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Greg Walden: “I think, though, it's important for us, too, to talk about the safeguards for American citizens on American soil because…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2008
I think, though, it's important for us, too, to talk about the safeguards for American citizens on American soil because I hear that when I go home: Are they listening in when I call my aunt or somebody across the street? This warrantless wire eavesdropping. Can you speak to that, about the protections that are still there and, in fact, strengthened under the Senate version?
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Greg Walden
Republican · Oregon

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Discussing safeguards for American citizens regarding warrantless wiretapping.

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