QUALCOMM Appoints Carol C. Lam Senior Vice President and Legal Counsel for Company's Legal Team

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Well folks, it looks like any hopes we have that Carol Lam would be retained to work on following up with the corruption investigations/prosecutions that are spilling out from the Cunningham case (and now the Wilkes/Foggo indictments) is now moot, as she just took a high level position over at Qualcomm now! Unless they can still use her before February 26th when she starts over there! Damn!

From:
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-15-2007/0004528965&EDATE=

QUALCOMM Appoints Carol C. Lam Senior Vice President and Legal Counsel for Company's Legal Team

- Former United States Attorney Brings More Than 20 Years of Proven Legal
Expertise, Litigation Success and Leadership to the Position -

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/-- QUALCOMM Incorporated
(Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of Code Division Multiple
Access (CDMA) and other advanced wireless technologies, today announced the
appointment of former United States Attorney Carol C. Lam to the position
of senior vice president and legal counsel. Working with QUALCOMM's
existing legal team, she will help manage and direct the Company's
litigation worldwide.
"Carol's groundbreaking work in complex cases has earned her a national
reputation as one of the top prosecutors in the country," said Louis Lupin,
executive vice president and general counsel for QUALCOMM. "After more than
two decades of outstanding public service, she is widely respected for her
wisdom, judgment, integrity and courage. Carol's success and experience in
managing complex litigation and large legal teams will be instrumental in
shaping and managing QUALCOMM's considerable worldwide litigation."
Lam began her legal career as a law clerk to the Honorable Irving R.
Kaufman of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She
joined the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of
California as an assistant U.S. attorney in 1986, where she was chief of
the Major Frauds section. In 2000, she was appointed to be a judge of the
San Diego Superior Court. In 2002, President Bush appointed Lam to be the
United States attorney for the Southern District of California. Lam is an
experienced trial lawyer who has litigated complex cases with national
impact. Lam is the recipient of both the Director's Award for Superior
Performance and the Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service. She
earned her bachelor's degree from Yale University and is a graduate of
Stanford Law School.
Lam will officially join QUALCOMM on Feb. 26, 2007.

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1. In a related story, Karen Hewitt (former #3 in office) now named as Lam's replacement

... on a temporary basis.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20070215-1406-bn15atty.html

Hewitt named to replace U.S. Attorney Lam

By Kelly Thornton
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

2:06 p.m. February 15, 2007

SAN DIEGO – Karen P. Hewitt, third-in-command at the San Diego U.S. Attorney's office, has been chosen by Justice Department officials to replace outgoing top prosecutor Carol Lam on a temporary basis while a committee searches for a permanent candidate.

Hewitt joined the San Diego office in 2000 and prosecuted civil fraud cases before she was appointed Executive Assistant U.S. attorney a year ago.

Before coming to San Diego, she was a lawyer in the Justice Department's civil division in Washington, where she specialized in constitutional law and civil rights cases for about eight years.

Thursday is Lam's last day.
...

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2. side note: Brent Scowcroft sits on Qualcomm's Board of Directors

BRENT SCOWCROFT (holds about 560,000 shares of stock)

Brent Scowcroft, age 81, became a Director of the Company in December 1994. General Scowcroft is the president of The Scowcroft Group, Inc., an international business consulting firm he founded in June 1994. General Scowcroft is also the president of The Forum for International Policy, a non-profit organization he founded in 1993 that promotes American leadership and foreign policy. General Scowcroft served as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs for President George H.W. Bush from January 1989 until January 1993; he also held that position for President Ford during his term. A retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general, General Scowcroft served in numerous national security posts in the Pentagon and the White House prior to his appointments as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. General Scowcroft received a B.S. degree from West Point and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Columbia University and holds numerous honorary degrees.

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/804328/000093639207000032/a26372ddef14a.htm

few ever want to mention their connection to the Nixon Center (he sits on the Board of Directors)
http://web.archive.org/web/20050205063607/www.nixoncenter.org/boardac.htm

He's, also, an advisor for the US-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce (Caspian Sea oil basin)
http://www.usacc.org/contents.php?cid=2

Kissinger is affiliated with both, too.

According to sourcewatch, Scowcroft has either chaired or served on a number of policy councils:
including the Defense Policy Board.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Brent_Scowcroft#New_World_Order

Small world for some in need of a favor.