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Image via Wikipedia Examiner Editorial: Movie patrons recall Forrest Gump's remarkable presence in an amazing succession of notable historical events. Gump's innocence and simple wisdom amid those times made for a delightful two hours of cinematic escapism. But there is no escaping the damage that would result if President Obama appoints Jamie Gorelick to succeed Robert Mueller as FBI director. Like Gump, Gorelick was present at a remarkable series of recent historical events during the past two decades, but through them all she displayed nothing that could be called either innocent or wise. So let us count the ways in which Gorelick earned the sobriquet "Mistress of Disaster." ... There is much more. It is hard to imagine a more devices choice for FBI director. She is a left wing partisan with a nose for screw ups, mostly of her own making. Between her wall which facilitated the 9-11 attacks to her tenure on the Fannie debacle where she was clearly over comp...

Ed Morrissey: The New York Times’ Eric Lichtblau takes a look at a potential Attorney General nominee in the nascent Barack Obama administration — and it’s a familiar face. Jamie S. Gorelick may be on Obama’s short list for AG, but she has been a familiar face during the Bush administration, too. Gorelick served under Janet Reno during the Clinton administration and played a critical role in blinding counterterrorism efforts prior to 9/11: Would bring to the job : A wide-ranging Washington résumé that spans corporate, legal and national security affairs. Ms. Gorelick (pronounced Guh-REH-lick) was the No. 2 official at the Justice Department in the Clinton administration, from 1994 to 1997, and if chosen would be the second woman to be named attorney general, following her former boss, Janet Reno. Ms. Gorelick would also bring corporate experience to an Obama administration at a time of financial crisis. Is linked to Mr. Obama by : Deep contacts in Democratic circles and a backgrou...

Doug Ross looks at how Jamie Gorelick went from the Justice Department where she set up the wall that protected al Qaeda to working for working at Fannie Mae where she made $26 million while the organization was in the midst of a $10 billion accounting scandal that dwarfed Enron. We now learn that one of the things that brought down Lehman was its investment in Fannie Mae. She seems to have the magic touch. (Link has been fixed.)