Washington Times staff writer Jerry Seper corrects the misleading spin he put on certain information in his 21 August 2001 article, FBI agents urge more scrutiny for Condit.” Excerpt:
An FBI agent who asked the congressional intelligence panels why its members were not subject to security checks in their receipt of classified information said yesterday that his concerns were not directed specifically at Rep. Gary A. Condit, a committee member.
Agent Chris Kerr said letters he sent to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence focused on wide-ranging national security concerns and were intended to ensure that “those with the broadest access to the most sensitive information be subjected to the greatest scrutiny.”
“It would be improper and unprofessional for an FBI agent to comment on a pending matter, and I did not do so in my letters,” said Mr. Kerr, a veteran agent who serves as the Tampa representative of the FBI Agents Association. “There never was any intent to advise Congress on what it should do concerning its members.”
The letters never mention Mr. Condit by name.