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Article: White House Admits Having Background Files; Administration `Blunder' Sets Off Rhetorical Firefight With Hill Republicans
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- The Washington Post
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- June 8, 1996
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The White House yesterday acknowledged that during four months
in late 1993 it wrongly collected FBI background reports on more
than 300 people, including prominent Republicans such as former
secretary of state James A. Baker III and the press secretary to
House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
White House officials said the files came into their
possession inadvertently and said they had no evidence that any of
the improperly received files were examined. But the Army aide who
collected the files -- based on a list provided by the Secret
Service -- said last night he read the reports, looking for signs of
potential security problems. He said he culled those that contained
"derogatory ...