According to the WSJ
the FBI has shifted the focus of a broadening insider-trading
investigation to Congress, seeking information to determine whether one of Sen.
Charles Grassley's aides may have been involved in sharing information about an
important government decision with Wall Street this spring, said a person
familiar with the matter….
In addition to the FBI probe, the Justice Department last month
sent Mr. Grassley's office a letter seeking information on the same Grassley
health-care aide, Rodney Whitlock, said a person familiar with the matter. The Justice Department and FBI want to know
about communications Mr. Whitlock may have had with people and entities who had
a role in passing along word of the government decision to investors, said
people familiar with the matter.
Read all about it at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324904004578537780079103690.html
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