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Tom Cotton: “Do the companies with--with whom you deal in private settings, appreciate the fact that the technology that they are…”

On the recordJuly 7, 2015
Do the companies with--with whom you deal in private settings, appreciate the fact that the technology that they are creating and marketing is being used by terrorists and some of the most heinous criminals in our society?
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Senator Cotton questions the awareness of companies regarding their technology's misuse by criminals.

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