In a Nov. 20, 2001, letter to Mapes and her boss, Jeff Fager, J.E. Gunja, warden at the federal penitentiary at Florence, Colo., complained:

"Recently, an investigation determined that the above named inmate requested your assistance in circumventing Federal Bureau of Prisons mail procedures."

Gunja's letter, first obtained by Fox News on Wednesday, continued:

"Phone monitoring reveals that you agreed to this request. ... By agreeing to assist this inmate in circumventing federal regulations governing correspondence between confined inmates, you attempted to violate those federal regulations. ... Your attempted misuse of the special mail privileges placed members of the public at risk."

Warden Gunja then revoked Mapes' correspondence, telephone and interview privileges with the high-security inmate.

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