tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post3073063009013784842..comments2024-03-12T21:13:06.850-05:00Comments on Legal Schnauzer: Eddie Curran Resurfaces in Siegelman Sagalegalschnauzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09619089628125964154noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-88543061118369098002008-02-24T13:08:00.000-06:002008-02-24T13:08:00.000-06:00Dear Schnauzer,I saw your piece and you expressed ...Dear Schnauzer,<BR/>I saw your piece and you expressed a wish to be able to publish some of the e-mails I have sent Scott Horton and his editors at Harpers -- my sole purpose being to give them an opportunity to respond to quetions I have. This, incidentally, is an opportunity that Horton doesn't give subjects of his stories. Here is one such e-mail, sent 10 days ago:<BR/><BR/>From: Eddie Curran<BR/>e-mail: eddcurran@aol.com<BR/> <BR/>Attn: Scott Horton<BR/>Giulia Melucci<BR/>Roger Hodge<BR/><BR/> Dear Sirs/Madam<BR/> <BR/> Am assuming I will not be receiving a response to my previous questions but am, according to common reporting standards, required to provide you with the opportunity to do so.<BR/> I have one final question. William Horton, a Birmingham lawyer, has informed me that he is Scott Horton's second cousin. Horton is the former general counsel at HealthSouth, where he worked under Richard Scrushy. He was called as a defense witness at Scrushy's first trial, in Birmingham.<BR/><BR/> He now works for the Haskell Slaughter firm which represents, among others, Jill Simpson.<BR/> She is the woman whose affidavit kick-started the allegations that former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman was prosecuted as a result of a conspiracy that, according to Horton/Harpers, includes Karl Rove; Washington and Alabama-based prosecutors within the justice department; Alabama governor Bob Riley and his son; U.S. District Judge Mark Fuller; Washington lobbyist and political consultant Bill Canary and his wife, Montgomery-based U.S. Attorney Leura Canary; contracting officials with the U.S. Air Force and Justice Department; and others, apparently including the two largest newspapers in Alabama and some of their reporting and editing staff.<BR/> William Horton informs me that he is not in close contact with Scott Horton, and I will note that he says as much. I e-mailed William Horton after Scott Horton declined to provide an answer when I asked him if he was related to William Horton.<BR/> I wonder how Scott -- and Harper's, through Scott -- would treat such an astonishing coincidence were it to be found in relation to the prosecution of Don Siegelman.<BR/><BR/> Should you have any comment, feel free to e-mail or call. Thanks for your time,<BR/> Eddie CurranAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com