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Jay Rockefeller: To ensure this, secret intelligence activities must be subject to rigorous congressional oversight.

On the recordJanuary 21, 2009
To ensure this, secret intelligence activities must be subject to rigorous congressional oversight.
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Jay Rockefeller
Democratic · West Virginia

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Rockefeller calls for strong congressional oversight of intelligence activities.

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