U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney Southern District of Florida West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Facsimile: September 6, 2006 DELIVERY BY FACSIMILE Esq. Counsel to the Clerk of Court and Comptroller 15th Judicial Circuit of Florida West Palm Beach, Florida Re: Federal Grand Jury Subpoena Dear Ms. Thank you for our agreement to accept service of the attached subpoena by facsimile. As I discussed with ■ the Clerk of Court is the custodian of the transcripts a of the state grand jury proceedings. Ms. asked me to inform you that the transcripts are kept in the Circuit's Criminal Department. Florida Statute Sections 905.17(1) and 905.27 discuss the disclosure of state grand jury transcripts. Pursuant to those statutes, a transcript can be released upon an order of "a court." The statutes do not require that the order be issued by the Palm Beach County Court. I have attached two cases regarding the procedures for obtaining state grand jury transcripts for use in federal grand jury investigations. The cases that I have enclosed suggest that the appropriate way is to issue a federal grand jury subpoena to the party currently in possession of the tapes and/or transcripts of the proceedings. The cases that I have enclosed both involve orders issued by a federal court that compel the production of the transcripts. If the Clerk of Court feels that she cannot comply with the grand jury subpoena absent an order from the United States District Court compelling the production, then you must file a motion to quash the grand jury subpoena before the United States District Judge who empaneled the federal grand jury. Alternatively, if you like, you can state in writing your inability to produce the tan, absent a court order, and I can proceed before the United States District Judge by filing a motion to Es0. SEPTEMBER 6, 2006 PAGE 2 compel with a proposed order for the United States District Judge to sign. If you prefer to file your own motio