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Jim Sensenbrenner: But they don't determine which specific phone calls are relevant pursuant to the statute. You do that.

On the recordJuly 16, 2013
But they don't determine which specific phone calls are relevant pursuant to the statute. You do that.
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Jim Sensenbrenner
Republican · Wisconsin

Editor's note · Context

Sensenbrenner emphasizes the role of the security apparatus in determining relevance of phone calls.

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