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I haven't done it, but there are 143,000 requests. And, as you know, a request -- there can be multiple requests in a letter. So there are approximately 45,000 letters during the time period, with 143,000 requests. So I think the starting point would be about 44,000 letters during the time period. WATT: And if you extrapolated the possible violations out, what would that come to, according to your math? FINE: If you're talking about 7 percent, approximately 7 percent of the 293 had a violation. So 7 percent of 44.000 would approximately be about 3,000. WATT: So you're telling me... FINE: That's quick math; | hope that's correct, but I think it is. WATT: It is possible that my FBI and my people who are supposed to be protecting my interests violated the law how many times? FINE: Well, I think there are possible violations of either the law, the attomey general guidelines or the FBI's policies several thousand times if you statistically extrapolate. It was a small sample. FINE: We didn't think it was skewed or biased. But if it held up for the entire population of files, several thousand; some more serious than others, but that’s a lot. WATT: Ms. Caproni, why ought not our public be concerned about that kind of disregard of the law and internal process? CAPRONI: Weil, I think the public should be concerned. We're concerned, And we're going to fix it. I would say, as Mr. Fine said, the sort of errors range, sort of, on a long continuum of seriousness. The most serious errors that Mr. Fine identified were obtaining full credit reports in counterintelligence cases. We have had a concerted effort to find all such errors. WATT: