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Orrin Hatch: “I would just add, they will do it by the law, but realistically they can do it. I have also said that I will work with…”

On the recordApril 17, 1996
I would just add, they will do it by the law, but realistically they can do it. I have also said that I will work with the distinguished Senator from Delaware to try to resolve these problems in a formal bill in the future, as we examine this more carefully. I think we can do that job. But it is misleading, to think the American people are not going to be protected, from a wiretap standpoint, when I know the law enforcement officials can use wiretaps and can get them, realistically, in almost every situation.
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah
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Discussing wiretap laws and law enforcement capabilities during Senate debate.

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