Members quoted regularly from Mr Hoban's letter which criticised the process and said the government could intervene.

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Rahman did not respond to messages for comment from AP after Hoban's filing in federal court in Manhattan.

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The NYPD strongly denies that and Hoban's affidavit is central to their defense.

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North Carolina public radio's Rose Hoban reports.

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Mr Hoban said the committee's report "completely" failed to recognise this.

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Hoban, however, said those groups were never his informant's focus.

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And while the detective, Stephen Hoban, described the activities in a new legal filing in U.S. District Court as narrowly focused on a few people under investigation, text messages show a wide-ranging effort.

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In response, Treasury Minister Mark Hoban claimed that it was necessary to scrap Child Trust Funds due to the UK's "unsustainable" financial position.

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During third reading debate on the bill on 22 November 2010, Treasury minister Mark Hoban said "something had to give" as ministers tried to tackle the UK's budget deficit.

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