Well, Mr. Attorney General, the day before the committee marked up this bill, the Justice Department was actively lobbying members of the committee to oppose the measure, stating that it would dismantle section 702.
Sensenbrenner highlights lobbying against the USA Liberty Act by the Justice Department.
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That is the beginning of a surveillance state which I think is outrageous, particularly since with the Freedom Act in 2013, we curtailed the NSC's ability about that.
If we want to achieve this goal, we have to have those definitions done correctly.
This is a major step in the surveillance state getting out of control in the hands of the Congress...
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