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Jeff Sessions: “I think we should avoid surveillance of religious institutions unless there is a basis to believe that dangerous or…”

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

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Sessions emphasizes the need for justification before surveilling religious institutions.

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