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Kirk Watson: “I want to know why the Intelligence Committee did not receive the confidential information that I am hearing is going to…”

On the recordMarch 13, 2008
I want to know why the Intelligence Committee did not receive the confidential information that I am hearing is going to be discussed here. If the information discussed here is not confidential, why do we need a secret session and to what end are we having this? We are supposed to vote on FISA tomorrow. I understand there is a compromise that pretty much has been agreed upon. I have been whipping it. So I want to know to what end we are having this secret session.
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Kirk Watson
Texas
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Questioning the need for a secret session regarding FISA before a scheduled vote.

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