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Remaking New Orleans

by Robert D. Novak

NEW ORLEANS — The imposing presence of Robert A. Cerasoli as the city's first inspector general is the clearest sign that Hurricane Katrina's changes wrought on New Orleans in 2005 were not limited to physical devastation. By declaring war on municipal corruption, Cerasoli has signaled that life in the Big Easy no longer will be so easy.

I spent two days here with Donald E. Powell, federal coordinator for Gulf Coast rebuilding, who conducts oversight on remaking New Orleans. Phys ...

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Posted by: Barbara Ann Jackson
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Fri Apr 18, 2008 9:00 AM

subject: United States Attorney Jim Letten Cannot Be Trusted I have a log in my own eye so I don't qualify to judge anyone! However, I am not in a position of public trust with opportunities to carry out dangerously questionable behavior. As such, it bothers me that the fact of manifest questionable behavior of someone so highly heralded is being ignored while at the same time anyone could become the next prey. I do not believe anyone in position of public trust should be allowed to cloak his sneaky propensities. Hence, I join those of Letten's critics in stating that I am convinced that United States Attorney Jim Letten is dangerous and cannot be trusted. Also, I think Letten has a lot of nerve to proclaim he's cracking down on crime, while he in facts ignores crimes committed by certain political cronies. As examples, I submit that Letten's actions regarding the New Orleans Canal Street Brothel and Senator David Vitter, Letten's selective prosecution regarding federal Judge Thomas Porteous, and Letten's covering for other wrong-doing New Orleans federal judges is alarming and cause for stringent observation! Remarkably, Letten's manifestly questionable activities do not become reported in New Orleans newspapers. Yet, so that people can make better informed decisions about Letten, it is past time to put the facts on the table about him. Moreover, from what I know about Letten, I feel certain that –like his mentor, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Letten's less than scrupulous (including likely illegal wire taps and then misled that the Intelligence was derived from snitches) less than lawful methods have been used to procure some of the selectively prosecuted persons for he becomes praised. I am convinced he is the Rooster guarding the hen house. **For a more accurate picture as to what type of person Jim Letten is –and Letten's abuse of position to accomplish crooked, improper secret deals in COURT CASES, read one such example in the Texas Opinion posted at: http://www.txs.uscourts.gov/notablecases/498cr18/98cr18_opin.pdf **Also see Proof of appalling New Orleans Judicial Corruption posted at www.lawgrace.org.

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