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Sheldon Whitehouse: We first had the warrantless wiretapping opinions, which were so appalling that, when they became public, the colleagues…

On the recordOctober 31, 2023
We first had the warrantless wiretapping opinions, which were so appalling that, when they became public, the colleagues of OLC in the Department of Justice threatened to resign en masse if the program was not restructured.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Whitehouse criticizes past OLC opinions on warrantless wiretapping that led to threats of mass resignation.

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