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Ben Cardin: “Congress has passed a law that established a Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, and it has never been…”

On the recordMay 5, 2009
Congress has passed a law that established a Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, and it has never been appointed.
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

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Senator Cardin highlights the lack of appointments to the oversight board established by Congress.

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