FBI refuses to serve subpeona for 9/11 committee

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Bob Graham, former member of 9/11 committee mentioned Friday night that the committee had issued a subpeona and asked the FBI to serve it. They refused to serve it.

Does anyone here have any info on this, or suggestions about how to get the facts?

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

1. No idea...

FOIA, perhaps, to find the documents that a subpoena was issued and documents that show the subpoena was not served.

What, exactly, would be the crime/penalty for this? Obstruction of justice? How high does this go? Damnit, where are all the real journalists when you need em?

[JetJaguar]

2. That's about what he said

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/jan-june04/intelligence_02-06.html


SEN. BOB GRAHAM:
...
Second the commission should have the power of subpoena and there should be a commitment by those agencies such as the FBI that they will enforce those subpoenas. We had a situation with our 9/11 review in which legally authorized subpoena was issued and the FBI refused to deliver it.


Not sure if there is a legal semantic difference between serve and deliver.

[xrepub]

3. is this troublesome to you also?

[htuttle]

4. Troublesome? Yes!

All I can think is compared to these criminals, Fmr Atty General John Mitchell got the shaft. He wasn't half as blatant as they are.

[JetJaguar]

8. Without particulars it's hard to say.

If it was a case of refusal to prosecute

Yes.

If it was a case of the Commission using the
FBI as there bearer of bad news, while they
had other means of delivery.

A "Who's gonna tell the Boss he has bad breath?"
type thing.

Somewhat.

Without the who, what, where, and whens it's hard
to gauge the gravity of it.

[htuttle]

9. Who else could serve the subpeona?

Congress has no law enforcement powers of it's own. It relies on the FBI to handle things of that matter.

Who else could they have deliver or serve a subpeona, even if it was 'bad news'? The Sargeant-at-Arms? "Bob's Subpeona Service and Bail Bonding"?

[el_gato]

5. the FBI is a purely political operation

it exists to protect the establishment

[Eric J in MN]

6. We should ask journalists to find out what this is about (nt)

nt

[Q]

7. The FBI serves at the pleasure of the Congress...

...not of the 'president'.

- It seems as if the CIA and FBI have become little more than 'secret police' for the Bush* government. That is...we now have an American Gestapo.

[sangh0]

13. Not true

Congress can remove the head of the FBI, however the FBI is an agency under the control of the Executive branch of our govt. (Hint for Q: Congress is NOT "the Executive")

[Beam Me Up]

10. FBI: Should be FBO

"Federal Bureau of Obfuscation" Have EVIDENCE of a crime of state you want HIDDEN from the people? Make sure the FBO gets there first.

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11. bump

[grasswire]

12. I remember....

...talk about the WH not allowing inside the gate the bearer of a subpoena a couple of years ago. I believe the subpoena was for Cheney. It wasn't the 9-11 commission, obviously.

So the precedent of refusing subpoenas is there.

Why doesn't some DUer in Florida phone the senator's office and ask about it?

[Gin]

14. why not use the DC police to deliver it? Does it have to be the FBI?

gin

[htuttle]

16. Congress has no connection to the DC police

The FBI is supposedly the main Federal law enforcement entity. The DC police ultimately work for the Mayor of DC, not the US government.

I think the subpeona mentioned just above was the Larry Klayman/Judicial Watch one regarding the Cheney and the energy meeting papers.

[ThoughtCriminal]

17. Maybe attach it to a CandyGram?

nt

[tom_paine]

15. And the mechanisms of the Old Republic continue to wind down

into nothing.

This is just another signpost on the Road to Totalitarianism.