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“In our counterterrorism cases and our counterintelligence cases, we can issue all kinds of - of layers of approval in the FBI, a national security letter to find out the subscriber to a particular telephone number and to find out what numbers that telephone number was in contact with. Not the content of those communications, but just the connection.”

Quote by James Comey

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James Comey is a former FBI Director from the United States, known for his extensive experience in politics and law. He has held multiple significant positions within the U.S. judicial system. more

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