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On the recordJanuary 9, 2017
I think we should avoid surveillance of religious institutions unless there is a basis to believe that dangerous or threatening illegal activity could be carried on there.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

Editor's note · Context

Sessions emphasizes the need for justification before surveilling religious institutions.

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