October 22, 2009

Don Burkhalter new Southern District Interim U.S. Attorney

The Clarion-Ledger is reporting that:

Longtime federal prosecutor Don Burkhalter has been selected interim United States Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced the selection today.

Burkhalter replaces Stan Harris, who had been acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi. Harris had been serving since Dunn Lampton retired in January.

Harris, a member of the Mississippi Army National Guard, was deployed to Iraq as a member of the 155th Brigade Combat Team.

The White House has not said when President Barack Obama will name U.S. attorneys for the northern and southern districts in Mississippi.

Burkhalter served in the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. for more than 10 years and in the United States Attorney’s office in Jackson for more than 20 years.

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LSU Registrar: Adley Abdulwahab Never Attended LSU

One of my first posts about A&O and Adley Abdulwahab (“Wahab”) attached this Illinois Notice of Hearing . Paragraph 24 states that an A&O private offering memorandum listed Wahab’s credentials as managing member of A&O as including a 1996 degree in economics from LSU. On a hunch, I investigated this claim and received the following response:

Mr. Thomas,

We have checked our files and cannot find any record for a student using the name Adley Abdulwahab or Adley Wahab. If I can be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,

Robert K. Doolos

University Registrar

Louisiana State University

Room 112, Thomas Boyd Hall

Baton Rouge, LA 70803-2804

rdoolos@lsu.edu

P – 225/578-1690

F – 225/578-5991

Apparently, Wahab and A&O are dishonest.

But what about the claim that Wahab worked for BHC Marketing? My sources tell me that Wahab did work for BHC, which is where he met Brent Oncale, but that BHC fired Wahab because he could not get licensed as a result of a prior forgery conviction.

Sources also tell me that before working at BHC Wahab and a partner operated a joint venture involving a gas station casino where gift cards were used instead of money. Wahab’s forgery conviction led to the end of this venture.

Before the gas station casino Wahab worked for Taco Bell. My source tell me that Wahab never attended any college.

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