On the recordJune 6, 2013
Nobody's listening to the content of people's phone calls. This program, by the way, is fully overseen not just by Congress, but by the Pfizer corp.
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transcripts.cnn.comBarack Obama: “Nobody's listening to the content of people's phone calls. This program, by the way, is fully overseen not just by…”
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President Obama defends the government's phone surveillance program, stating that it is overseen by Congress.
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