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Ted Deutch: “But even if that 54 number that had been used does not apply primarily to the 215 program, you are telling me that the…”

On the recordFebruary 3, 2014
But even if that 54 number that had been used does not apply primarily to the 215 program, you are telling me that the notion of terrorist plots thwarted even as it applies to this program is not the metric we should be using.
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Ted Deutch
Democratic · Florida

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Deutch questions the effectiveness metrics of the NSA's surveillance program.

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