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Andy Card: “There was no interest in spying on American citizens. There was an interest in collecting communications, using an…”

On the recordJanuary 16, 2014
There was no interest in spying on American citizens. There was an interest in collecting communications, using an algorithm to understand what kind of communication and if there was a better way to protect America.
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Andy Card

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Andy Card defends the government's surveillance practices, arguing that the intention was to protect citizens rather than spy on them.

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