christie. but christie s appointed attorney general then moved in, before long the indictment against the sheriff s office was dismissed for what the state said were charges that sought to criminalize what it called simply bad management. well, there s no evidence that the governor himself ordered the dismissal of the charges. but the prosecutors who origi l originally brought the case were fired. and one of them joins us now, bennett barlin has fought a lawsuit against the state of new jersey. also with us right now is michael powell who covered the story for the new york times. let me ask you, michael powell, thank you for joining us from the new york times. this story you ran was in october, and it s only now, given the fact that it s january and after all the stories about the bridge closing and the mayhem behind it, if you will, it fits. tell me what you think it tells you in itself about what happened. does it have a story of itself, or does it need to be appended to the larg