81.   For the case to be prosecuted in federal court, prosecutors would also have to prove that Byrd was denied certain constitutional rights during the crime.

82.   Former prosecutors have an even bigger advantage, he said, because they know how the government operates.

83.   For one thing, prosecutors have short attention spans.

84.   For that scenario to take place, federal prosecutors would have to gain the cooperation of Norfolk District Attorney Jeffrey Locke, whose office is prosecuting Youngworth.

85.   Garcetti declined to say how strong a case prosecutors had against the singer.

86.   Friday, federal law enforcement officials said they were eager to interview Ould Slahi, but so far prosecutors have yet to charge him with a crime.

87.   Glen Van Schaack, chief of the bureau of livestock identification with the Department of Food and Agriculture in Sacramento, says prosecutors have other priorities.

88.   He added that prosecutors will also have to determine whether they believe any of the sponsors might have engaged in misconduct by paying into such a shell corporation.

89.   He also said that prosecutors have reason to be concerned.

90.   He argued that the prosecutors have no evidence that Boren knew anything about toxic dumping and had no witnesses to prove that dumping even occurred.