On the recordMay 5, 2009
If you extend the Bush strategy, I believe, on the trajectory that it was launched on, it drives you to a civil liberties collision that is unnecessary and I think unhelpful.
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congress.govSheldon Whitehouse: “If you extend the Bush strategy, I believe, on the trajectory that it was launched on, it drives you to a civil…”
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Whitehouse critiques the continuation of Bush's cyber strategy for potential civil liberties issues.
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