Judiciary Committee Seeks Answers from FBI in Advance of September 16 Hearing

In advance of the Judiciary Committee’s September 16th oversight hearing with FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Crime Subcommittee Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA), and Constitution Subcommittee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) provided a number of questions for the Director to respond to by noon on September 15th. These questions cover areas pertaining to the FBI’s anthrax investigation, disturbing revelations about the Bureau’s improper collection of information on reporters, the FBI’s approach to this country’s mortgage fraud crisis, and the expanded investigative and intelligence gathering powers resulting from the proposed Attorney General Guidelines concerning the FBI’s domestic operations. The full text of the letter is linked here.