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Thomas Daschle: “I have not had any specific report to that regard. But the Senator from Florida has read many of the same news reports I…”

On the recordOctober 14, 2003
I have not had any specific report to that regard. But the Senator from Florida has read many of the same news reports I have read, which indicate that CIA personnel take this very seriously, and that to make light of it, to minimize it, to ignore it, to do whatever may be now underway with regard to a questionable investigative effort, is a huge mistake and sets a dangerous and very troubling precedent as we consider situations similar to this in the future.
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Thomas Daschle
South Dakota

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Discussing the seriousness of CIA investigations and the implications of minimizing them.

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