"Litigious activists have used the Endangered Species Act to fight projects, " Reed Hopper, the foundation's principal attorney, said in a statement.

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Delery, principal deputy assistant attorney general for the civil division, said in a statement.

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And Matthew Friedrich, principal deputy assistant attorney general at the Department of Justice, said that while there had been several high-profile cases against chief executives, naming the conviction of WorldCom 's Bernard Ebbers as one example, criminal cases against hedge fund managers accused of fraud have been rare.

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Patrick Philbin was being considered for promotion to principal deputy solicitor general, but Cheney warned Attorney General Alberto Gonzales that he would oppose the promotion, former Deputy Attorney General James Comey wrote in response to written questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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