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Delivered-To: john.podesta@gmail.com Received: by 10.100.255.16 with SMTP id c16cs590060ani; Thu, 6 Mar 2008 13:11:26 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.150.220.19 with SMTP id s19mr149203ybg.147.1204837886240; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:11:26 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: <DFine@americanprogress.org> Received: from tabella.americanprogress.org (tabella.americanprogress.org [65.199.13.16]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id e9si10218049muf.0.2008.03.06.13.11.25; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:11:26 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of DFine@americanprogress.org designates 65.199.13.16 as permitted sender) client-ip=65.199.13.16; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of DFine@americanprogress.org designates 65.199.13.16 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=DFine@americanprogress.org X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1204837883-127302d80000-MKFCFn X-Barracuda-URL: http://tabella.americanprogress.org:8000/cgi-bin/mark.cgi Received: from epistula.americanprogresscenter.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tabella.americanprogress.org (Spam Firewall) with ESMTP id D475BAA446; Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:11:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from epistula.americanprogresscenter.org (epistula.americanprogresscenter.org [192.168.10.4]) by tabella.americanprogress.org with ESMTP id TxeKfMA7D95dngmk; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:11:23 -0500 (EST) X-ASG-Whitelist: Client X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C87FCE.A1D5EFD0" X-ASG-Orig-Subj: ATTY CLIENT PRIV Call Update Subject: ATTY CLIENT PRIV Call Update Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:11:23 -0500 Message-ID: <80A0C6FBCD6E494E8933D1D1A52D267A0B639A54@epistula.americanprogresscenter.org> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: ATTY CLIENT PRIV Call Update Thread-Index: Ach/zqGJzXWN3uTjSoCgfW37rkw3Tw== From: "Debbie Fine" <DFine@americanprogress.org> To: "John Podesta" <john.podesta@gmail.com> CC: jmpalmieri@aol.com X-Barracuda-Connect: epistula.americanprogresscenter.org[192.168.10.4] X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1204837883 X-Barracuda-Virus-Scanned: by Barracuda Spam Firewall at americanprogress.org ------_=_NextPart_001_01C87FCE.A1D5EFD0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable hey john -- wow. so jen and i called into the call that mary pat organized to deal with the fallout from FFA donors re the CDA ad. on the call was mary pat, marc elias, amy dacey, david brock, tom mattzie, frank smith, susie mchugh, tara mcguiness, paul begala for a few minutes. joe sandler (CDA lawyer) was not on the call. (marc elias, lyn utrecht, joe sandler and my team are getting on the phone today to discuss some of CDA's thinking. i can update on you that as well. we are confused about what's been happening and once get a better sense of it, will confer with out CDA on the call, and then i'll be in a better position to advise you.) =20 here is a very quick summary of this call -- jen feel free to add: 1. Mary Pat is calling the FFA donors named in the NPR ad to ask them to please not to talk to the press for 24 hours. she will then get them talking points that describes in part what FFA vs CDA is, and i imagine what their money supported. those talking points will originate from amy dacey, to be vetted by marc elias. i assume amy will send them to you as well, but will specifically ask for that. 2. David Brock was very concerned that no CDA plan had been in place to address possible concerns raised by the story that they knew would break -- esp regarding the impact on donors. i.e. no one at FFA knew how this ad was going to be filed (on this i will note that i actually understand that CDA did not need to list FFA on the filing -- but i will confirm this), so that donors could be contacted in advance. he was concerned that the CDA bd/prospective bd had no idea, nor did FFA. (in this context, somebody mentioned -- i think it was susie -- that you were on the CDA call making decision to run the ad. i said that while i couldn't speak for you, i'm sure you had no idea what they were planning to do with filings. that that was not your role on the call.) 3. It's not clear to me what the press strategy is -- there was some support for trying to get a more full bodied FFA story in the press. Jen can talk more about that. =20 4. Begala talked positively about the press coverage, but about the need for there always to be a lawyer on the call on this stuff. On that, we'll try to set up some sort of system so that we know what's happening.=20 let me know if you want to discuss or want more info. thx.=20 Debbie Fine General Counsel Center for American Progress Phone: 202.741.6253 Mobile: 917.373.8308 Fax: 202.682.1867 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C87FCE.A1D5EFD0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 6.5.7652.24"> <TITLE>ATTY CLIENT PRIV Call Update</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- Converted from text/rtf format --> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">hey john -- wow. so jen and i = called into the call that mary pat organized to deal with the fallout = from FFA donors re the CDA ad. on the call was mary pat, marc = elias, amy dacey, david brock, tom mattzie, frank smith, susie mchugh, = tara mcguiness, paul begala for a few minutes. joe sandler (CDA = lawyer) was not on the call. (marc elias, lyn utrecht, joe sandler = and my team are getting on the phone today to discuss some of CDA's = thinking. i can update on you that as well. we are confused = about what's been happening and once get a better sense of it, will = confer with out CDA on the call, and then i'll be in a better position = to advise you.) </FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">here is a very quick summary of this = call -- jen feel free to add:</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">1. Mary Pat is = calling the FFA donors named in the NPR ad to ask them to please not to = talk to the press for 24 hours. she will then get them talking = points that describes in part what FFA vs CDA is, and i imagine what = their money supported. those talking points will originate from = amy dacey, to be vetted by marc elias. i assume amy will send them = to you as well, but will specifically ask for that.</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">2. David Brock was very concerned = that no CDA plan had been in place to address possible concerns raised = by the story that they knew would break -- esp regarding the impact on = donors. i.e. no one at FFA knew how this ad was going to be filed = (on this i will note that i actually understand that CDA did not need to = list FFA on the filing -- but i will confirm this), so that donors could = be contacted in advance. he was concerned that the CDA bd/prospective bd = had no idea, nor did FFA. (in this context, somebody mentioned -- = i think it was susie -- that you were on the CDA call making decision to = run the ad. i said that while i couldn't speak for you, i'm sure = you had no idea what they were planning to do with filings. that that = was not your role on the call.)</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">3. It's not clear to me what the = press strategy is -- there was some support for trying to get a more = full bodied FFA story in the press. Jen can talk more about = that. </FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">4. Begala talked positively about = the press coverage, but about the need for there always to be a lawyer = on the call on this stuff. On that, we'll try to set up some sort = of system so that we know what's happening. </FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">let me know if you want to discuss or = want more info. thx. </FONT> </P> <BR> <P><I><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Debbie Fine</FONT></I> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">General Counsel</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Center for American Progress</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Phone: 202.741.6253</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Mobile: 917.373.8308</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Fax: = 202.682.1867</FONT> </P> </BODY> </HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C87FCE.A1D5EFD0--