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On the recordDecember 10, 2013
Do you think, though, that we ought to have a constitutional advocate?
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Blumenthal questions the need for a constitutional advocate in FISA Court reforms.

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