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Ron Johnson: “We can limit what the government does with it but there is no way that we can limit anything beyond the pieces of the…”

On the recordJuly 30, 2012
We can limit what the government does with it but there is no way that we can limit anything beyond the pieces of the government that we control.
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Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

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Discusses the limitations of privacy protections beyond government control.

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