Abstract
On behalf of the White House and on behalf of John Walters, the director of Drug Czarl of the United States, it's an honor to be here. It's been six years now that I've been at the White House, and looking at Scott Daniels, Scott Carver, Judge Boyden, Paul Boyden, and other friends, I'm reminded how I got there. I was sitting in my office as the Iron county attorney, and I was right in the middle of a really ugly sexual abuse case. I got a call and my secretary, Colleen-I think we had three lawyers and three secretaries in the office at the time in Cedar City said, "It's the White House on the phone." I thought it was Jerry Woolmack, who was the detective that we were working on this case with, and we had been getting ready for days, marking exhibits. I thought he was being funny so I picked up the phone and said, "Jerry, you're such a __," and I won't tell you what I said. The person hung up. So about an hour later, the Honorable Orrin G. Hatch called and said, "Scott, when the White House calls, you don't use a profanity and hang up on them."
Recommended Citation
Burns, Scott
(2009)
"A Government Insider's Perspective on the War on Drugs,"
Utah Law Review: Vol. 2009:
No.
1, Article 9.
Available at:
https://dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol2009/iss1/9