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Mike Honda: “I understand that economic espionage is a real threat to American economic security and our ability to retain jobs here…”

On the recordFebruary 23, 2016
I understand that economic espionage is a real threat to American economic security and our ability to retain jobs here at home, but I am concerned that espionage threats from bad actors abroad are creating a climate in which both investigators and prosecutors here are jumping the gun into pursuing indictments against Americans who happen to be language minorities, raising the prospect of serious civil liberties violations.
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Mike Honda
California

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Honda expresses concern over civil liberties violations in espionage cases against language minorities.

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