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John Conyers: “If only relevant conversations can be secured under Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act, then why on earth would we find now…”

On the recordJuly 16, 2013
If only relevant conversations can be secured under Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act, then why on earth would we find now that we are collecting the names of everybody in the United States of America who made any calls for the last 6 years or more?
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Conyers challenges the relevance of mass data collection under the PATRIOT Act.

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