I do not know how we reauthorize any of these things if they are going to be abused that way.
Patrick Leahy: “I do not know how we reauthorize any of these things if they are going to be abused that way.”
On the recordJune 16, 2009
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Leahy expresses concern over potential abuses in surveillance programs.
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