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American people, to congress so that they can use it to make sound decisions, it should be provided. i'm frustrated by what is not happening in the government. i'm also frustrated by some of the things that does happen. i'm particularly concerned that they haven't been as transparent as they promised to be, nor as transparent as they should be. >> and there are so many different groups -- media outlets tzh?g@7lztóuafkp@)' k so i think there's selective compliance with the foia request

And with the foia law. that's the challenge i have. i think they're playing maybe not politics but they're playing selective memory challenges and it's in response to what the american people care about. so kind of fooling the american public or denying the american public the right for answers that are pretty legitimate questions. i don't think the questions are not appropriate. the answers just are not forthcoming. >> and we've all seen in recent years a number of the congressional investigations that are onongoing. and democrats say they're witch hunts, no purpose behind them. but we'll see...

There's no evidence she did anything wrong. colin powell did something like this. why are you picking on her? republicans say hey, wait a minute we were trying to get documents from you in the state department reporters say hey, wait a minute we filed freedom of information requests for documents in the state department. if you have your email server at your home in chappaqua, you can slow down or stymie those requests. he's also wondering because it was a private account, could somebody else like the chinese have hacked into it? >> i want to you assume that secretary clinton would have used h...

Political power. that's identity theft for a political purpose. bill: if the white house had this information, what would they be armed with? >> they would be warned abit to inspect and make any individual american, any corporation, any political donor a moving target and for the government to obtain information abouterday americans that may affect how the white house issues its policies and prepares for election. we brought this foia request right before the election and they stonewalled us. they continue to keep this secret as they continue to not tell americans whose private information may...

>> all right. let's go all go off-the-record for a minute. do you know what we need? whistle blowers. we need more americans on the inside of our government who just can't stand deception and lack of transparency anymore. we need to you speak up so that we can get the straight story. the complete story and the truth about important matters. we in the media can ask lots of questions but the government often refuses to answer questions or dodge and then we have to file freedom of information act requests and the government takes forever to comply. they game us. when they do answer i'm not confid...