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Justice Leader's Job: Renew A Battered Agency
NPR
November 10, 2008
EXCERPT: "Jamie Gorelick was the deputy attorney general in the Clinton administration. She says the new boss has to improve morale. And she would like to see the next attorney general remind attorneys that they have a higher calling beyond just winning cases."

Jamie S. Gorelick
New York Times
November 8, 2008
EXCERPT: "Jamie S. Gorelick has a wide-ranging Washington résumé that spans corporate, legal and national security affairs."

Washington lawyers' advice to Silicon Valley: Don't sit on sideline
Mercury News
November 6, 2008
EXCERPT: "The new administration has room for probably three top priorities, said Jamie Gorelick, a deputy attorney general in the Clinton administration. The first will be fixing the financial mess, the second will be foreign policy, with an emphasis on problems in the Middle East, she said. The third could be health care or energy."

Obama to get first intelligence briefing Thursday
Reuters
November 5, 2008
EXCERPT: "People who have been mentioned as potential Obama appointments to top intelligence posts include former Pentagon and Justice Department official Jamie Gorelick, U.S. Rep. Jane Harman, former NATO Commander Gen. James Jones and former CIA counterterrorism official John Brennan."

Immigrants' Daughter Flies High
Women Bisnow
November 27, 2007
EXCERPT: "Jamie Gorelick, a partner at WilmerHale well known for her work on the 9/11 Commission and as Deputy Attorney General, grew up in New York during the halcyon Fifties. A child of immigrants, Jamie found her childhood filled with patriotism and activism. ‘One minute I would be walking in a Girl Scout parade and the next I would be handing out pamphlets on nuclear proliferation,' she says."

The Deal's M&A Outlook 2009 Conference Brings Together Leading Acquirers to Debate the Future of the Market
The Deal
November 11, 2008
EXCERPT: "In the afternoon, Sydney Finkelstein, professor of management at Tuck School, Dartmouth College disseminates points from his book "Why Smart Executives Fail," following former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick of Wilmer Hale, on the future regulatory landscape."

Fannie Mae's Vice Chair Jamie Gorelick to Step Down in July
RisMedia
January 10, 2003
EXCERPT: "Fannie Mae has announced that Vice Chair Jamie Gorelick has advised the company she will step down on July 1, 2003, to devote substantial time to the bipartisan national commission investigating the attacks of September 11, 2001 and to pursue other interests."

Pentagon Lawyer Called Top Choice as Reno's Deputy
New York Times
February 2, 1994
EXCERPT: "The Pentagon lawyer, Jamie S. Gorelick, emerged as the consensus choice to succeed Philip B. Heymann as Ms. Reno's deputy."

Jamie Gorelick Press Releases

Jamie Gorelick, Mary Miller, and Melvin Oliver Join The Urban Institute's Board of Trustees
The Urban Institute
December 8, 2004
EXCERPT: "Joining the board for three-year terms are Jamie S. Gorelick, a partner in the Washington, D.C., law firm of Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale, and Dorr. Ms. Gorelick, who served on the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, was vice chair of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) from 1997 to 2003, deputy attorney general of the United States (1994-1997), general counsel of the Department of Defense (1993-1994), assistant to the secretary and counselor to the deputy secretary of energy (1979-1980), and a private-sector litigator."

Jamie Gorelick Publications

Another Blow To Justice
By JAMIE GORELICK
The Washington Post
July 29, 2008
EXCERPT: "Another stunning report has documented the bold and illegal influence of politics at the Justice Department over the past eight years."
Also read Another Blow to Justice by Jamie Gorelick at Wilmer Hale.

Between Presidents, a Dangerous Gap
By JAMIE GORELICK and SLADE GORTON
The Washington Post
July 16, 2008
EXCERPT: "Our presidential transition process needs to adjust to the threats the United States faces."

Prepared Statement of Jamie Gorelick Deputy Attorney General Department of Justice Before the House Judiciary Committee
By JAMIE GORELICK
September 25, 1996
EXCERPT: "Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee, for providing me with this opportunity to discuss with you the Administration's policy on the important and complex issue of encryption and our position on H.R. 3011. Although the Department of Justice opposes H.R. 3011, we look forward to continuing the productive discussions we have had with Congress on this issue"