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Pocan Statement on Federal Court Decision on NSA Collection of Phone Data

Statement

Date: May 7, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: National Security Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI) today issued the following statement on the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that the NSA's warrantless collection of phone call records of millions of Americans is illegal:

"Today's ruling confirms what we've known from the beginning -- the NSA's actions have broken the law and invaded the privacy of millions of Americans. It is long past time for Congress to make clear that such programs do not have a place in our democracy. We can be a nation with the strongest national security while also respecting the privacy and civil liberties of our citizens.

"If we are to preserve our right to privacy in the digital age, we must go further than what is in the current draft of the USA Freedom Act and repeal the entire PATRIOT Act. This is the best way to fully protect Americans from another invasion of privacy by our government."


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