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02-15-2006
For Immediate Release Harman Statement On Proposal To Exempt Nsa Program
From Fisa Contact: Tom Reynolds (202) 226-7286 February 15, 2006 WASHINGTON
D.C. ---- Congresswoman Jane Harman (D-Venice), Ranking Member on the House
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement
today in response to proposals being floated to exempt the President's
NSA Program from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: "Treatment
should follow the diagnosis. It is premature to consider legislative proposals
until the Congressional Intelligence ...

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