From To: (USAFLS)" Subject: Re: confidential communication Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 19:36:32 +0000 Importance: Normal Hi all. We are at sea today with bad reception. Just got your messages. I could try to call you now or tomorrow we will be in berlin. Sorry Ori inal Message From: (USAFLS) To: Sent: Mon May 19 12:40:32 2008 Subject: FW: confidential communication For your records. From: Jay Lefkowitz (maitto Sent: Monda , May 19, 2008 10:54 AM To: (USAFLS) Subject: confidential communication Dear Alex: I am writing to you because I have just received the attached letter from In light of that letter, and given the critical new evidence discussed below, I would like to request a meeting with you, mindful of our July 8 deadline, at your earliest opportunity. Given your personal involvement in this matter to date, and the fact that at this juncture it is clear that CEOS has referred the matter back to you, I respectfully request that you not shunt me off to one of your staff. You and I have both spent a great deal of time on this matter, and I know that we both would like to resolve this matter in a way that bestows integrity both on the Department and the process. In our prior discussions, you expressed that you were "not unsympathetic" to our various federalism concerns, but stated that because you serve within the "unitary Executive,' you believed your hands were tied by Main Justice. You were also extremely gracious in stating that you did not want the United States to be "unfair". Although CEOS limited its assessment to the federal statutes our had brought forth and to the application of those laws to the facts as presented, it is abundantly clear from letter that Main Justice is not directing this prosecution. In fact, CEOS plainly acknowledged that a federal prosecution of Mr. Epstein would involve a 'novel application' of federal statutes and that our arguments against federal involvement are 'compelling.' Moreover, the langua