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Dick Durbin: “The administration uses section 702 to spy on Americans.”

Featuring: Dick Durbin, Democratic | U.S. Senate Illinois

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Senator Durbin Delivers Remarks on FISA Section 702 Reform

Published | Video Starts at 14:42

Now this man is ahead of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and has the power of the surveillance which I've described to you. Trust him. It's not hard to imagine why this President chose him for political reasons. What happens when The administration uses section 702 to spy on Americans. Perhaps those who protested the murder of two innocent people in Minneapolis during the ICE raids. They used to spy on Black Lives Matter protesters. (14:42–14:48)

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Asserts that the administration uses Section 702 for domestic surveillance.

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