FBI News and Much More from Northcounty News

http://www.northcountynews.com/view.asp?s=12-8-04/news3.htm

A long article by Adam Stone. Full of information:

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The activists from Transparent Democracy attempted to present the complaint to the FBI, but News 12 Westchester later reported the FBI refused to accept delivery of the letter.

On Monday, Mottern sent the letter express/certified mail to Mueller in Washington. Prior to that, on Friday, 14 other people at the rally had signed the letter after they learned the FBI office would not send someone to personally receive it.

In an interview with North County News, an FBI agent, Joseph Valiquette - a press officer with the bureau - said the letter Mottern drafted should first be handled by national headquarters in Washington, D.C., and then it would likely be directed to regional offices, in states such as Ohio and Florida, as well as the others Mottern suggested.

A U.S. attorney in those states would then, according to protocol, launch a preliminary investigation before opening - if warranted - a "full-blown federal investigation," Valiquette said.

North County News provided the agent with a copy of Mottern's letter.

"I'm sure headquarters…would reach out to those field offices," Valiquette remarked.

A state's federal prosecutor "would have to at least make (an) inquiry," the agent explained.

Bob Hawk, a Cleveland special agent and press handler said if the office received Mottern's letter "it wouldn't be ignored."

The bureau would review the charges in such a letter if there was "any substance," but Hawk added it is "pretty tough to speculate on what might happen."

Bill Carter and Paul Bresson, FBI agents and press officers out of the bureau's national headquarters, did not return phone calls.

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The United States comptroller general, David M. Walker, released a statement pertaining to election-related matters on November 23.

"General questions concerning the issues, as well as specific allegations of voting irregularities, generally are addressed to state and local officials, such as the secretary of state or the state attorney general," he wrote.


This was posted as LBN but no one saw it:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1057462

Good article.