Walter Hinteler wrote:Walter Hinteler wrote:
A partner in a law firm (diGenova and Toensing) can write a law in the USA?
Got it, thanks ...
Victoria Toensing, a deputy assistant attorney general in the Reagan administration, is a Washington lawyer.
Victoria Toensing
Fmr. Chief Counsel to Sen. Intelligence Committee
Victoria Toensing is a founding partner of the Washington law firm diGenova & Toensing. She has extensive experience in all three branches of government solving problems for individuals, corporations, trade associations and other organizations. She is an internationally-known expert on white collar crime, terrorism, national security and intelligence matters.
In 1997, Toensing was named special counsel by the U.S. House of Representatives to probe the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. She represented "Jane Doe Thompson" in a successful lawsuit against the CIA. Ms. "Thompson," the first woman Chief of Station in Latin America, reported her male deputy for wife beating and disciplined other subordinates for misconduct ranging from public drunkenness to threatening to kill security guards. Thompson sued when she became the subject of an Inspector General investigation fabricated on these subordinates' false claims.
As Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Justice Department from 1984-1988, she established Justice's Terrorism Unit. She managed the Federal government's efforts to bring to justice the terrorists responsible for the hijacking of TWA 847, the bombing of Pan Am 830 and the takeover of the cruise ship Achille Lauro. For her aggressive pursuit of terrorist Mohammed Rashid she was featured on the cover of The New York Times Magazine (April 21, 1991).
Also in her Justice Department position, Toensing supervised the Defense Procurement Fraud Unit, savings and loan industry fraud, cases dealing with nuclear industry regulation, securities fraud, and fraud and bribery in the banking industry. She was a frequent witness before committees of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
While Chief Counsel for Senator Barry Goldwater, Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 1981-1984, Toensing was instrumental in winning passage of two important bills: (1) to protect the identities of intelligence agents and (2) to protect certain classified information from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. As Assistant U.S. Attorney in Detroit from 1976-1981, she developed the argument used before the Supreme Court to support profile searches at airports of suspected drug couriers.
Toensing is a frequent guest on national television programs dealing with politics, criminal justice, national security, and terrorism, including C-Span, 60 Minutes, To The Contrary, Face the Nation, Good Morning America, 20/20, FOX Morning News, Canada AM, CNN's Crossfire, Lehrer News Hour, CNN & Company, Today Show, National Public Radio, Jesse Jackson, Nightline, Larry King Live, Court TV, CNBC's Rivera Live! and Charles Grodin. She was the legal analyst for America's Talking for the O.J. Simpson trial and has co-hosted CNBC's Equal Time and Rivera Live! She was a legal analyst for MSNBC for the impeachment and Senate trial of President Clinton.
A bit more the just a Washington lawyer Walter.
