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Sam Gibbons: “Is the gentleman suggesting that through inadvertence or maybe intentionally disregarding the danger here, the FBI and…”

On the recordMay 6, 1999
Is the gentleman suggesting that through inadvertence or maybe intentionally disregarding the danger here, the FBI and the Justice Department failed to take an active role in the investigation of this espionage once it was found out in 1995 and 1996?
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Sam Gibbons
Florida

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Questioning the FBI and Justice Department's investigation of espionage activities.

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