Back in early January, however, he replied politely to a written interview request, acknowledging that he was aware of my "ongoing work".
Asked if he was aware of requests for more resources to be dedicated to mortgage fraud, Mr. Mukasey said he did not recall internal requests.
Robinson's secretary confirmed that he was aware of requests from the Observer for a comment, but calls to the financier's office were not returned.
Mitchell was aware that requesting "that someone put on makeup while they are singing a difficult coloratura sequence is a really big ask".
Much of the handwringing focused on Vice President Joe Biden's eyebrow-raising statement during Thursday night's debate, where he seemed to deny that the Obama administration was aware of requests for additional security in Benghazi.
"He was not referring to the administration, clearly, since there was a public hearing for four and a half hours where it was discussed openly by individuals working at the State Department [that requests had been made]." Though there is no question the State Department was aware of the requests, it is, in fact, highly unlikely the White House would have been involved in such bureaucratic details.
Australian promoter and recent Big Day Out investor AJ Maddah, said that as far as he was aware, the only request by Blur that was refused was to swap set times with Arcade Fire.
Exactly who in the White House was aware of the request has become an issue in the election campaign in recent days, after vice-president Joe Biden suggested during a debate Thursday that neither he nor Obama had been informed.
UBS said in a statement that it was aware of the request, known as a John Doe summons, and that "UBS takes this matter very seriously and is working diligently with both Swiss and U.S. government authorities, consistent with Swiss law and the legal frameworks for intergovernmental cooperation and assistance".
This meant the Dutch bank could buy only another 7% of Antonveneta when the pact expired.Meanwhile, again without informing Antonveneta, the BOI, applying a different standard, had authorised BPI to acquire up to 29.9%, taking only three days to approve BPI's request of April 4th.The BOI was aware that BPI did not then have enough core capital to acquire more than 20%.
