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Ron Johnson: “There was a New York Times article that really described an…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Chairman Johnson's remarks at HSGAC hearing: "Threats to the Homeland"

Published | Video Starts at 05:36

But if it's something you may have just saved your child's life and the life of innocent people, but given human nature, that is an enormous challenge for us. There was a New York Times article that really described an FBI informant operative really having multiple, I mean, I think hundreds of conversations with the terrorists from Garland, Texas and the FBI spent quite a few, I think hundreds of thousands of dollars for that FBI operative. Talk to me about the effectiveness of that. I mean I'm just putting myself in the position of a parent whose son, maybe a 20 year old kid is being engaged with by the FBI. (05:36–05:57)

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Asserts that an FBI informant had hundreds of conversations with terrorists from Garland, Texas, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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