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James Traficant: “the White House use of secret FBI files was bad. The White House use of secret IRS files is even worse. After all this…”

On the recordJune 26, 1996
the White House use of secret FBI files was bad. The White House use of secret IRS files is even worse. After all this, FBI Director Freeh said it is an honest mistake and Secretary Rubin blamed it on a junior detailee. Beam me up. Who in God's name gave the White House the power to snoop into our private lives? Who at the FBI has the right to violate the Privacy Act? Who at the Internal Revenue Service has the right to violate their oaths and betray American taxpayers? These are not honest mistakes. They are looking day in and day out. Looks like a crime to me. When Congress allows the White House to act like the KGB, Congress allows the Government of Jefferson and Lincoln to stink just like the governments of Stalin and Franco. Think about that.
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James Traficant
Ohio
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Addressing the misuse of FBI and IRS files by the White House.

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