July 27, 1995 - Part 3
July 27, 1995 - Part 3
(14:00:48) The CHAIRMAN. We're going to call our next panel, Mr. Adams, Mr. Salter, and Mr. Flynn. [Witnesses sworn] 544 We're going to start with Mr. Adams, then we will go to Mr. Flynn and Mr. Salter. If you have statements we would be glad to receive them at this time. Mr. Adams. SWORN TESTIMONY OF ROGER C. ADAMS COUNSEL TO THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL CRIMINAL DIVISION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Mr. ADAMS. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I do have a brief opening statement. The CHAIRMAN. Mr. Adams, you can pick it up; don't be afraid to move it. That's it. Mr. ADAMS. Is that better? Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee. Good afternoon. My name is Roger Adams. I'm an attorney with the Department of Justice. I first joined the Criminal Division of the Department in 1972 and have been with that Division ever since. During that time I have had a variety of responsibilities and have had several details and special assignments. One such detail began on May 6, 1993 when I was asked to join the staff of Philip B. Heymann who had been nominated to be Deputy Attorney General. After Mr. Heymann was confirmed, he asked me to remain on his staff. I was on Mr. Heymann's staff -in July 1993, and I am still in the Deputy Attorney General's Office today. My present title is Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General. On July 22, 1993, 1 was present when a search was conducted of the office of the late Vincent Foster, who had committed suicide 2 days previously. I will try to answer any factual questions the Committee may have concerning my recollection of the details of this search and the events leading up to it. The CHAIRMAN. Thank you very much, Mr. Adams. Mr. Flynn. SWORN TESTIMONY OF DONALD A. FLYNN SPECIAL AGENT, U.S. SECRET SERVICE Mr. FLYNN. Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, MY name is Donald A. Flynn. I'm a special agent with the U.S. Secret Service, where I've been employed for the past 14 years. I'm here to cooperate and answer any questions with regard to this inquiry. Thank you. The CHAIRMAN. Mr. Salter. SWORN TESTIMONY OF SCOTT SALTER SPECIAL AGENT, FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Mr. SALTER. Yes, sir, my name is Scott Salter. I'm a special agent with the FBI here in Washington, DC, and I'm prepared to answer any questions from the Committee. The CHAIRMAN. Were you involved in any way with this investigation? Mr. SALTER. Yes. I became involved in the investigation on July 21, 1993, and continued through about the first week in August 1993. 545 The CHAIRMAN. Thank you, Mr. Salter. Mr. Chertoff. Mr. CHERTOFF. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Adams, let me direct your attention to July 1993. On July 21, 1993, the day after Vincent Foster's body was discovered in Fort Marcy Park, were you assigned by the Deputy Attorney General of the United States to go to the White House in connection with an investigation being conducted by the Park Police? Mr. ADAMS. Yes, I was. Mr. CHERTOFF. With respect to you, Agent Salter, were you also on that same day, July 21, 1993, directed to go to the White House in connection with an investigation being conducted by the Park Police? Mr. SALTER. Yes, I was. Mr. CHERTOFF. Can you tell us, Mr. Adams, where you went in the White House? Mr. ADAMS. Where I went in the afternoon of the 2 1st? I went with Mr. Margolis to the Office of the White House Counsel, Bernie Nussbaum. Mr. CHERTOFF. Agent Salter, did you go to that office as well at some point later in the day on the 21st? Mr. SALTER. Late in the day on the 21st, I did. Mr. CHERTOFF. Were you there together with Mr. Adams? Mr. SALTER. Yes. Mr. CHERTOFF. Agent Salter, what was your purpose in being there in Mr. Nussbaum's office late in the day on the 21st? Mr. SALTER. On July 21st, our field office opened a preliminary inquiry into the investigation of Mr. Foster's death. It was our instructions that the U.S. Park Police was the lead agency on this investigation, and we were there to assist them. Mr. CHERTOFF. So the Washington field office of the FBI had opened a preliminary inquiry into the death? Mr. SALTER. That's correct.