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Russ Feingold: I voted against the legislation then, and I believe now that the DNI was given a tremendous amount of responsibility…

On the recordJanuary 21, 2009
I voted against the legislation then, and I believe now that the DNI was given a tremendous amount of responsibility without the requisite authority to do the job.
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Russ Feingold
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Feingold critiques the authority given to the Director of National Intelligence.

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