Grassley is demanding that the White House turn over all details of an internal review that found no wrongdoing by advance staff members, and he renewed his call Wednesday after receiving Sullivan's response that the Secret Service inquiry didn't involve White House records.
The Court of Inquiry, kept secret at the time, found the cause of death was poisoning by nerve gas.
Now Baltasar Garzon, the investigating magistrate who once tried to bring Chile's Augusto Pinochet to trial, has initiated a criminal inquiry into the secret accounts, with 16 of the bank's former directors implicated.
Some of the inquiry will be held in secret to protect intelligence sources and methods.
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Secret Service spokesman Edwin Donovan said Wednesday that the agency's inquiry into the controversy continues in Colombia.
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The inquiry has taken the place of an inquest as police refused to reveal secret information that they say led them to believe Mr Rodney was armed.
The inquiry was launched in place of an inquest after police refused to reveal secret information they said had led them to believe Mr Rodney, from Hounslow, west London, was armed.
The report, presented to Ms Banda last Wednesday following an official inquiry, alleged that government ministers and other senior officials held a number of secret meetings aimed at preventing Ms Banda - then vice-president - from assuming the presidency in accordance with the constitution, our reporter says.
The inquiry into Azelle Rodney's death follows years of delays because of rules relating to secret criminal intelligence material.
To be sure, there will be a formal inquiry, featuring some number of open hearings, plus probably large quantities of testimony taken in secret session.
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