[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 92 (Thursday, June 20, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H6632-H6633]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    WHITE HOUSE BREACH OF CITIZENS' PRIVACY WITH FBI FILES MUST BE 
                INVESTIGATED BY INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR

  (Mr. EWING asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EWING. Mr. Speaker, the Clinton White House is at it again. The 
most recent incident, involving the breaching of privacy of nearly 500 
American citizens, reaffirms a disturbing trend throughout the 
President's tenure in office. The background check of these American 
citizens, as requested by the White House, is an outrageous misuse

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of power. FBI director Louis Freeh said recently, and I quote: ``The 
prior system of providing files to the White House relied on good faith 
and honor. Unfortunately, the FBI and I were victimized.''
  In a recent op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal, a veteran of 26 
years with the FBI wrote: ``These allegations are more serious than 
anything we have seen in decades.'' The Conservative Opportunity 
Society knows, as every American knows, the FBI cannot investigate 
itself. It must be an independent investigation. Let us get at it.

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