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Asa Hutchinson: “The most important thing is that you can share intelligence. There was a wall that was put up between those that…”

On the recordApril 19, 2004
The most important thing is that you can share intelligence. There was a wall that was put up between those that gathered foreign intelligence, and those that were in law enforcement.

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Undersecretary Hutchinson explains the importance of the Patriot Act in allowing intelligence sharing between agencies.

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