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Ranking Judiciary committee Republican Sen. Arlen Specter references Sampson using the words "bad faith" to describe how the Department planned to use the Patriot Act provision to replace US attorneys without Senate confirmation. A provision added by Specter. Specter: Doesn't your email of November 15 to Ms. Miers and specifying her role in the evaluation of selection of interim candidates raise a pretty clear inference that it was more than just a staff recommendation; that there had been at a minimum acquiescence in this process to use the Patriot Act to circumvent the Senate?
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Sampson: That email is in reference to the eastern district of Arkansas. I did have that idea and I did recommend it [to use the Patriot Act provision to circumvent Senate conformation] but it was not adopted by the AG and it was not adopted or rejected by Ms. Miers, according to my recollection.