Word: subpoena
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...only real prospect for unearthing new facts comes from the subpoena issued last Monday by Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Government Oversight Committee, to Attorney General Michael Mukasey demanding transcripts of FBI interviews with Cheney and Bush in the Plame case. The FBI is awaiting orders from Mukasey's office, but don't hold your breath. Department of Justice spokesman Peter Carr says, "We have received the subpoena and are reviewing it." Waxman's office expects a continued stonewall from the Justice Department ahead of the noon Monday subpoena deadline...
...White House using the Patriot Act powers for political purposes or of individual agents using them for personal gain. The Justice IG report released Thursday, for example, examined some 50,000 National Security Letters issued in 2006 to see whether the FBI misused that specialized kind of warrantless subpoena. The IG found some continuing abuse of the power, but blamed it for the most part on sloppiness and bad management, not nefarious intent. In a press release accompanying the report, Fine said, "The FBI and Department of Justice have shown a commitment to addressing these problems...
...anarchy, I mean the little things you do without subordinating yourself to some greater cause or heeding some elected authority. It’s all the wonderful things that happen in your life without a warrant, a subpoena, an audit, or a friendly letter from the Department of Motor Vehicles. It’s buying toothpaste at CVS and it’s gossiping with your friends—about someone other than Barack Obama. The change we can believe in is the change you do on your own, whether it’s swearing off all-nighters in Lamont...
Harvard’s Office of International Programs (OIP) declined to comment on the subpoena due to its ongoing nature, but Associate Director Giorgio DiMauro said the University has no cause for concern...
Harvard spokesman John D. Longbrake said that the University received the subpoena earlier this month, and that it is still under evaluation. He declined to comment on what information the attorney general was seeking or what practices were under investigation...