Personal bugbear of mine, which I think I'm just following the proud footsteps of Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel and my other colleagues. I wish to rip politics out of counterterrorism. The idea that the most powerful counterterrorism organizations in the world used the inordinate power of the FISA courts, of the intelligence community, of the Patriot act for political purposes is utterly, utterly unacceptable. Whether it's grandmothers on January the sixth, whether it's the five defendants who did nothing on January 6th except, quote, unquote, trespass. (23:18–23:39)
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