Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate whether the expiring independent special prosecutor statute should be extended. The statute requires the use of a special prosecutors, free from White House control, in cases alleging wrongdoing by high officials in the executive branch. The episode aired on Thursday, October 15, 1992, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.