THE WITNESS: Objection. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Harry Quillian volunteered to ne at that discussion that he thought it was Q. (BY MR. GALLAGHER) Did he tell you STICKLEY & SCHUTZMAN, INC. Objection. 2 3 DEPOSITION OF ROSEMARY STEWART VOL. I 189 type of enforcement order. And in telling me that, he said that when he suggested that to folks in San Francisco, A. No, they would not. He would talk with the supervisory agent, most likely. Q. Mr. Sanchez? 9 Q. 10 11 12 13 14 15 A. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 It he was the assigned agent, yes. 8. In any event, you are waiting now for a the Chairman comes to you and says we are going A. Harry Quillian told me. 1. Did he tell you he was there at the Chairman's behest? A. Yes, he did. Q. Do you recall when that conversation STICKLEY & SCHUTZMAN, INC. DEPOSITION OF ROSEMARY STEWART VOL. I 190 1 was with any specificity, Ms. Stewart? 2 7 A. I believe the actual neno where Harry Q. And again, if you have answered this, I THE WITNESS: It was Mr. Quillian's opinion that he did. But Harry Quillian told me that he was just a messenger. 10 11 MR. 12 MR. 13 14 15 16 (BY MR. GALLAGHER) Is this a big deal 17 18 19 in your job when they start bringing in another lawyer? I mean, is this a matter of significance that bothers you as head of a department? Q. Did you take it as a sign of lack of confidence in your own group? A. Yes. STICKLEY & SCHUTZMAN, INC. 2 3 S DEPOSITION OF ROSEMARY STEWART VOL. I 191 it? Q. Did you ever talk to the Chairman about A. I inmediately asked for a meeting with the Chairman, after being told by Mr. Quillian 10 11 12 A. Yes. ever happened. 8. So you can't get a hearing with the Chairman; you have got an order that a lawyer named Anne Sobol is going to, going to 13 14 She is going to do what? it was not clear for what purposes. I persisted and did get a meeting with chief of staff Shannon Fairbanks about this subject. -A. Same time frame: Middle of January. I told her that I was extremely unhappy at this decision, and I hoped it was not a final STICKLEY & SCHUTZMAN, INC. DEPOSITION OF ROSEMARY STEWART VOL. I 192 1 decision, and that as experienced of an attorney as Ms. Sobol was, she was not an investigator; all of the investigative experience in the agency was in our office, and asked why this was happening, and renewed my request to talk to the Chairman. 9. To any avail? A. Somewhat. Shannon Fairbanks agreed that Ms. Sobol would be detailed not to conduct supervision. And she told me that the reason this had happened was that Chairman Gray and she herself felt that the Lincoln case was going to be a very big controversial matter, and they wanted all the lawyers in the agency getting up to speed and getting to work on it. 2. Was this the first time that anybody ever suggested to you that there was anything particularly unusual about the Lincoln situation? A. Yes, I believe it was. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 under you? STICKLEY & SCHUTZMAN, INC. 8. Did that agreement set with you? I sean, did you buy off on that, that she will work |