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psbjr commented on the blog post Will Cyrus Vance Turn His Head & Walk Away From DSK?
Just to further fan the flames of unsubstantiated conspiracy-theorizing, I’ve been poking around the interwebs, and it appears that the maid’s attorney, Kenneth P. Thompson, a prominent trial attorney (at least according to his shamelessly self-aggrandizing bio) has some intimate connections to the treasury dept:
In addition to this trial and employment law experience, Mr. Thompson has participated in some of the country’s most prominent, high-profile investigations. For example, he was a member of the Treasury Department’s Waco Administrative Review, which conducted the investigation ordered by then President Bill Clinton of the raid on the Branch Davidian Compound in Waco, Texas by federal agents, in which four federal agents were killed and 20 others shot and seriously wounded. As a member of the Waco Administrative Review, Mr. Thompson was one of the attorneys who drafted the official report on the Waco incident, known as the “Waco Report,” which was submitted to President Clinton. Many have praised the Waco Report as a model for government investigations. The Washington Post called it “[a] thorough and candid account of a… law enforcement disaster.” The New York Times also weighed in, describing the Waco Report as “brutally detailed.” See Press and Other Notables. Mr. Thompson also assisted in preparing the Secretary of the Treasury for his testimony before the Senate Banking Committee concerning alleged improper contacts between Treasury officials and White House counsel over the Whitewater Investigation.
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Mr. Thompson also served as Special Assistant to former Treasury Department Undersecretary for Enforcement Ronald K. Noble, who is now the Secretary General of Interpol, the international police organization based in Lyon, France. He also worked as an attorney in the General Counsel’s Office of the Treasury Department under Robert McNamara, Jr., who went on to become the General Counsel of the CIA. As a Treasury attorney, Mr. Thompson provided legal and policy advice on national security and other issues relating to the Secret Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms, Customs Service, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and several other law enforcement agencies.
