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Dianne Feinstein: “This was used after the fact in the Boston bombing, but here is the difference: The Boston--and they used emergency…”

On the recordJanuary 13, 2014
This was used after the fact in the Boston bombing, but here is the difference: The Boston--and they used emergency powers, and they were able to get information quickly.
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Dianne Feinstein
Democratic · California

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Feinstein contrasts the use of metadata collection in Boston with its preventive potential.

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