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Patrick Leahy: “I want our country to be protected, but I want our privacy to be protected, and I do not think those two concepts are…”

On the recordApril 17, 2012
I want our country to be protected, but I want our privacy to be protected, and I do not think those two concepts are contradictory.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy emphasizes the importance of balancing national security and privacy rights.

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