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1l12a offering to meet the next day to work on the agreement: Can I suggest that tomorrow we either meet live or via teleconference, either with your client or having him within a quick phone call, to hash out these items? I was hoping to work only a half day tomorrow to save my voice for Tuesday’s hearing ... , if necessary, but maybe we can set a time to meet. If you want to meet “off campus” somewhere, that is fine. I will make sure that I have all the necessary decision makers present or “on call,” as well.1% Villafafia told OPR that she offered to meet Lefkowitz away from the USAO because conducting negotiations via email was inefficient, and Villafafia wanted “to have a meeting where we sat down and just finalized things. And what I meant by off campus is, sometimes people feel better if you go to a neutral location” for a face-to-face meeting. On the morning of Monday, September 17, 2007, the USAO supervisor who was taking over Lourie’s duties as manager of the West Palm Beach office asked Villafana for an update on the plea negotiations, and she forwarded to him the email she had sent to Lefkowitz the previous afternoon. Villafafia told the manager, “As you can see ... there are a number of things in their last draft that were unacceptable. All of the loopholes that I sewed up they tried to open.” Shortly thereafter, Villafafia alerted the new manager, Acosta, and Lourie that she had just spoken with 5 Lefkowitz was based in New York City but traveled to Miami in connection with the case. DOJ-OGR-O00000175