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The Irish American Unity Conference, an ‪interest group working for peace in Northern Ireland‬, is asking Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to intervene on its behalf and stop a subpoena from the Department of Justice requiring Boston College to hand over interviews of members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army.

The conference says that the documents Attorney General Eric Holder's office has subpoenaed would endanger the peace process in Northern Ireland. 

"At the request of the United Kingdom, the United States Attorney in Boston has caused the issuance of subpoenas to the Trustees of Boston College and two of its representatives, seeking the production of materials gathered and maintained by Boston College’s Bums Library which contain sensitive information and allegations concerning the Troubles in Northern Ireland," IAUC National President Thomas J. Burke Jr. wrote in a letter to Clinton on Wednesday.

"If released, the materials sough! t have serious potential to destabilize the peace process, which remains fragile and currently faces challenges from various elements from dissident nationalists and loyalist elements," Burke continued. "The IAUC requests that you convey to the Attorney General the serious foreign policy and national security interests implicated by the subpoenas."

The documents in question contain interviews with Dolours Price, a member of Provisional Irish Republican Army who makes allegations against Gerry Adams, now a politician.

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