Memorandum to John Durham, Special Prosecutor

TO: John Durham, Special Prosecutor
FROM: Laurack D. Bray, Esq., and on behalf of Harold James Griffith and Jeanette Andrews
DATE: October 29, 2009
SUBJECT: Special request for a limited expansion of your investigation into the Bush administration's use of interrogation techniques, to include an exceptional or extraordinary case involving a high or management level Bush administration appointee.

Mr. Durham, this memorandum-letter is a special request for a limited expansion of your investigation or "preliminary review" into the Bush Administration's use of interrogation techniques. The overriding purpose of the expansion is to review and/or prosecute some cases where citizen criminal complaints have been filed but no formal prosecutorial action has been taken (but some type of action, at least in some cases, has been taken by the FBI), which means that the cases are still pending. This special request is made for the following reasons: (1) prior to your appointment, we had already called for the appointment of an independent and special prosecutor; (2) the previous prosecutor, U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles, Thomas P. O'Brien, who refused to prosecute certain heretofore identified cases and/or individuals, has now been removed or otherwisw left office; (3) this is an "exceptional" case(s); (4) there is, we believe, prima facie probable cause evidence for several cases; (5) this case involves high level or supervisory officials, including judges; (6) we received no formal response from the previous prosecutor to our complaints, other than a telephone call informing us that we would be getting a response and a subsequent letter containing a false and fraudulent statement indicating that the prosecutor could not proceed with the prosecution; (7) we continue to seek restitution for the losses suffered as a result of the actions of the identified individuals named in the complaints; and (8) if you do not investigate and/or prosecute these cases, who will? These reasons will be expanded upon in a subsequent blog.