Jimmy Carter actually said...

This order also gives a great deal of additional responsibility to the Attorney General to make sure that the civil liberties and the privacy of American citizens is adequately protected.

Context

Remarks on Signing Executive Order 12036 on United States Foreign Intelligence Activities

01/23/1978

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