These omissions and mysteries are more than just a nuisance to Commentgate obsessives.
Tag: U.S. Attorney online commenting
Posted inOpinion
Unprobed mysteries still lurk at the heart of the Danziger online comment scandal
Not all the comments by federal prosecutors appear to have been identified.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Judge Engelhardt’s Danziger ruling points toward a possibly far wider scandal
Engelhardt’s probe has already expanded our understanding of misconduct by Justice officials in both Washington and New Orleans. There may be more to come.
Posted inOpinion
Letten at the plate: Was the federal prosecutor using a corked bat?
Columnist Moseley wonders whether Jim Letten’s downfall was rooted more deeply than many pundits acknowledge.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Does stunning collapse of River Birch case portend uglier revelations ahead?
Now it appears that there may have been more serious and systemic problems during Letten’s term than we ever knew.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Free expression or feds’ folly: Comment-gate likely to widen
Have other courthouse insiders posted inappropriate comments on NOLA.com?
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Hey, all you bloggers out there: Any word from Perricone lately?
Ouroboros: the beast that devours its tail. Wikipedia To “Jack,” an open letter: Many thanks for your comment on my Dec. 11 column about U.S. Attorney Jim Letten’s resignation. Your overarching message seems to be that Letten’s disgraced former assistant Sal Perricone really did nothing wrong in commenting publicly on federal cases the office was handling. Informed feedback […]
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
With staffers flacking online, Letten didn’t need enemies
Jim Letten I’ve read several lamentations about the damage Perricone’s activities might have done to the image of Letten’s office in the public mind. But if the image conjured is, in fact, a more accurate one than what Letten’s fans in the press tend to cultivate then what will we have lost besides a distorting […]
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Rants under yet another alias sound a lot like Perricone
Sock puppets—Internet lingo for pseudonymous commenters—seem to have abounded in the federal prosecutor’s office. graphic: Matt Buck Former assistant U.S. attorney Sal Perricone retired in March after businessman Fred Heebe filed a defamation lawsuit claiming Perricone authored anonymous online rants about targets of federal investigations, politicians, attorneys, judges, among other topics. In August, Perricone spoke […]
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Moral of the story: Even Letten’s office wasn’t ‘untouchable’
Not long ago Jim Letten was our local Eliot Ness, here portrayed by Kevin Kostner, in “The Untouchables.” Foolish underlings have cost him that reputation. photo: Paramount file. U.S. Attorney Jim Letten’s office is embroiled in controversy over online comments made by his top lieutenants. The team he has long-trusted has let him down during […]