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Representative Heather Wilson: This legislation will tie our intelligence community in knots in order to protect the civil liberties of terrorists in…

On the recordOctober 16, 2007
This legislation will tie our intelligence community in knots in order to protect the civil liberties of terrorists in foreign countries who are trying to kill Americans. There are some in this body who may believe we shouldn't have intelligence services. I believe it was Hoover who said that gentlemen shouldn't read each other's mail. Well, we are not dealing with gentlemen here. We are dealing with terrorists who are trying to kill Americans and are using commercial communications to talk to each other. We must do everything we can to prevent that terrorist attack, and that means listening to their conversations if we get an opportunity to do so.

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Discussing the implications of legislation on intelligence gathering and national security.

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