] The lone Justice lawyer sent from Washington to help told
] his Detroit colleagues "he had no intention of
] participating in the trial" and refused to assist when an
] urgent issue arose involving a witness and the State
] Department, the Detroit office wrote.
]
]
] The Washington lawyer "spent the same 10 (trial) weeks in
] a hotel at taxpayers' expense when he was not playing
] basketball in the evenings," the memo stated.

Gotta love this one. The White House holds up as an example of what a fine job they're doing in the "War on Terror" and their example is a case that it appears the Justice Department did everything possible to screw. Just another indication of the sort of quality moves I've come to expect from the shrub administration.

AP: Superiors Hindered Terror Prosecutors