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On the recordSeptember 22, 2009
It seems to me that is the fundamental protection that every American has is that before you can listen in on your phone conversation, you have to have probable cause that a crime is underway, that this person is involved with it and this telephone or a telephone may be utilized in the furtherance of it, isn't that right?
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions emphasizes the need for probable cause before surveillance.

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