Re: [CPEO-MEF] Camp Lejeune (NC) - Justice Department will notprosecute

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Submitted by Scott Allen <scott.j.allen@juno.com>

The Justice Department has a clear conflict of interest when it comes to
investigating possible criminal wrongdoing by federal employees
regarding the Camp Lejeune contamination.  In addition to being charged
with investigating possible criminal wrongdoing by the government at
Camp Lejeune, the lawyers at DOJ will be responsible for defending the
government against civil lawsuits filed by the victims of the
contamination at Camp Lejeune.  Thus, DOJ was investigating its own
client to determine whether any crimes were committed.  If DOJ had
determined that crimes were committed, its ability to effectively defend
the government against lawsuits by victims would have been seriously
undermined.   Thus, the results of the criminal investigation should not
surprise anyone.  I would have been shocked if DOJ found that criminal
wrongdoing had occurred.

Scott Allen
scott.j.allen@juno.com

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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