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Patrick Leahy: “But as Assistant Attorney General Varney testified, this kind of sharing, blind sharing, would be allowed.”

On the recordOctober 13, 2009
But as Assistant Attorney General Varney testified, this kind of sharing, blind sharing, would be allowed.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Leahy references Varney's testimony about allowed data sharing under the current law.

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