We have to avoid enabling an illegitimate process and to keep our sights focused on creating the circumstances for
a political resolution of the case, similar to that achieved for the British detainees and Rebecca's former client, Australian David Hicks.
In addition to the Burke - Loeb
case, Newsday has reported that the comprehensive federal scrutiny
of Spota's office has included whether there was anything unlawful in the handling
of the investigation into the shooting
of Huntington Station taxi driver Thomas Moroughan by an off - duty Nassau County police officer; the circumstances under which former Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy gave up a $ 4.1 - million - dollar campaign chest to the district attorney's office, and also agreed not to run for re-election; the legality
of a wiretap placed on the phone
of former Suffolk detective John Oliva; the
resolution of the criminal
case against well - known Suffolk criminal lawyer Robert Macedonio; the office's distribution
of asset - forfeiture money; and the investigation into a number
of political associates
of Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone.