{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2126", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "PAT FINUCANE REPORT IN NORTHERN IRELAND", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E2126", "E2126", "[{\"name\": \"Frank Pallone, Jr.\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2126", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2126]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                PAT FINUCANE REPORT IN NORTHERN IRELAND\n\n                                 ______\n\n                        HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR.\n\n                             of new jersey\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                       Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call on the London\nMetropolitan Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens to expeditiously\ncomplete the report on the February 1989 killing of Pat Finucane in\nBelfast. Sir Stevens has been investigating this case for almost 3\nyears.\n  Pat Finucane was shot and killed by British-Loyalist paramilitaries\nwhile he sat eating a Sunday meal with his wife and three children.\nSince his murder in 1989, Amnesty International and the United Nations\nhave called on the British Government to investigate any collusion\nbetween the RUC/British Government officials and the Loyalist\nparamilitaries. Unfortunately, after 3 years of investigation still no\nreport has been made public.\n  Prior to being murdered, Mr. Finucane was a human rights lawyer who\ndefended several individuals that were detained by the RUC. According\nto the UDA, Ulster Defense Association, which claimed responsibility\nfor his murder, Mr. Finucane was profiled as an individual who was\nhelping support the procatholic, pro-Republican cause in Northern\nIreland.\n  Last week, Sir John Stevens announced, for a second time, that the\nFinucane report would be delayed as a result of a British military\nwitness being reluctant to speak to the police. Stevens claims that the\nreport will be released `before next spring', however, there continues\nto be speculation that the report may be delayed further should a\npublic inquiry be ordered.\n  There are few who will dispute the facts in this case. According to\nBrian Nelson, a former British military intelligence agent who also\nserved as chief intelligence office of the UDA, he directly assisted in\nthe targeting of Pat Finucane and passed a photograph of Pat Finucane\nto a UDA member just days before the killing. However, Mr. Nelson\nclaims have never been examined in an open court.\n  To date no one has been prosecuted for the murder of Pat Finucane.\n  The facts in this case seem quite straighforward--once again a pro-\nLoyalist police force used its authority to further sectarian rule and\ncontinue the rash of violence against the Catholic Community.\n  I call on Prime Minister Tony Blair and London Metropolitan Police\nCommissioner Stevens to finally release the current report and then\nimmediately open a full public inquiry into this matter. My hope is\nthat by putting an end to this long drawn-out process we can bring both\njustice to the individuals who undertook this gruesome act and take\nsteps to ensure that this doesn't happen again.\n  This whole matter once again reinforces my belief that for too long\nboth the British government, along with their police force, and the\nLoyalist paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland have worked in tandem\nto usurp the rights of the Catholic Community.\n  A full public inquiry into this matter will show the world that the\nonly way peace can last in Northern Ireland is for a full fair and just\nreform in policing in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland must\nimmediately implement all of the Patten Commission's recommendations on\npolicing.\n  Mr. Speaker, if there is to be a just and lasting peace in Northern\nIreland we must learn from what happened to Pat Finucane and ensure\nthat it never happens again.\n\n                          ____________________"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2126"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6691688904538751, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}