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Andrea Joy Campbell: “The argument of the gentleman could just as well be made about a citizen. The gentleman could be here saying, those…”

On the recordJune 22, 2000
The argument of the gentleman could just as well be made about a citizen. The gentleman could be here saying, those terrorists who blew up the Oklahoma Federal Courthouse, to protect ourselves from them, we needed to get secret evidence and spirit them away as quickly as possible. We solve this in our Constitution. We have said, no, even to make ourselves more secure against a bombing of that nature, we do not violate the fundamental right of freedom.
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Andrea Joy Campbell
Massachusetts

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Discussing constitutional rights in relation to national security during a debate.

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