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His allies, which is that the fbi amounts to essentially a kind of like subversive left sympathetic fifth column. like, how does that square with your experience in the bureau? >> it's crazy. it's just -- look, it's almost the equivalent of being a public defender. you don't have to believe in your client. you can still give them a good defense. this is the same thing. and i've got to tell you, talking to line agents, not like frank, who was a -- you know, at the top of the rung here, but line agents who are actually doing this stuff. it's very much what betsy is saying. they look at this and ...

His allies, which is that the fbi amounts to essentially a kind of like subversive left sympathetic fifth column. like, how does that square with your experience in the bureau? >> it's crazy. it's just -- look, it's almost the equivalent of being a public defender. you don't have to believe in your client. you can still give them a good defense. this is the same thing. and i've got to tell you, talking to line agents, not like frank, who was a -- you know, at the top of the rung here, but line agents who are actually doing this stuff. it's very much what betsy is saying. they look at this and ...

That the fbi took like a baton from the clinton camp and ran with. it's really extraordinary. i hope these line agents that the justice department are talking to have whistle blower protection. >> kimberly: exactly. >> given the leadership there at the fbi now, frankly they will have targets on their back politically speaking in terms of their careers for speaking out. it's a serious situation. the idea that you are going to let, again, the bureaucracy figure out whether the bureaucracy should reopen this investigation, i'm not confident the right decision is going to be made in the long run. ...

By a government whose duty it is to protect them. the department of justice must reacquire the trust of the american people. i know there are thousands of department of justice employees and line agents in the department in the f.b.i. that are dedicated individuals that are dedicated to upholding the rule of law and protecting the american people. and i hope that we can come to a conclusion about those people who have not met that standard in this hearing today. thank you, mr. deputy attorney general, for appearing today. i now yield to the gentleman from new york, mr. nadler, for his comments...

Instill confidence in the american people that their privacy and civil liberties are respected by a government whose duty it is to protect them. the department of justice must reacquire the trust of the american people. i know there are thousands of department of justice employees and line agents in the department, in the bureau of -- federal bureau of investigation, that are dedicated individuals, that are dedicated to upholding the rule of law and protecting the american people. and i hope that we can come to a conclusion about those people who have not met that standard in this hearing toda...