So let's talk about who could get swept up in these searches and who
the people are whom Senator Paul, Senator Lee, Senator Leahy, myself,
and colleagues on both sides of the aisle sought to protect as law-
abiding Americans--we think they ought to have their constitutional
rights. The kinds of people who could be swept up in these
communications and have their emails or texts or their data searched
without a warrant--it could be American businesspeople talking to
foreign contacts. It could be first-, second-, or third-generation
American immigrants talking to family and friends who are still
overseas; American journalists covering foreign stories; U.S.
servicemembers talking to foreign friends they made while they were
deployed; American teachers and researchers seeking information from
foreigners. How many Americans get swept up? We don't know.
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