North Bergen, NJ -- This afternoon at around 3:00 PM eastern US time, Turner Radio Network (TRN) received a call from John Polesi at the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission in Washington, DC.
Mr. Polise asked about our story concerning the "stress test" as reported lower on this page. He specifically asked if we did, in fact, have a copy of the report?
I asked why he wanted to know? He replied "it is a material document."
He went on to say that the SEC is trying to determine what aspects of the report - if any - the SEC might require publicly traded companies to disclose publicly. I replied that I am aware that such discussions have been taking place between the SEC, the US Treasury and the Federal Reserve and that reports of those discussions have appeared in the main stream media of late.
He then asked "If I send you a request for documents, will you send the report to me?" I replied, "Would the request be a Subpoena?" He responded "No" and then asked, "If the request did come in the form of a Subpoena, if I got the Commission to approve one, would you supply the document?" I responded "We would have to speak with our legal counsel first, but I suspect we would move to quash any such Subpoena."
He thanked me for my time and hung up.
Caller ID indicated the call originated from 202-551-2000, but that is a non-working number. So we called directory assistance in Washington, DC and obtained the correct number for the US SEC.
After dialing the correct number, we got an automated attendant and selected 5 for the SEC media office. A young man named Kevin answered and confirmed for us that John Polise does work for the Enforcement Division of the SEC and that all telephone calls originating from their office show up on caller ID with that non-working phone number. As such, it appears this inquiry was legitimate.
Clearly, our report about the bank stress test results has struck a raw nerve in Washington, DC and elsewhere. To have both the United States Treasury comment on our story and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission call us literally within hours of our report indicates how seriously the powers-that-be are taking our revelations.
If there was nothing to our report, why all the fuss?
If they think anyone at TRN might be intimidated by a federal inquiry, they are sadly mistaken.
We have successfully defeated investigations by the FBI, The Joint Terrorism Task Force, The US Secret Service, the US Marshal Service, the US Capitol Police and a host of state and local law enforcement agencies over the past eight years of our existence. The SEC doesn't phase us at all.
We've ruffled a lot of feathers with this report. Stay tuned for further developments.
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