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Thomas Massie: “As my colleague stated, my amendment also prohibits NSA and the CIA from placing backdoors into commercial products.…”

On the recordJune 10, 2015
As my colleague stated, my amendment also prohibits NSA and the CIA from placing backdoors into commercial products. This is important because, in December of 2013, it was reported that a U.S. security company had received $10 million from the NSA to use a flawed encryption method. Our government should strengthen technology that protects our privacy, not take advantage of it. At this time, I reserve the balance of my time.
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Thomas Massie
Republican · Kentucky
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govinfo.gov
Jun 10, 2015

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