Word: subpoena
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...investigators from the General Accounting Office to California to pore over data, confer with state officials and visit suspect nursing homes. One of their first stops was Creekside (now operating as Vacaville Rehabilitation and Care Center), which denied the investigators access to medical records--until they returned with a subpoena. Grassley calls the California data "troubling" and says the situation "requires immediate attention...
...material was discovered after Democratic committee lawyers sent the campaign lawyers a letter in August reminding them to check their computer files and hard drives--all covered by a broad subpoena in April. Dole lawyers told the panel about the papers on Sept. 29; Democrats are wondering why it took more than two weeks to produce the material...
What constitutes effective oversight of that service remains a big question. As a means for exposing and punishing police misconduct, civilian review boards have a mixed reputation. Many have no subpoena power and meager investigative staff, which leaves them powerless to get to the bottom of cases. While the New York board is supposed to be made up entirely of civilians, a majority of its members are former law-enforcement officials, prosecutors and lawyers. "What is needed is an independent board of civilians who are trained in investigating complaints," says N.Y.C.L.U. head Siegel...
...police department agreed to a litany of new procedures, including strict documentation of the use of force, extensive new training and the appointment of an outside auditor with access to police disciplinary records. The new Citizen Police Review Board will have the power to conduct its own investigations and subpoena witnesses...
...press--or notable fragments of it--is more easily titillated. Consider the case of Kathleen Willey, 51, a former low-level aide in the White House who was subpoenaed by Paula Jones' lawyer, Joseph Cammarata, after he received an anonymous tip that the President had made a grab for her. Willey's lawyer said she has no information relevant to Paula Jones or Bill Clinton, and he is filing a motion to quash the subpoena. But that hardly cooled the frenzy. Two "friends" of Willey's told reporters that something happened--they don't agree about what--one day when...