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On the recordJune 18, 2013
The standard that they released yesterday, which they are now going to use, is actually stricter than the standard that I have been proposing.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin notes that new standards for searching phone records are stricter than his proposals.

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