EFTA00194132¶
Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS)¶
| From: | Braden, Myesha(CRT)<Myesha.Braden@usdoj.gov> |
| Sent: | Monday, October 27, 2008 4:01 PM |
| To: | Villafana, Ann Marie C.(USAFLS) |
| Subject: | RE: Things to do in West Palm? |
No problem. Anything that I can do to help. As I think about it, those reports are probably classified, but if I have them, I’ll send you enough info to get the general idea.¶
From: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) [mailto:Ann.Marie.C.Villafana@usdoj.gov]¶
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 3:53 PM¶
To: Braden, Myesha (CRT)¶
Subject: RE: Things to do in West Palm?¶
Have I told you that I love you lately?¶
They are adding a second person in Indonesia – Rob is going to focus exclusively on public corruption.¶
I have been doing research on Indonesia and Timor Leste, so I did know about the Indonesian invasion. This will be the first official Timor Leste person, so it helps that EJ has done a lot of OPDAT stuff in the past. And he is fluent in Spanish and understands some Portuguese, which helps. (They are looking for someone fluent in Portuguese or someone fluent in Spanish who can learn Portuguese.)¶
I would love any help that you can offer. The whole Epstein thing has really turned me off of this place, so I need something new to sink my teeth into.¶
A. Marie Villafaña¶
Assistant U.S. Attorney¶
500 S. Australian Ave, Suite 400¶
West Palm Beach, FL 33401¶
Phone 561 209-1047¶
Fax 561 820-8777¶
From: Braden, Myesha (CRT)¶
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 3:41 PM¶
To: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS)¶
Subject: RE: Things to do in West Palm?¶
Oh! Are you vying to replace Rob Strang as the RLA ? I didn’t think that he would ever leave Indonesia. His family really thrived there and life was good for them. (Indonesia takes some getting used to, but I still miss being there, so the good obviously outweighed the bad. It’s an intoxicating place. Once it gets in your blood, it will always feel a little bit like home.)¶
Chris Lehman is the Senior Regional Director for that part of the world. (I checked, and it looks like Barbara Berman is a new addition … senior trial attorney for counterterrorism. That is a big part of the portfolio for Indonesia, as well as money laundering. There has been an ILA for human trafficking one and off for the past three years, so that may or may not be a part of the portfolio.) I imagine that you would interview with him, Bill Lantz, Carl Alexander, Faye Ehrenstam and maybe Beth Trubell. They come across as very serious types, but they are good people. Carl started out as the first RLA for Haiti and also worked at CEOS many years ago. They will want to know about your interest in Indonesia, your ability to be diplomatic and to implement programs. I think that Faye was also an RLA somewhere, but I can’t remembe where. No matter what you say, Carl is likely to act as if he thinks your not qualified, but ignore it. He’s a really nice guy.¶
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