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Patrick Leahy: “This is not unlike the resolution I introduced in 2006 to clarify that the Authorization for the Use of Military Force…”

On the recordFebruary 28, 2012
This is not unlike the resolution I introduced in 2006 to clarify that the Authorization for the Use of Military Force adopted after 9/11 did not authorize warrantless domestic surveillance.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy compares the Due Process Guarantee Act to his previous resolution on surveillance.

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