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mr. pascrell -- >> i'll continue. mr. and mrs.salahi, i believe the entire committee wsh we can move from the fake nature of this issue and concentrate on the security breach itself because if you two folks sitting here from patterson, new jersey, long robed with those hats on the top of your head, i wonder if you would have gotten through as you swished through in front of the cameras. your presence is required specifically so you could answer the events of that night to the events of that night. this committee gave you every opportunity to speak behind closed doors, did it not, mr. salahi? did it not? >> you did, but you didn't afford us any legal proiks. you wanted us to speak versus our attorneys. >> we did give you that opportunity? >> without any legal protection. >> and yet, you continued to evade every opportunity to present your side of the story. the fact that you now appear here and are unwilling to speak to any details and i associate myself with the words of mr. lungren who put it very plainly, simple and to the point