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On the recordFebruary 14, 2011
I would hope that my good friend from California, in his very passionate defense of the Patriot Act, did not mean to imply that the distinguished Mr. Conyers in some way would suborn terrorism, because he chooses to point out that the standards that are required to obtain electronic surveillance orders from criminal courts are really being circumvented under section 601.
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Dennis Kucinich
Independent · Ohio
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govinfo.gov
Feb 14, 2011

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Kucinich addresses concerns about the implications of the Patriot Act on civil liberties.

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