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f11JG~,!a5-2004 14:40 FROM:US ATTORNEY Honorable Mary BctJ, Bucha.nan Direl'tor EOUSA Dq,artm~nl of Justice Washington, D.C. Dear Mary Beth, 3407731904 T0:202 353 3431 U.S. Department of Justice David Marshall Nis,rman United Slates Altorney Districl of the Virgin Islands 1108 Kine St., Suite ZOI Ch,iS1ianst.:d, St Croix U.S. Virgin lsl1111ds 00li2049S I Voic.c: ()40) 773-3920 fax: (340) 77.3-14-07 August 5, 2004 Screened by NARA (RF) January 11, 2021 FOIA # RD 64522 It was a pleasure speaking with you on Tuesday anti you know th~t l have extended my retirement date until August 20th for. a number of reasons including the fact that I wa.nt to make s1.1te the Whitt: Hou.c;e and the .Department of Justi<:c has suf.fident time: to make the right sele(.-tion of my successor.. While I have a very strong recommendation to make, until I received the packet from Debbie Hardos tdling m<: that it was indeed appropriate for me to write StH:h a. letter, J hesitated in duing so. As l indit-.atcd to Kyle Snrnpson, i.t ls c:ritical that a qualified candidate from this office is sdected, J.nuticularly in light of our sensitive ongoing investigations <:oupkd with tJ,c community uutreach proi,rrams Wt~ arc engaged in. lt would be: virtually impossible to find a better candidate than my First A.~$istant Tony Jtnkins. Tony has been a career prose~~utor for over 20 years having served as botJ, a. state and fccktal prosec:otor in Fk1rida bc:fore coming to our office five years ago. During th(.~ interview pro(.-ess wt learned of his rc.putatio11 as an incredibly etJ,ical can•do pro.secut.or who dcvelopt:d large cases tlirough force of will and hard work. ·when l was first notified that the President had se:kcted rnc to be United States Attorney, l immcd.iatdy went to 1'ony and asked him to be part of my man:igement team. He has i;cived in virtually every attorney manage:mcnt position in this office and has e:xc:elled at all of th~m. Of partk1.11ar nute was hls rec<:nt update: of our Criminal Oivisicm Manual. J originally wrot,e this mant1al when I was Crirni.nal Chid many years ago. F1>nncr U.S. Attorney Atkinson also had a hand in it and we: were proud of our work. However, T,my's r.ontributio.ns, including changing it to an clecttonic desktop format. dwarfed our earUer effcms. When the EARS team arrived in April, they said it was the best Criminal Division manual they had ever seen and OLE plans on posting it on USABook as a n1odt.l for otl,cr distric:ts. Mary Beth, J have been blessed with praise I have Mt deserved. The: Rotary Clubs have sekcted me~ as their person of the year-, and the building owner has named the office in honor of me. Any praise that ha.s come my wc4y has tn be equally shared witJ, my pa.n:ner, Tony Jenkins. He embodies all of the lt'::tdership skills that wt-. have spnkcn of at our U.S. Attorm:y National Con.terenccs. He k..ads by ex.ample. He is most often the first in the office. and the last to leave. He is totally <.X>nunitted to our goals and always puts th~ mission first. He makes sure I.bat this D istrict follows all OOJ and EOUSA rules. The agents love him and their spirits are always buoyed when they learn that Tony Jenkins will be presenting their cases. Judge TI,omas Moore. our St. Thomas federal judge, will sing his praises all day long. You may also want to c::onsuJt with our colleague. Greg Miller. who knows Tony from their years as colleagues in tht Northcm Distri~-:t of Florida. Our philosophic:.al thinking is so close that I frequently tease him, telling him we are twin sons of different mothers. Ht: is a na.tur~l born leader that wm make llle . p:.uum~nt proud.