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A conversation with U.S. attorney David Kelly
with David Kelley on May 25, 2005
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with David Kelley on May 25, 2005
David Kelley served as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, where he led the nation’s most significant investigations and prosecutions of white collar and organized crime, and terrorism. Prior to his appointment as U.S. Attorney, David served from 2002-2003 as Deputy United States Attorney, and was named on September 11, 2001 as co-chair of the Justice Department’s nationwide investigation into the 9/11 attacks. Among those that David personally prosecuted in that role was John Walker Lindh, who had been dubbed ‘the American Taliban.” As U.S. Attorney, David also served as a member of the President’s Corporate Fraud Task Force and the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee for White Collar Crime.
Recently, David served as special counsel to Governor George Pataki to provide an independent review of the findings and conclusions of the New York State Ethics Commission regarding the actions and conduct of New York State Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi.
From its formation in 1995, until 2002 when he was named Deputy United States Attorney, David served as the Chief of the Organized Crime and Terrorism Unit, where he personally prosecuted Ramzi Yousef for his role in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. Under his leadership, the Unit investigated and prosecuted dozens of cases of international significance, including investigations of the Millennium bombing plot, the October 2000 attack on the U.S.S Cole in Yemen, and the 1998 bombings of the United States embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
