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Pete Sessions: “There might be a contest between which of these amendments is most poorly drafted. The Reid amendment that kicked off…”

On the recordJuly 14, 2005
There might be a contest between which of these amendments is most poorly drafted. The Reid amendment that kicked off this event, that surprised me when it came up in this last minute, says that ``No Federal employee who discloses, or has disclosed classified information . . . '' And goodness, that has already been disclosed. It is something that has already happened. Apparently, it is not a violation of the law. Now we are going to reach back and make it a violation of law. That is ex post facto law. It would come back from the Supreme Court, if anybody were ever charged and convicted under it, like a rubber ball off the wall.
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas

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