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David Cicilline: “The mass telephone metadata program has never disrupted a terrorist plot, does not extend to the new media formats…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2015
The mass telephone metadata program has never disrupted a terrorist plot, does not extend to the new media formats favored by ISIL, and must be brought to an end without delay.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Calls for ending the ineffective mass telephone metadata program.

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