They point out that the current team of 20 or so investigators has no subpoena power and little staff support and has even been unable to obtain basic information like detailed blueprints of the buildings that collapsed.
Instead, we have American officials complaining that they cannot obtain basic information about the financial rescue plan (if there is one), and British officials complaining that it is "unbelievably difficult" to make arrangements with the Treasury for the G20 meetings.
The Senator did not fare as well in his fight to obtain basic information about how the government's program of warrantless wiretapping, begun under President George W. Bush, is being carried out and how it is affecting Americans' privacy.
The S.E.C. staff said it had become concerned about an "increase in the number of hedge fund enforcement cases, the roles that hedge funds play in our financial markets, and the implications of the commission's limited ability to obtain basic information about hedge funds".
Different techniques can be used to obtain basic information on NEO sizes and compositions.
The objective of the present study is to use detailed numerical modeling to obtain basic information on the interaction of nonpremixed flames with cold wall surfaces.
Using a mark release resight technique we examined movement patterns in three D. fuliginator populations to obtain basic information on the dispersal ability and longevity of this beetle.
To characterize these C-doped materials in more detail and to obtain basic information on the nature of the carbon dopant, we investigated the electronic properties by electron paramagnetic resonance ( EPR) spectroscopy.
