Word: requests
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Warren's dealings with Geithner hit some bumps early on too. After he took office, the panel requested for months that Geithner testify before it; he ignored the request at first but eventually relented. "The most generous interpretation would be that he was staggeringly busy, and to be well prepared for a hearing takes time," Warren says of Geithner, who testified in April. "The less generous interpretation would be that ... we were not on the best of terms." She insists that things are now going more smoothly...
...long time. "Working with Treasury is like working with any other government entity," he says. "If you're talking to the right person and have a good relationship with them, you can get access to information in a timely way. If you're not successful at making your request a priority for them, it may take a while...
...only one person has been charged with the murders at Massereene barracks. Just over a month after Breen's article describing the call she received from the Real IRA appeared in the Dublin-based Sunday Tribune, of which she is Northern Editor, Breen received a letter from the PSNI, requesting she hand over notes, photographs, her cell phone and other records relating to the attack, in order to advance their investigation. Breen refused to co-operate, citing her right not to disclose her sources. Furthermore, she said she would face "a real and immediate threat to her life" from...
...police informer) who had been accused of the murder of a Catholic solicitor. The paramilitary-turned-informer told Moloney that he had in fact alerted police officers to the murder plot, but that they had failed to act to prevent it. Moloney refused to comply with a police request to hand over his notes. The case against him was eventually dropped...
...judgment, Breen's editor, Noirin Hegarty, described a journalist's protection of his or her sources as "an absolute value, not a convenient principle." But what swayed the Belfast Recorder Tom Burgess was the risk to Breen's life. In his ruling, Judge Burgess said complying with the police request could lead to "a breach of [Breen's] right to life under the European Convention [on Human Rights]" "The Real IRA have killed, and attempted to kill, for much less. During the attack on the soldiers at Massereene barracks, the gunmen shot and seriously wounded two men delivering pizza...