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Richard Blumenthal: “Well, it would operate in secret, but it could be combined with other reforms that would provide for some greater…”

On the recordDecember 10, 2013
Well, it would operate in secret, but it could be combined with other reforms that would provide for some greater measure of transparency to the FISA Court's opinions when it makes new law that affects Americans around the world or at least in our country.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Discussing the need for transparency in FISA Court operations.

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