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Jerry Nadler: “It is difficult to say what benefits this has yielded, because outside of general statements and idiosyncratic data on…”

On the recordMay 19, 2009
It is difficult to say what benefits this has yielded, because outside of general statements and idiosyncratic data on their use, I have not seen any hard, empirical evidence that this explosion in requests has had any measurable impact on counter-terrorism or counter-intelligence.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler questions the effectiveness of NSLs in counter-terrorism efforts.

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