[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 85 (Tuesday, June 11, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6125]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            WHITE HOUSE MISTAKENLY OBTAINS SECRET FBI FILES

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. The White House said they made a mistake when they 
improperly obtained secret FBI files on 339 Americans who just happened 
to be friends of Mr. Reagan and Mr. Bush. Mistake? Who is kidding whom 
here? This was a deliberate political act. It is disgusting. It is 
wrong.
  But what really grabs me is how many ways can you destroy a family? 
Billy Dale, the boss of the travel office, targeted, fired, acquitted 
in less than 90 minutes. Shame, ladies and gentlemen. Whether it is a 
Democrat or a Republican, anyone who uses the power of the FBI and the 
IRS to target political opponents is not only wrong, they may have 
committed a crime.
  There should be an investigation. And, as a Democrat, I say when we 
play partisanship with political machinations like this, we throw the 
Constitution out.

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