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Darrell Issa: If ultimately one of your great defenses is that it costs more to do it another way, then the first question is, you can…

On the recordMarch 5, 2012
If ultimately one of your great defenses is that it costs more to do it another way, then the first question is, you can offset that by having the right to sell this very valuable information, so cost is a false facade, it is a canard, right?
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Darrell Issa
Republican · California

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Issa argues that cost concerns are misleading when valuable information can be monetized.

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