It would be nice if someone in Congress would ask that question to DoJ -- and insist on an honest answer. I'd be glad to respond myself to that question from Congress as best I can, just as I'm doing here. But real answer can only come under oath from DoJ's inside, obtaining the information from DoJ's investigator levels right through to the top. The main thing is that I never said I had made audio-tape recordings. That is a false claim. The no-win nature of the process is that the only alleged evidence is a claim that I made a verbal claim that I had a tape, and yet I was being criminally accused of denying it. There is no audio-tape. No smoking gun. Just several hours by my interrogators spent socializing in a bar and a fanciful leap of their imaginations.
What about your work and your finances during this difficult period?
I remained on paid administrative leave from July 1, 2008 through June 9, 2009. Some joked that I was being paid to keep quiet.
Were you?
I tried my best to balance what sometimes seemed to be conflicting obligations: I was a professional required by legal ethics to uphold the law, but also a parent with major financial responsibilities. I was the target of a massive criminal investigation reaching to the highest levels of the DoJ in Washington, thereby requiring me to hire a lawyer that I really couldn't afford.
Could your lawyer protect you?
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