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- 1 2 3 4 5 C-SPAN video Archived 2011-09-01 at the Wayback Machine , address to the National Press Club on May 30, 2002, with Judicial Watch, via rationalveracity.com
- ↑ circa 24:00 of the C-SPAN video
- ↑ circa 23:30 of the C-SPAN video
- ↑ circa 59:00 of the C-SPAN video
- ↑ "Robert G. Wright, Jr. v. Federal Bureau of Investigation, from fas.org 05 06 2009
- ↑ "Judge: FBI can't 'censor' agent's book on counter-terror failures", by Josh Gerstein, May 11, 2009, The Politico
