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Dan Burton: “No, the problem has been exacerbated by the espionage that has taken place, as I alluded to a few minutes ago. The thing…”

On the recordMay 6, 1999
No, the problem has been exacerbated by the espionage that has taken place, as I alluded to a few minutes ago. The thing that really concerns me is the head of the National Security Council, Sandy Berger, who was briefed about this in April 1996 really did not do anything about it. He informed the President in 1997. The President has not owned up to that, and the thing that concerns me a great deal is that when this was known we should have called the head of the FBI, Louis Freeh; Janet Reno; the head of the CIA; and the head of the Energy Department, and together to come up with a way to catch the people who were involved in the espionage and make sure it stopped. But unfortunately they kept the people on at Los Alamos for 3 years after that, and the Justice Department would not even allow wiretaps on the fellow. So it has been a real mess, and we need to get to the bottom of it.
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Dan Burton
Indiana
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Addressing concerns about espionage and the response of national security officials.

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