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The president has the authority to end this dragnet surveillance immediately
Ron Wyden
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Ron Wyden
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: May 3
Basketball Player
Politician
United States Senator
Wichita
Kansas
Ronald Wyden
Ron Lee Wyden
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