Welch Denounces Seizure of Phone Records
Statement
Issues: Government Operations
Washington, DC. (June 6th, 2013)- After recent reports that the government has been seizing millions of telephone records of US citizens from service providers, Rep. Peter Welch made the following remarks:
"I cannot fathom a reason for the federal government to cast such a wide and indiscriminate net in the name of national security. This confirms the worst fears of those of us who oppose the Patriot Act. While all the facts have yet to emerge, it appears that the very institutions that were set up to check government surveillance activities are acting as a rubber stamp. It is possible to protect Americans from harm without trampling their civil liberties. Unchecked and intrusive searches like this fail that test."
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