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Tom Emmer: I think you can become a prisoner of your need for security, and I really am troubled at the tone that suggests that…

On the recordJuly 11, 2018
I think you can become a prisoner of your need for security, and I really am troubled at the tone that suggests that U.S. citizens should give up more of their privacy rights.
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Tom Emmer
Republican · Minnesota

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Emmer expresses concern over sacrificing privacy for security.

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