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Curated research library of TV news clips regarding the NSA, its oversight and privacy issues, 2009-2014

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Primary curation & research: Robin Chin, Internet Archive TV News Researcher; using Internet Archive TV News service.

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Russ Feingold
former Senator (D-WI) member of Judiciary and Intelligence committees
CSPAN 06/17/2009
I wrote to the president on Monday about my continued concern that the administration has not formally withdrawn certain legal opinions, including the January 2006, white paper that provided legal justifications for the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program. And the letter was prompted in part by a recent speech that I’m sure you're aware of by the Director of National Intelligence. In which he asserted that the program was not illegal (but he later clarified that.)
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Russ Feingold
former Senator (D-WI) member of Judiciary and Intelligence committees
CSPAN 06/17/2009
Now that you are the Attorney General, is there any doubt in your mind that the (Bush) warrantless wiretapping program was illegal? Holder: Well, I think that the warrantless wiretapping program as it existed at that point was certainly unwise in that it was put together without the approval of congress and as a result did not have all the protections, all the strength that it might have had behind it as I think it now exists with regard to having had congressional approval of it.
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Russ Feingold
former Senator (D-WI) member of Judiciary and Intelligence committees
CSPAN 09/16/2009
Director, as to the Patriot Act, three provisions of the Patriot Act expires, as we know, at the end of year. Yet critical information about their implementation has not been made public. Information that I think would have a significant impact on the debate. During the debate on the Protect America Act, and the FISA Amendment Act of 2007 and 2008, I felt a critical legal and factual information remained unknown to the public and also to most members of Congress. Information that was certainly relevant to the debate, might even have made a difference in the way some people voted.
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Russ Feingold
former Senator (D-WI) member of Judiciary and Intelligence committees
CSPAN 09/16/2009
There's also information about the use of section 215 orders that I believe Congress and the American people deserve to know. I realize that you're not the sole person to make this decision but I’m asking you today for your commitment to advocate to finding a way to find some limited information to become public so we could have a real debate about this. Would you make that commitment? Mueller: I don't think I can
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