Let me introduce some circularity: if he personally cared about the issue, then it might be self-serving of him to request the subpoena. But why would he give

Let me introduce some circularity: if he personally cared about the issue, then it might be self-serving of him to request the subpoena. But why would he give a shit? Perhaps he's one of the Americans (a rather interesting one, to boot) with something to hide.