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    NFL insiders and political experts have questioned the timing of Specter's accusations. "I think it's a great way for Arlen Specter to get some publicity" said Steve Largent, a former U.S. congressman from Oklahoma, and a Hall of Fame receiver. Full Article at Los Angeles Times
    I think it's a great way for Arlen Specter to get some publicity
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Senator sends NFL questions
  1. There are very good explanations why the tapes were destroyed by our staff -- there was no purpose for them.
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 22 months ago
  2. He's a very intense fan who happens to be a senior powerful U.S. senator. That's a dangerous combination.
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 22 months ago
  3. was the best way to make sure that the Patriots had followed my instructions. I wanted to make sure that that bit of information did not appear again. If it did appear, I would know that they didn't hand me all the information.
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 22 months ago
  4. I am very concerned about the underlying facts on the taping, the reasons for the judgment on the limited penalties and, most of all, on the inexplicable destruction of the tapes.
    Arlen Specter – Arlen Specter SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 22 months ago
  5. in one of the tapes, one of the coaches was waving at the camera, indicating that they understood that they were being taped.
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 22 months ago
  6. I'm not constructing the timing ... I would have been happy to have dealt with this issue in November when I wrote the letter. . . . Or Dec. 19 when I wrote the follow-up letter. I hadn't meant to be talking about this two days before the Super Bowl.
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 22 months ago
  7. You'd have to be naive to ignore the electoral connection.
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 22 months ago
  8. It's a league matter. I don't know anything about it.
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 22 months ago
  9. I do believe that it is a matter of importance
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 22 months ago

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