In 1994 the U.S. Court of Appeals decided in the case of Oliver North to permit the release of grand jury evidence, because it had already been so thoroughly leaked.

A grand jury hears only one side - that of the prosecutor.

The grand jury's job is not to weigh the evidence from both sides; it is only to decide whether there is enough evidence on one side to bring a person to trial.

I spent my time trying to understand grand jury procedure - a topic about which I never before had the slightest interest.

I don't believe anyone has leaked grand jury information.

Every policy is shaped by two forces: background analysis and foreground politics. The political forces are loud, self-serving and, in the case of energy policy, well known.