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NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: Indeed, if we wanted to compare independent prosecutors, one need only look so far as the efforts of one Lawrence Walsh…

On the recordMay 12, 1998
Indeed, if we wanted to compare independent prosecutors, one need only look so far as the efforts of one Lawrence Walsh in the so-called Iran Contra affair, an investigation that continued, if memory serves me correctly, for upwards of 7 years and cost several additional million dollars than any funds spent here to date on this modest attempt to get at the truth.
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NAN A. S. HAYWORTH
New York

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Discussing the costs and duration of independent investigations during a floor speech.

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