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Ron Wyden: “I and others who believe that we can have security and liberty, that they're not mutually exclusive, have always…”

On the recordMay 10, 2017
I and others who believe that we can have security and liberty, that they're not mutually exclusive, have always believed that this argument that you're going to be invading people's privacy doesn't add up.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden argues that security measures do not have to infringe on privacy rights.

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