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Arlen Specter: “I am glad to respond, and I thank the Senator from California for the question. It would achieve individualized review…”

On the recordNovember 14, 2006
I am glad to respond, and I thank the Senator from California for the question. It would achieve individualized review of warrants on calls originating in the United States, and there are a lot of them. How many there are, I don't know, but the NSA officials have told us that if we give them the additional resources, which was suggested originally by the Senator from California and which I concur in on the Feinstein-Specter bill, that they could have individualized warrants. And, I think that would be a big step forward on civil rights.
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Discussing the need for individualized review of warrants related to NSA surveillance.

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