Re: No smoking gun!!!

Robert S. Thau (rst@ai.mit.edu)
Mon, 21 Sep 1998 15:45:11 -0400 (EDT)


Tom Whore writes:
> Did not both sides have a chance to edit it before it went out on the
> airwaves?

The exact procedures which the House Judiciary Committee followed are
something we can only speculate on, as the whole thing was done in
executive --- i.e., closed --- session.

However, IIRC, NPR has reported the following: both sides had the
opportunity to suggest redactions. All suggestions from the Democrats
(other than those where they were in agreement with the Republicans)
were rejected en bloc in a single, party-line vote.

rst