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Andrew Hove, Acting Chairman, FDIC, 202-898-3772

William Kroener, GENERAL COUNSEL, 202-898-7394

Mr. Jack Smith, Deputy General Counsel, FDIC, 1-202-736-0194

Ms. Charlotte Caplo, Esq., Mr. Stan Ivey, Mr. Tom Rose, FDIC, (202) 898-6855

Re: FDIC v. Sweeney

Dear Mr. Hove, et. al.:

     Responding to Deputy General Counsel Jack Smith’s letter of yesterday evening, the FDIC has yet again refused another proposal from the Sweeneys, claiming it is “patently unreasonable” and a “stalling tactic” but the FDIC offers no counter-claim. This is not the position of anyone attempting to resolve anything. Additionally, you can bet the Sweeneys love living in terror and getting the FDIC’s daily threats so much that it makes perfect sense it is they who are stalling, right? I think not.

     The letter contains several self-serving inaccuracies:

     1. The Eviction Orders are Unlawful: The judge who “executed the order of eviction” (if one exists) was Edward Harrington. Before he issued this order, this judge’s son went to work for John Hanify, the bank and government’s lawyer in the case, the same lawyer who physically removed the state Court file containing the Sweeneys’ $4 million dollar judgment and took it to Harrington.

     Judge Harrington and John Hanify formerly worked together in the U.S. Attorney’s office. Ropes & Gray, the lawfirm of John Hanify’s father, Edward Hanify, also appeared in the case. John Hanify’s father, Edward Hanify, also represented Ted Kennedy in the Chappaquiddick trial. Judge Edward Harrington was nominated to the federal bench by Ted Kennedy and Edward Hanify flew to Washington to speak on Harrington’s behalf at his confirmation hearings. All of these matters were clearly known to Judge Harrington when he accepted this case from John Hanify who was mandated by law to decline the case, but did not and never removed himself from the case. All the orders obtained in this case were obtained from this Judge.

     After Judge Harrington’s son went to work for John Hanify, Judge Harrington then issued orders of “eviction.” There could not be a clearer case of collusion or acting without legal authority. Harrington was mandated to recuse himself on the basis of the appearance of impropriety and clear conflict. He acted without authority. Your eviction order is unlawful and you know it.