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On the recordNovember 12, 2013
If those had been required earlier, we would have found out 3 years earlier that Americans were unconstitutionally being surveilled and presumably would have put a stop to it.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

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Franken emphasizes the importance of earlier requirements to prevent unconstitutional surveillance.

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