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Elijah Cummings: “So when you say 'leverage,' I guess you are saying that there were laws that were out there. These laws did not…”

On the recordJune 3, 2019
So when you say 'leverage,' I guess you are saying that there were laws that were out there. These laws did not anticipate something like facial recognition, and now the FBI has decided that it would basically take advantage of those laws; is that right? Is that a fair statement?
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Cummings seeks clarification on the FBI's use of existing laws for facial recognition.

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