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In Praise of Everyman

Posted Monday, May 21, 2007 4:30 PM by Jim Landman

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“We always joked that Jimmy Stewart’s going to play him in the movie. He’s the picture of rectitude – a charming, engaging, funny guy, but one who set a tone for the office about doing the right thing, not necessarily about winning every case.” So said Steven R. Peiken, describing former U.S. deputy attorney general James B. Comey, with whom Mr. Peiken worked in the U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan, in an article that appeared on Thursday, May 17, in the New York Times. [Read More]

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