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Patrick Leahy: “One of my biggest concerns about Section 215 phone records is that the legal rationale underpinning it has no limiting…”

On the recordNovember 12, 2013
One of my biggest concerns about Section 215 phone records is that the legal rationale underpinning it has no limiting principle.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy expresses concern about the lack of limits on phone record surveillance.

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