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Joel Hefley: “during the 1992 campaign, Bill Clinton was asked to sign a waiver that would have authorized the FBI to make public any…”

On the recordJune 11, 1996
during the 1992 campaign, Bill Clinton was asked to sign a waiver that would have authorized the FBI to make public any files that revealed his anti-Vietnam war activity. He refused. In fact here is what his press secretary said at the time: ``It's a personal file. He's not going to do it.'' But after the election, after Bill Clinton was in the White House, suddenly all of his anxieties about looking through other people's FBI files disappeared into thin air. Someone at the White House authorized a search of 341 Reagan and Bush administration employees, including James Baker, the Secretary of State. So, let me get this straight. The President who was morally indignant at anyone wanting to look at his FBI file, is now looking through the FBI files of his political opponents. It makes you wonder, doesn't it, Mr. Speaker?
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Joel Hefley
Republican · Colorado
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Discussing Bill Clinton's actions regarding FBI files during a floor speech.

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