Tensions mounted when the committee went into the closed-door session without first taking public comment and remained behind closed doors for several hours.
On June 1, the FCC closed its comment period regarding proposed rules that would provide additional flexibility for DISH to use their spectrum to deliver ground-based wireless broadband, in addition to the satellite and ancillary terrestrial communications the company is already licensed to provide.
The Crown Office has refused to comment on reports in Malta that a special closed court hearing was held there to gather new evidence about the Lockerbie bombing.