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Eric Holder: “There is an exclusivity provision in the FISA Act that essentially says, as Congress has expressed, this is the…”

On the recordJanuary 14, 2009
There is an exclusivity provision in the FISA Act that essentially says, as Congress has expressed, this is the exclusive way in which that kind of surveillance should occur.
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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Holder explained that FISA dictates the proper method for surveillance.

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