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I intend to be fair about this matter, but any final action must be based upon a full and accurate reporting of the facts. The Promotion of Larry Potts Larry Potts was one of the twelve FBI employees included in my disciplinary decisions this past January. He received a letter of censure for failure to provide proper oversight with regard to the. rules of engagement employed at Ruby Ridge. It should be noted that the Administrative Summary report recommended that neither Mr: Potts nor Mr. Coulson be disciplined. I disagreed with that conclusion based upon the facts as I found them. At the time I disciplined Larry Potts, he was the Acting Deputy Director. Shortly thereafter, I sought to promote him to be Deputy Director of the FBI. In pressing for Mr. Potts's appointment as Deputy Director, I was not trying to minimize or downplay the significance of the punishment that I had imposed upon him. I did not appoint him. Deputy Director simply because he is a friend. In determining whether to appoint Larry Potts to be the Deputy Director, I considered his many years of public service to the. Nation and to law enforcement. I considered the esteem in which subordinates, superiors, counterparts, and colleagues hold him. I considered his vast accomplishments in the FBI, including our work together during the VAnpac investigation for which President Bush Rose Garden.