Patrick Leahy actually said...

I can't find anyone who thinks the so-called data-mining aspect of the secret surveillance program is legal.

Senator Patrick Leahy expresses his concerns about the legality of the surveillance program and plans to question the White House.

12/25/2005

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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.

I hope we can move quickly.

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