02/08/2012
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"The whole purpose, or at least one of my purposes, in working with Senator Leahy on the OPEN Government Act and creating the ombudsman office was to help informal resolution of any misunderstandings."
"It seems like we have waited a long time since 2007."
"It strikes me as disproportionate and one that is basically being used inappropriately to try to bully someone into pleading guilty to something that strikes me as rather minor."
"A crime not prosecuted does not produce the kind of deterrence that we would want to prevent other people from committing those similar crimes."