Utilizing very sophisticated, very sensitive technical equipment, we were able to locate what we believed to be a listening and transmittal device, ... We left the device in place. We took steps to protect it. We took steps to minimize any loss that would result (from) its continued presence.

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An ordinary person would not see it, ... aggressive Russian intelligence activity in the United States.

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Within Libyan security organizations, if made known to the world would show the degree of coordination, organization and structure that would have supported this terrorist operation.

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Not only are we conducting an investigation to understand how (the listening device was placed inside the building), the second part of that is do a damage assessment ... as to what (information) potentially could have been lost by the introduction of this device.

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I'm going to be driven by the evidence, ... I wouldn't want to speculate how far up, what I haven't heard anybody suggest, that this was some sort of rouge operation by one individual operating outside the control or direction of the Libyan external security organization.

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I think we spent between a third and a half of it and we sent the rest back, ... The money sat in an account, so it was very easy for us to do that.

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