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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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