Requesters must meet the criteria in § 1401.3(h), and the request must not be made for a commercial use.
Saudi officials immediately objected, and the request was later dropped.
Politics and professional rivalries intervened, and the request was denied.
The video looks authentic and the request sounds reasonable.
"The order is unusual, and the request is also unusual," Rivkin said.
And the request for the drugs must be made twice, 15 days apart, before they are handed out.
She said the letters were "incredibly moving" and the request for them touched a chord with the writers.
Parole was denied, and the request was made that he be cuffed at the wrists and ankles at subsequent hearings.
Both sides could petition the commissioner's office to extend the window, and the request would almost certainly be granted.
And the request startled some agency officials, who had been struggling to manage the fallout from the shutdown so far.
"The AG was given a deadline by our committee, and the request was very plain and simple.. . .
