The monitor would be able to issue subpoenas and look broadly at police procedures and policies.

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The IRS can issue subpoenas and an IRS investigation can be pretty daunting.

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Finally, in 1998 prosecutor Jonathan Benedict successfully sought the appointment of a one-judge grand jury to issue subpoenas and take testimony from 53 witnesses.

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Republican chairman John Warner--wary of offending Jenkins, who is backed by the Christian Coalition--pledged to continue the investigation, although without the Democrats he will have no power to issue subpoenas.

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Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee that is investigating 1996 campaign fund-raising matters, agreed Thursday to a Democratic request to issue subpoenas for Young and his company.

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Respondents apparently requested that the FINRA Arbitration Panel issue subpoenas for two witnesses, who would allegedly testify that Respondents Securities America, Inc. and Talbott could not and would not have discovered anything further about the subject investment or the company offering the investment.

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The Department of Justice, in reaching out to media organizations and public interest groups, is doing the right thing in terms of soliciting input in how to improve the guidelines for when they can issue subpoenas like they did in the Associated Press case.

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Critics including the Electronic Frontier Foundation have decried such efforts, especially when courts issue wholesale grants of subpoenas ordering Internet service providers to turn over the identities of people accused of illegal downloads.

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