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Senate Panel to Hear Testimony in FBI Files Flap

HeadlineJun 20, 1996

A day after House hearings, a Senate panel is set to hear testimony in the FBI files flap. Lawmakers are looking into why the White House obtained 408 FBI files, including those of some top Republicans. The GOP charges the Democrats were looking for dirt. Former White House Travel Office Director Billy Dale is among the witnesses scheduled to testify today. Seven months after the White House fired him in 1993, it asked the FBI for Dale’s background file. No one has yet explained why.

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