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Article: FBI FILES Clinton agrees apology in order White House aide allegedly perused secret reports on Republicans
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- June 10, 1996
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The White House chief of staff said Sunday that it was wrong to
obtain secret FBI files on 341 people, including prominent
Republicans, and President Clinton agreed with him that those people
deserved an apology.
"A mistake was made, it's inexcusable," White House Chief of Staff
Leon Panetta said of disclosures that a White House aide perused the
files in late 1993 for White House security records. "I think an
apology is owed to those who were involved," he said on NBC's "Meet
the Press."
President Clinton, on a fund-raising trip to Las Vegas, said, "It
appears to have been a completely honest bureaucratic snafu when we
were trying to straighten out who should get security clearances to ...
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Transcript: JOHN PODESTA WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF ...
Washington Transcript Service;
February 15, 2000 ;
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...00-00-0000 WHITE HOUSE FEBRUARY 15, 2000 *** Elapsed Time 00:00, Eastern Time 01:43 *** SPEAKERS: JAKE SIEWART, WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN JOHN PODESTA, WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF WILLIAM DALEY, SECRETARY OF COMMERCE HARRIS ...
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