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On the recordJanuary 13, 2014
We have to look at what are adequate safeguards, especially when we are dealing with an agency that did not have adequate enough safeguards.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy stresses the importance of safeguards in intelligence operations.

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