Reply #99: Mar. 2, 2005 Sampson e-mails Harriet Miers, recommending removal of Carol Lam [View All]

[L. Coyote]

US Attorney Todd Graves in Missouri: The ninth victim of Gonzogate
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/4/17/18120/2944

The Carol Lam connection to Tenet

The first prosecutor identified as being fired by the Office of the Attorney General 
was Carol Lam, a U.S. Attorney in San Diego, California. Carol Lam was personally prosecuting 
Medicare fraud at the Tenet Healthcare Alvarado hospital when political pressure was brought 
on the Justice Department to remove her from office. Carol Lam's prosecution caused the U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services threatened to cut Medicare and Medicaid funds to 
Alvarado Hospital Case # 03CR15870 US Dist. Court Southern California. 

Source: http://littlethomsblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/huge-fired-us-attorneys-and-medicare.html

And, this from NPR (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=8983665):

February 17, 2005: Mistrial declared in first Medicare fraud trial against San Diego's Alvarado 
Hospital, after jury fails to reach a verdict. U.S. Attorney Carol Lam suggests a retrial is likely.

March 2, 2005: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' Chief of Staff Kyle Sampson emails White House 
Counsel Harriet Miers, recommending removal of Carol Lam and several others as "weak U.S. Attorneys 
who have been ineffectual managers and prosecutors, chafed against Administration initiatives, etc." ....