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Porter Goss: “There are two reasons why this would be a difficult task to do publicly, and I would not make that broad a commitment.…”

On the recordJune 25, 2003
There are two reasons why this would be a difficult task to do publicly, and I would not make that broad a commitment. The first is that much of the material that the gentleman is talking about is probably classified if the gentleman is talking about the content of what may or may not be involved in calls, and I cannot go there. The second part is the matter of Constitution which does understand that working documents and so forth of the executive are respected and privileged. That has always been the case no matter who is in the White House.
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Porter Goss
Florida
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Discussing the challenges of publicly addressing classified information and executive privilege.

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