[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 86 (Wednesday, June 12, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6186]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        FBI FILES IN WHITE HOUSE

  (Mr. HEFLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Speaker, this morning's New York Times features an 
editorial that is highly critical of the Clinton administration in it's 
involvement in raiding the FBI files of former Republican White House 
employees.
  Let me just quote some of the questions raised by the New York Times, 
``There are deeper questions here. What, for example, were the Attorney 
General and the F.B.I. Director doing while their control of their 
agency was being usurped? If Bernard Nussbaum * * * was out of the 
loop, why was his letterhead weighty enough to unlock hundreds of 
confidential files at an agency not under his supervision? * * * The 
FBI and the Secret Service have always been at the center of the review 
and documentation process. Why suddenly was a temporary employee from 
the Department of Defense given the task of security vetting of White 
House staff and visitors?''
  The Times concludes by saying, ``These are executive questions of a 
historically important nature. We would think the current Chief 
Executive would be first in line demanding answers.''

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