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On the recordSeptember 22, 2009
It was sold as stated on DOJ's website in 2005 as being necessary 'to conduct investigations without tipping off terrorists.'
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Russ Feingold
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Feingold critiques how the Patriot Act was presented to the public.

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