Political Quotes

“I come at it as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. From time to time, it was my responsibility to review the FBI file of a nominee who would be coming forward for Senate confirmation. When I review that file, it would be done in the privacy of my office. No staff members were allowed to be present. Those are the rules under which we must operate. The individual bringing the sealed file over--in this case, it would be from the White House general counsel, or it could be an FBI agent--remains in the room with the individual Senator as we review this extremely sensitive material. Now, what type of material is in there? It can include the tax information of the person that has been reviewed, the personal finances back just as far as you want to go, the credit histories of the individual. If you had some problems in the past with your credit, if you had some areas that have been a problem, they are identified. The international travel which you have taken: Where have you been, why were you there, who did you see? The education, of course, including your college and high school grades; your work history; your health.”