Patrick Leahy actually said...

I think it is wrong to hold those Department lawyers to a lower standard than workaday lawyers outside of the Department.

Leahy emphasizes the importance of equal standards for Department lawyers.

03/27/2012

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I think that is why you have a lot of Americans on the right and left who are worried about intrusive and unchecked government surveillance.

Minimization procedures are supposed to protect the constitutional rights of all of us.

I don't believe that subsequent events have proven that there have been any abuses of the Act to date.

We all want to be safe. We all want to catch criminals. That is not the issue.