In Re Grand Jury Proceedings

OPINION AND ORDER REDACTED FOR PUBLICATION

WILLIAM E. SMITH, District Judge.

In a highly unusual move, the United States has moved this Court to issue an Order allowing it to depose potential witnesses pursuant to Rule 15(a) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, before it has obtained an indictment against four individuals who are presently targets of an investigation (the “Targets”). 1 The exigency behind the government’s unprecedented motion is the result of the fact that the alleged scheme targeted individuals standing at death’s door. The government seeks to preserve the testimony of…