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Yvette Clarke: But if we go overboard to identify and eliminate every conceivable threat at any cost, we risk trampling the very rights…

On the recordApril 24, 2013
But if we go overboard to identify and eliminate every conceivable threat at any cost, we risk trampling the very rights of the citizens we aim to protect.
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Yvette Clarke
Democratic · New York

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Warning against compromising citizens' rights in the name of security.

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