Document: Rep. Darrell Issa's letter to Edolphus Towns asking for a subpoena
Sen. Jim Bunning's letter to Chris Dodd >>
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On Monday, Bunning sent a letter to Dodd, asking him to subpoena the emails and other documents. Bunning and other committee members have thus far had to view the documents at the Federal Reserve and are bound by confidentiality from revealing their contents. "He thinks that all members of the Senate should have access to the documents he's seen," said Bunning spokesman Mike Reynard.
Darrell Issa, in a letter to his committee's chairman, Ed Towns (D-N.Y.), asked for a similar subpoena and even specified exactly which documents he wants: Those tagged electronically as "sb-aig-01000092 to sb-aig-010000125" and "Draft Memo on AIG.pdf."
Towns spokeswoman Jenny Rosenberg said that Towns would decide on a subpoena after Wednesday's hearing on the AIG bailout.
Bunning, in his letter to Dodd, is equally specific, citing nine particular documents that the Senate should review before voting to confirm Bernanke:
1. Agenda and materials for 11/12/2008 meeting of the Board of Directors of AIG (containing minutes of previous board meetings). [AIG_11.12.08_BOD.pdf]2. Agenda and materials for 1/14/2009 meeting of the Board of Directors of AIG (containing minutes of previous board meetings). [AIG_01.14.09_BOD.pdf]
3. Memo "Issues Related to Possible IPC Lending to American International Group" presented to the Board of Governors for approval of lending to AIG, dated 9/15/2008. [pages sb-aig-01000092 to sb-aig-01000125]
4. Email from Chairman Bernanke including a draft of the memo to be presented to the Board of Governors for approval of lending to AIG, dated 9/15/2008. [Draft Memo on AIG.pdf]
5. Memo "Proposed Securities Lending Facility for American International Group, Inc. ("AIG")" presented to the Board of Governors for approval of the securities lending facility for AIG, dated 10/6/2008. [Board Mtg_10-6-2008_8.35.05_AM.pdf]
6. Memo "Proposed Steps to Stabilize American International Group, Inc." presented to the Board of Governors for approval of restructuring assistance to AIG and creation of Maiden Lane II & III, dated 11/6/2008. [AIG restructuring Board memo Final (Nov. 6, 2008)_11-6-2008_4.55.19_PM.pdf]
7. Spreadsheet describing the assets purchased by Maiden Lane II and Maiden Lane III. [BLK_12.31.08_MLII & III cusip data.xls]
8. Spreadsheet listing derivative transactions and counterparties for Maiden Lane III. [List of Derivative Transactions.pdf]
9. Email exchange regarding restructuring of assistance to AIG, initiated by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, dated 03/01/2009. [AIG Emails, Part3.pdf]
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