Judge Royce C. Lamberth of Federal District Court said: ''It is clear that the decisions here were made at the highest levels of Government, and the Government itself is -- and should be -- accountable when its officials run amok. There were no rogue lawyers here misleading this court.''
Rather, Judge Lamberth said, ''the executive branch of the Government, working in tandem, was dishonest with this court, and the Government must now face the consequences of its misconduct.''
For instance, for a decade, Lamberth prodded along the massive, lumbering Indian trust fund case, cementing his reputation as something of a maverick who demanded that government agencies live up to the standards of good faith and fair dealing that the public deserves.