Then what?
On Nov. 1, Leura Canary, the mediator and I signed an "Agreement to Mediate, which guaranteed confidentiality in my discussions with the "neutral" mediator under the federal Confidentiality Statute in the U.S. Code at 5 U.S.C. 574. According to a sworn statement given to support the attempted prosecution against me, that evening Mrs. Canary, in her usual practice, hosted a gathering at the lobby bar in the Embassy Suites Hotel in Montgomery, Alabama for all the participants from the mediation except me.
It's regarded as one of the nicest bars in the state capital. Who was there?
The "neutral" mediator was an Assistant United States Attorney and Deputy Civil Chief for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Atlanta. Her name is Sharon Stokes. Her job is to defend the U.S. government against claims, including EEO claims brought by employees of federal agencies. According to sworn statements given to DoJ, those who socialized for several hours in the lobby bar discussing the mediation included Mrs. Canary, Mrs. Stokes, the Executive Office General Counsel Frederick Menner and Mrs. Canary's First Assistant (and first cousin) Patricia Watson .
Then what happened?
According to sworn statements given by Mrs. Watson and Mrs. Canary, at some point and without any basis in fact, Mrs. Watson suggested that it was possible that I had made audio-taped recordings while at the offsite location to support my EEO claims. I later learned that Mrs. Canary expressed her "concern that these imaginary tapes might contain grand jury information sensitive to the Siegelman/Scrushy prosecution, or other sensitive law enforcement information, and/or privileged or work product material. She further suggested that these imaginary tapes might have been disclosed by me outside the DoJ. These conversations were openly discussed in a crowded public bar. There is plenty of evidence to suggest that Leura Canary, the highest-ranking federal law enforcement official for the Middle District of Alabama, a Presidential appointee, sat in a bar for hours with her entourage, concocting a plan to divest herself of a particularly persistent thorn in her paw.
How would you characterize this plan?
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