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Porter Goss: “In fact, all the individual has to do is ask. They have the right to ask and they have the right to get the right…”

On the recordJune 4, 1997
In fact, all the individual has to do is ask. They have the right to ask and they have the right to get the right answer, but remember that we are talking about investigations here. We are not talking about people who are arrested. There is not a question of rights. This is a question of special privilege and this is an investigation.
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Porter Goss
Florida

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Discussing the nature of investigations and individual rights.

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