oversight.jpg (1827 bytes)
cf.jpg (1996 bytes)
loc.jpg (643 bytes)fled.jpg (1713 bytes)
Chairman Dan Burton
Congressional Record, June 11, 1998

December 9, 1997
Full Committee Hearing

Mr. Burton: Have you ever experienced so many unavailable witnesses in any matter in which you have prosecuted or on which you have been involved?
FBI Director Freeh: I spent about 16 years doing organized crime cases in New York City, and many people were frequently unavailable.

120 Total

79 House & Senate Witnesses Asserting Fifth Amendment

* Granted Immunity after pleading 5th Amendment

18 Witnesses Have Left the Country

23 Foreign Witnesses Have Refused to be Interviewed by Investigative Bodies