Richard Blumenthal actually said...

Isn't the problem that this relationship of trust has actually undermined trust in the American public and really threatens to completely eviscerate confidence in a system that operates in secret, makes secret law, and in the end the relationship of trust may undermine the whole system?

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Blumenthal questions the trust in the FISA system due to its secrecy.

12/10/2013

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