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Russ Feingold: “I never objected to granting this authority to the FBI. My concern as with a lot of the PATRIOT Act provisions, was that…”

On the recordSeptember 15, 2009
I never objected to granting this authority to the FBI. My concern as with a lot of the PATRIOT Act provisions, was that adequate safeguards were not included.
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Russ Feingold
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Feingold expresses concerns about safeguards in the PATRIOT Act's provisions.

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