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Jim McGovern: “Their so-called warrant requirement section simply restated…”

Featuring: Jim McGovern, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 2nd Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 02:15

For a moment I thought they actually had done the right thing and included a real warrant requirement, but they had not. Their so-called warrant requirement section simply restated existing law. that the FBI can't unilaterally target US Persons when collecting surveillance. That's already illegal and not at all what the current policy debate is about. (02:15–02:19)

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Asserts that the new bill's warrant requirement section restated existing law.

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