HOUSE OVERSIGHT 030945 Cli-ant_Smith080178^eMailContent.htm From: Grant J. Smith Sent: Oct 13, 2009 08:07:09 To: Robert C. Buschel Cc: Bcc: Subject: Sam Fields on 302 Interview Broward Probe: 302 Reasons Not To Talk To The FBI BY SAM FIELDS Guest Columnist Actually, there are not 302 reasons. There is but one and it is called in federal court ""The 302". It could screw the innocent and the unwary. The newspapers and Browardbeat.com make clear that the Federal investigations that led to the arrests of County Commissioner Josephus Eggleston, former Miramar Commissioner Fitzroy Salesman and School Board member Bev Gallagher are just beginning. The FBI will be interviewing everyone from County Administrator Bertha Henry to bus drivers about anything and everything. They are looking for scalps. I suspect that if the average person thought about it, he would assume that when the FBI comes calling, .like Joe Friday from DRAGNET, they "want the facts and nothing but the facts."" Equally important they want an accurate record of that interview so they bring a court reporter or at the very least a tape recorder. The average person would be wrong. Agents bring a pencil and pad to take notes. They then prepare a summary of the interview called a "302 Report." If you are called as a witness at trial, prior to testifying, you will be given a copy of "Your 302" to review. It is a record of what the FBI insists you said at your previous meeting. If your interview lasted more than thirty seconds, it is guaranteed you will fmd numerous discrepancies. Some of them will be insignificant; some of them could be material. file:///Cl/Documents`/020and%20Settings/Trial/Desktop/E...uction/eDocs/eMail/Grant Smith080178^eMailContent.htm (1 of 5) [11/6/2010 10:16:54 PM] 14545