The Department of Justice has issued investigative requests to the various parties involved in the Google Book Settlement.
But BlackBerry insists that it will respond to "lawful government investigative requests of criminal activity".
While we recognise the need to cooperate with lawful government investigative requests of criminal activity, we have never permitted wholesale access to our BES servers".
By Menachem Kaiser June 10, 2009 The Department of Justice has issued investigative requests to the various parties involved in the Google Book Settlement.
"[T]he agents we interviewed did not identify any major case developments that resulted from use of the records obtained in response to Section 215 orders, but told us that the material produced pursuant to Section 215 orders was valuable in that it was used to support other investigative requests, develop investigative leads, and corroborate other information," the DoJ report found.
Yet we have received no substantive response to our investigative requests.
The radiologic investigative modality requested, the indications for the investigation and the referring clinicians' specialties were noted.
The agency's order, made through what's known as a civil investigative demand, requested information regarding allegations similar to those probed by the FDIC.
A spokesman for the department said American officials were playing a supporting role in the investigation surrounding the Americans, providing "investigative support as requested".
Wiretapping Mr. Rajaratnam's phone was unnecessary, his lawyers argue, because traditional investigative techniques — document requests and witness interviews — would have sufficed.
