[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 96 (Wednesday, June 26, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H6850-H6851]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              WHITE HOUSE USE OF SECRET FBI AND IRS FILES

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Madam Speaker, the White House use of secret FBI files 
was bad. The White House use of secret IRS files is even worse. After 
all this, FBI Director Freeh said it is an honest mistake and Secretary 
Rubin blamed it on a junior detailee. Beam me up.
  Who in God's name gave the White House the power to snoop into our 
private lives? Who at the FBI has the right to violate the Privacy Act? 
Who at the Internal Revenue Service has the right to violate their 
oaths and betray American taxpayers? These are not honest mistakes. 
They are looking day in and day out. Looks like a crime to me.
  When Congress allows the White House to act like the KGB, Congress 
allows the Government of Jefferson and

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Lincoln to stink just like the governments of Stalin and Franco. Think 
about that.

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