[Blood of Tyrants]

Since when does the FBI have the power to take testimony under oath?

[Fido969]

I want to know about his sources that tell him dentists are fuming over mom’s $3 whitening trick.

[garyb]

“Since when does the FBI have the power to take testimony under oath?”

Remember Scooter?

Libby was indicted by a federal grand jury on five felony counts of making false statements to federal investigators, perjury for lying to a federal grand jury, and obstruction of justice for impeding the course of a federal grand jury investigation concerned with the possibly illegal leaking by government officials of the classified identity of a covert agent of the CIA, Valerie Plame Wilson, the wife of former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV. Pursuant to the grand jury leak investigation, Libby was convicted on March 6, 2007, on four counts of perjury, obstruction of justice, and making false statements. He was acquitted of one count of making false statements.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Libby

[luvbach1]

Since when does the FBI have the power to take testimony under oath?

They can do it. In my experience it was actually an interview with an FBI agent but it's under oath. It happened to me in connection with foreign travel to a communist country (duly reported by me prior to travel as required)when I had a Secret clearance.

[Joe 6-pack]

Law enforcement routinely takes sworn statements in the conduct of criminal investigations. I'm not aware of any state that does not empower their LE officers to administer an oath and have people swear to the veracity of their statements.

I'm not sure of the statute that vests FBI agents with the authority, but certainly as an MP officer, I had the authority to administer an oath and take sworn statements, even from civilians not subject to the UCMJ as long as it was in connection with an incident that occurred on the installation.

[Ouderkirk]

You wonder if they have convened a grand jury secretly...under oath implies they have.