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Jerry Nadler: “The fact that a secret court, unaccountable to public knowledge of what it is doing, for all practical purposes…”

On the recordJuly 16, 2013
The fact that a secret court, unaccountable to public knowledge of what it is doing, for all practical purposes unaccountable to the Supreme Court, may join you in misusing or abusing the statute is of no comfort whatsoever.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Nadler criticizes the accountability of the FISA court.

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