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Jim Sensenbrenner: “It was passed during the industrial age. We are now in an information age.”

On the recordJuly 10, 2012
It was passed during the industrial age. We are now in an information age.
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Jim Sensenbrenner
Republican · Wisconsin

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Sensenbrenner highlights the outdated nature of the Espionage Act.

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