Stefanik asked Wray, who said he is "generally aware" of the case, if the FBI allows undercover informants to commit crimes unrelated to an FBI sting or investigation. There’s been extensive reporting on this issue.” “I believe that this deadly limo tragedy, the biggest transportation tragedy in this country, could have been avoided had we addressed the acts, the illegal acts, of this FBI informant,” Stefanik told Wray. Wray was testifying before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence when Stefanik appeared to take Wray by surprise by asking him about Shahed Hussain and his involvement in the Schoharie limo crash. Elise Stefanik, was trying to get Wray, the FBI director, to answer those questions immediately on Tuesday. "The congressman is continuing the push for meaningful answers, and is exploring next steps to get information and an explanation from the FBI that the families deserve," Dejean said.Īctually, U.S. Tonko spokeswoman Rachel Dejean told the Times Union he found the letter to be "disappointing and wholly unsatisfactory" and that Tonko would seek alternatives to force the FBI to open up Hussain's FBI file. "The FBI does not comment on, confirm, or deny the existence of current or past relationships with confidential human sources," Tyson wrote Tonko, who had told the bureau he was willing to be briefed by the FBI in a secure facility in order to review any classified information the FBI did not want to be shared with the public.
The FBI's assistant director in the Office of Congressional Affairs, Jill Tyson, wrote Tonko last month telling him that was never going to happen, citing "national security" concerns and worries of protecting the "safety and privacy" of undercover sources like Hussain, who has been accused of lying under oath and entrapping fellow Muslims in federal anti-terrorism stings. 31, asking the bureau to reveal anything that could shed light on how Hussain skirted responsibility for the deadly crash and was allowed to run an illegal limousine service in Saratoga County for years. Following years of reporting by the Times Union and a recent article published in New York magazine, Tonko wrote a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray on Jan.
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