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December 7, 2007

VIA FACSIMILE (305) 530-6444

Honorable R. Alexander Acosta

United States Attorney

United States Attorney’s Office

Southern District of Florida

99 NE 4th Street

Miami, FL 33132

Re: Jeffrey Epstein

Dear Alex:

As we discussed by phone earlier today, we will be providing submissions with respect to (i) concerns regarding the implementation of Section 2255, which raises, in our view, serious policy issues and (ii) concerns regarding the conduct and background of the investigation.

We propose to have both submissions to you by no later than 3:00 PM on Monday December 10. In the meantime, we are furnishing herewith the independent ethics opinions of Judge Herbert J. Stern and Joe D. Whitley regarding the federal investigation of this matter, and the Section 2255 component of the Agreement, respectively. Please note that these opinions are in the process of being revised and updated. However, we send these opinions to you now to meet the tight deadline to which the parties have agreed upon. We will follow up with you by phone regarding our submissions before the close of business on Monday.

As we discussed earlier today, these submissions will not be viewed as a breach of the Agreement. We, like you, are eager to achieve finality in this matter.



Kenneth W. Starr



cc: Honorable Alice Fisher, Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey H. Sloman, First Assistant U.S. Attorney

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