LightSquared, Harbinger Won't Turn Over Documents to Sen Grassley

LightSquared and parent Harbinger Capital have declined to provide documents to Sen Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) about their contacts with the Federal Communications Commission and White House over LightSquared's FCC waiver to launch a national, wholesale 4G terrestrial service using its satellite spectrum. In a letter to Sen Grassley, the companies said that they were concerned about the GPS industry's efforts to politicize the issue, and said that since Grassley had not appeared to ask for documents from its members, Garmin, Trimble or John Deere, for example, they "respectfully declined" to provide that info. The FCC has already rejected a Grassley request for documents, saying that it only responds to requests from committee chairs.