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On the recordJune 15, 2016
The Wall Street Journal also reported that the CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, directed DataMiner to stop the contract because he was worried about, quote, 'the optics,' end quote, of helping intelligence agencies.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Senator Cotton cites concerns about Twitter's CEO impacting intelligence cooperation.

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