from the case, but the panel of two democratic appointees and one republican denied the requested mandamus petition. in the meantime the united states attorneys office rather blatantly attempted to poison the jury pool. on a friday afternoon, mr. siegelman filed a motion requesting the sealing of any other bad acts evidenced under rule 404-b that the government was expected to offer at trial. on monday morning, with the very purpose of preventing the court from ruling on the motion, the government currently files highly prejudicial material, some of which was used in the subsequent trial in the miller district, and it filed these materials as a matter of public record. and so the "birmingham news" and other media had a field day, many of the jurors who were ultimately summoned at the trial had been exposed to those obviously inadmissible accusations. now, of course, i did my duty and sanctioned the united states attorneys who filed those motion s. the principle culprit was later promoted to head up promoted to head up the public corruption section of the united states attorneys office in t