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Arlen Specter: “When the Senator from Hew Hampshire talks about a high bar for upsetting a national security letter, he overlooks the…”

On the recordDecember 15, 2005
When the Senator from Hew Hampshire talks about a high bar for upsetting a national security letter, he overlooks the provision that you can quash, if it is unreasonable. If the judge finds it is unreasonable, is that too high a bar?
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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