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To: Dennis O'Bell who wrote (73414)	2/12/2003 6:45:28 PM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Thanks for the link, Dennis. Far superior to the pdf link I gave, which seems to be scanned page bitmaps packed into pdf, yuck. Skimming through dailyrotten.com , I stumbled on this: Section 127: Autopsy Authority. Autopsies of the victims of terrorist attacks and other deadly crimes, as well as other persons, can be an effective way of obtaining information about the perpetrators. In addition to revealing the cause of death, autopsies sometimes enable law enforcement to retrieve forensic evidence (such as bomb fragments) from the deceased's body. The primary need for federal autopsy authority arises in the case of offenses, including acts of terrorism, outside the United States. At present, however, except in cases involving military personnel, the United States has no statutory authority to conduct autopsies. When a non-military United States national dies abroad as a result of a possible offense against the United States, the victim's body typically must be transported back to the United States before an autopsy can be performed; this may significantly delay both the return of the loved one's remains to family members, as well as cause significant delays in the criminal investigation. This provision would create federal authority, in the Attorney General, to conduct autopsies when necessary or appropriate in the conduct of federal criminal investigations. This authority is not limited and may be delegated to other officers. This proposal is not intended to result in the hiring of medical examiners by federal law enforcement agencies. Rather, the autopsies will be performed by local coroners, private forensics investigators, or the Armed Forces Medical Examiner and his staff. Looks like kitchen sink time there. I wonder if the "not intended to result in the hiring of medical examiners" part was at the behest of the Quincy lobby, or in spite of it.