 11/28/2007 A. Marie Villafaiia, A. Oosterbaan, R. Garcia A. Lourie Email re non-prosecution agreement with attached correpondence 11/28/2007 Alice S. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General S

a possible "perjury trap." In the middle of this period, which started in November 2006 and ran through January 2007, USA Acosta and I traveled to Washington, DC at the beginning of December 2006 for the inaugural Project Safe Childhood Conference. Although I did not attach much significance to this at the t