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Pete Hoekstra: “Just reclaiming my time, because, if we go back and we take a look at since this bill passed in 1978, 1979, FISA…”

On the recordSeptember 25, 2007
Just reclaiming my time, because, if we go back and we take a look at since this bill passed in 1978, 1979, FISA originally, I mean, at any time from 1978 to 2007 or before 2001, did we ever pick up American communications?
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Pete Hoekstra
Michigan

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Discussing the history and implications of the FISA bill during a debate.

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