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the FBI had recruited informants,
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attempted to into Catholic parishes.
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Your predecessor then testified, sitting
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right where you are today, he testified
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that this, I'm going to quote, "Was a
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single product by a single field office
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in quote that was a lie because we then
0:17
had additional whistleblowers come
0:18
forward and say, "No, actually multiple
0:20
field offices contributed to the
0:21
drafting of the report." And indeed,
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there was a second anti-atholic memo
0:26
that the FBI generated. And indeed,
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those memos were distributed to over
0:31
1,000 FBI agents across the country. You
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know, all of this. You and I talked
0:35
about it when you were here for your
0:37
confirmation hearing back in January. I
0:39
just want to follow up and see. Have you
0:41
been able to determine how this memo got
0:45
written and distributed? How is it that
0:47
the Federal Bureau of Investigation came
0:49
to be recruiting informants
0:52
in Christian churches in this country?
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Senator, we did dig in and we are doing
0:57
our investigation simultaneously with
0:59
Congress. And just to put it in
1:00
perspective, we've provided 700
1:01
documents on the Richmond Catholic memo
1:03
specifically to this committee. Uh
1:05
whereas my predecessor provided 19
1:07
pages. And not only that, but we looked
1:10
into how the source recruitment
1:12
structure at the FBI was conducted
1:14
during this time. And we made
1:15
adjustments and permanent fixes to
1:18
ensure that sources are not put into
1:20
houses of worship unless there is an
1:23
actual ongoing criminal or international
1:26
terrorism threat. We will not use
1:28
sources at this FBI to de to investigate
1:32
and cull information just for the sake
1:34
of culling information in houses of
1:36
worship. Has anybody been fired for
1:39
There have been terminations related to
1:41
this um and resignations.
1:44
Good. There need to be because if if
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this is if this is going to be standard
1:49
at the FBI, nobody can trust the FBI.
1:51
You want to talk about violating the
1:52
First Amendment, this has got First
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Amendment violation written all over it.
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It's one of the most revolting chapters
