nytimes.com - 3/8/2008
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Senator Arlen Specter said Saturday that he doubted the N.F.L. would ever talk to Matt Walsh, the former New England video assistant who may have information about the Patriots ’ spying tactics.“I’d like to issue a challenge to the commissioner to make public the extensive exchange of correspondence between the league’s lawyers and Walsh’s lawyers,” Specter, a Republican from Pennsylvania, ...
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SPECTER WANTS NFL TO LET WALSH TALK
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As the impasse between the NFL and Matt Walsh regarding the terms of an agreement that would allow him to tell his story of alleged spying by the Patriots lingers, Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) is speaking out about the stalemate.“ We need to hear from Walsh ...
NFL, Walsh closing in on deal
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... The progress comes a day after Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter, who has been critical of the NFL's handling of "Spygate," told the New York Times the league was trying to discourage Walsh from coming forward and challenged Goodell to make public the correspondence between the league's lawyers and Levy. ...
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