June 16, 2006

Senators Butt Heads With FBI Officials Over Jack Anderson's Papers

By SCOTT CARLSON

The Senate Judiciary Committee quizzed Federal Bureau of Investigation officials at a hearing last week about their interest in the papers of the late muckraking journalist Jack Anderson, which are now held at George Washington University. The session had its share of fireworks, with senators butting heads with a Department of Justice official.

But, to borrow from the parlance of journalism, the "lede" was buried. An intriguing nugget of information could be found in the written

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