The US attorney general at the time, Janet Reno, tried to block Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams from fundraising in the US in 1995 due to concerns that the IRA was still seeking weapons, according to newly released records. Reno had previously opposed then-US president Bill Clinton's decision to grant visas for Adams and former IRA chief Joe Cahill in 1994. Clinton overruled Reno and granted Adams a three-month visa, angering UK prime minister John Major. Reno expressed frustration in a letter to Clinton's national security advisor, stating that no evidence had been presented to suggest progress in the disarmament of the IRA.