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On the recordMay 30, 2012
This practice is explicitly prohibited by law--but with so much about these programs conducted in secret, we have no way of knowing for sure whether the government conducts itself lawfully.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Conyers criticizes secretive practices that may violate laws on surveillance.

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