Sentence:  He says that he was not <WSD>permitted</WSD> to rebut before the hearing officer statements attributed to him by the local board , and , further , that he was denied at trial the right to have the Department of Justice hearing officer 's report and the original report of the Federal Bureau of Investigation as to his claim - all in violation of the Fifth Amendment . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  consent to, give permission