April 16 2012
The Honorable Eric Holder
Attorney General
US Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20530
Dear Attorney General Holder,
I write to request the official position of the Department of Justice regarding the ongoing efforts on behalf of the United Kingdom to obtain documents and recordings from the Boston College Oral History Archive on the Troubles in Northern Ireland pursuant to provisions of the US-UK Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT).
I thank you in advance for your response.
Sincerely,
Richard G. Lugar
United States Senator
Note:
This letter is a follow up to a previous letter sent in January that the Department of Justice has yet to respond to.