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On the recordMay 5, 2009
I want to share with you my concern that the classified elements of the previous administration's cyber strategy in my view put us on a collision course with very basic civil liberties questions if the trajectory is not adjusted and adjusted fairly soon.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse warns about civil liberties risks in the previous cyber strategy.

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