Time: Sun Dec 14 20:19:19 1997 To: From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: FBI Director Louis Freeh calls Clinton's methods similar to an organized crime syndicate. Cc: Bcc: sls References: <snip> > >FBI Director Louis Freeh calls Clinton's methods similar to >an organized crime syndicate. How fitting! -- DaveK -- > >---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > >From: "John A. Quayle" <blueoval@sgi.net> > >RNC News Release > >December 9, 1997 > >FREEH COMPARES CLINTON STONEWALLING WITH >ORGANIZED CRIME SYNDICATE > >WASHINGTON - In an extraordinary exchange today between >Representative Dan Burton (R-IN) and FBI Director Louis Freeh >during the House campaign fund-raising hearings, the FBI Director >compared stonewalling by Clinton/Gore and DNC officials with the >New York organized crime bosses he pursued as a federal judge and >prosecutor. > >"For the second time in two weeks, I find myself agreeing >with FBI Director Louis Freeh," said Republican National >Committee Chairman Jim Nicholson. "The Clinton Administration's >stonewalling, with witnesses fleeing across international borders >and taking the fifth, is more reminiscent of The Godfather than >Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. The American people deserve >better." > >A transcript of the exchange from today's Government Reform >and Oversight Committee follows: > >BURTON: Mr. Freeh, over 65 people have invoked the 5th Amendment >or fled the country in the course of the Committee's >investigation. Have you ever experienced so many unavailable >witnesses in any matter in which you've prosecuted or in which >you've been involved? > >FREEH: Actually, I have. > >BURTON: You have? Give me, give me a rundown on that real >quickly. > >FREEH: I spent about 16 years doing organized crime cases in New >York City and many people were frequently unavailable. > >BURTON: So the, was that the only time you've experienced >something like that? > >FREEH: It went on for quite a while. > >BURTON: So the only time that you experienced anything like this >was when you were investigating an organized crime syndicate. > >(We'd like to know how you feel. Please feel free to e-mail the RNC at >info@rnc.org) > >--- end --- > <snip>
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