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Brad Sherman: “If the U.S. Government determined that they wanted as a matter of policy to conduct economic espionage, they could do…”

On the recordSeptember 29, 2015
If the U.S. Government determined that they wanted as a matter of policy to conduct economic espionage, they could do it.
Said by
Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Sherman asserts that the U.S. has the capability to engage in economic espionage.

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