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On the recordFebruary 28, 2012
I really dispute that. Since your day here, what has happened is the FBI now has 15,000 people in an intelligence unit in 57 offices across the United States, and that is how 20 potential attacks were prevented.
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Dianne Feinstein
Democratic · California

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Feinstein argues against the notion that criminal processes hinder intelligence operations.

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