Oversight of the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice Oversight of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session, on the Responsibilities and Activities of the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice, July 27, 1999, Volume 4

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Page 54 - It has a power of inquisition, if one chooses to call it that, which is not derived from the judicial function. It is more analogous to the Grand Jury, which does not depend on a case or controversy for power to get evidence but can investigate merely on suspicion that the law is being violated, or even just because it wants assurance that it is not.
Page 64 - In exercising this authority, the Special Prosecutor will have the greatest degree of Independence that Is consistent with the Attorney General's statutory accountability for all matters falling within the Jurisdiction of the Department of Justice. The Attorney General will not countermand or Interfere with the Special Prosecutor's decisions or actions.
Page 110 - The defendant must show that there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different.
Page 138 - The States are required to prepare a statewide anti-drug and violent crime strategy as part of their applications for Formula Grant funds. Federal funds may be used for up to 75 percent of the total project costs.
Page 48 - It shall not be unlawful under this chapter for a person acting under color of law to intercept a wire, oral, or electronic communication, where such person is a party to the communication or one of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to such interception.
Page 53 - ... no reasonable possibility that the category of materials the Government seeks will produce information relevant to the general subject of the grand jury's investigation.
Page 10 - I would like to thank the Chairman and the Members of the Subcommittee for the opportunity to appear before them today in support of HR 394.
Page 60 - Timing information. Capability that permits a LEA to associate call-identifying information with the content of a call. A call-identifying message must be sent from the carrier's IAP to the LEA's Collection Function within eight seconds of receipt of that message by the IAP at least 95% of the time, and with the call event timestamped to an accuracy of at least 200 milliseconds.
Page 117 - There are currently 12 states without the death penalty: Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Page 59 - Subject-initiated dialing and signaling information. Capability that permits a LEA to be informed when a subject using the facilities under surveillance uses services that provide call identifying information, such as call forwarding, call waiting, call hold, and three-way calling.

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