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Steve King: “I haven't found anyone yet who has had their rights trampled on, their rights to be free from unreasonable search and…”

On the recordMarch 14, 2008
I haven't found anyone yet who has had their rights trampled on, their rights to be free from unreasonable search and seizure... If we protect contractors when they went to that smoking hole in that war zone, why won't we protect telecommunication companies when they stepped up on good faith and believed that they were legally operating under the law? Where is that first citizen that has had their privacy violated? I haven't found one yet. None have been brought forward. I sat in hours of classified briefings. No one even uttered the name of a person who had their rights violated.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the indemnification of contractors and telecommunication companies in relation to privacy rights.

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