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Russ Feingold: I'm going to say it is quite extraordinary to grant government agents the statutory authority to secretly break into…

On the recordSeptember 22, 2009
I'm going to say it is quite extraordinary to grant government agents the statutory authority to secretly break into American's homes in criminal cases.
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Russ Feingold
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Feingold expresses concern over government powers in criminal cases.

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