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Such activity would clearly violate the National Security Act of 1947, which states that the CIA "shall have no police, subpoena, law-enforcement powers, or internal-security functions." The law limits the agency's espionage functions to foreign operations. When the CIA follows a target to the U.S. or uncovers a connection between a foreign operative and a domestic group, the case is supposed to be turned over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
...Moulton's continued equivocation on the specifics of expansion has angered the community. In the city council, Alfred E. Vellucci led a nearly successful attempt to subpoena Bok to explain the University's plans...
...Sirica order quashed a subpoena served on Nixon by Defendant John Ehrlichman to testify at the trial. The judge also denied alternative motions by Defendants H.R. Haldeman, John Mitchell and Ehrlichman that depositions be taken from Nixon in California. Sirica's ruling was based primarily on the fact, certified by a court-appointed panel of doctors, that the recuperating Nixon's life might be endangered if he were asked to respond to any questioning before Jan. 6. Even then, Sirica noted, Nixon's recovery might not be satisfactory, and more time would also be required...
Vellucci moved that the meeting be rescheduled for an evening when all the councilors could attend. "We're not going to meet with him when he wants, he's going to meet with us," Vellucci said, again threatening to subpoena Bok if he did not agree to a new meeting...
Vellucci responded that Bok's refusal to meet in public indicated he had something to hide, and he asked the council to keep the threat of subpoena over Bok to assure a more fruitful informal meeting...