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On the recordJanuary 13, 2014
a couple of weeks ago Senator Sanders wrote a letter to the NSA asking if the NSA, quote, has spied or is the NSA currently spying on Members of Congress or other American elected officials, and the NSA's response to that was Members of Congress have the same privacy protections as all U.S. persons, which certainly suggests the answer to that question is in the affirmative.
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Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas

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Cruz references Sanders' inquiry about NSA surveillance on Congress members.

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