Now we have new evidence of Baker's State Department lawyer calling the Atlanta prosecutor a month before.

In their campaign to "build a wall" to keep the investigation from stopping the flow of funds to Baghdad, did Bush officials influence Atlanta prosecutors?

His hourlong program, which also features Nancy Grace, an Atlanta prosecutor, lets him explore legal issues far removed from the Simpson case.

Because of C.I.A. security restrictions, Atlanta prosecutors at first were allowed only to read the document, not keep a copy.

Nancy Grace, a former Atlanta prosecutor was a regular panelist on "Talk Back Live."

Throughout the investigation, however, the Atlanta prosecutors and the Justice Department clashed repeatedly on whether Rome was involved.

Lawyers for the department in Washington assumed that Atlanta prosecutors were determining whether the Government had information helpful to the defense.

Officials at the department's headquarters told Atlanta prosecutors that the decision was up to the local prosecution team.

Atlanta prosecutors contend that the reason for the change was simple: they were able to make a convincing case that Mr. Drogoul was the mastermind.

Congressional Democrats and the defense attorney have asserted that the Bush Administration did not allow Atlanta prosecutors to conduct a thorough inquiry.