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Leon Panetta: When a 747 blows up as the one did in Scotland, your first assumption is that this is not an accident. This is a…

On the recordJune 20, 2013
When a 747 blows up as the one did in Scotland, your first assumption is that this is not an accident. This is a deliberate act. Whether it's a bomb, whether it's a missile, what took place, somebody was responsible for blowing up that airplane.
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Leon Panetta
Democratic · California

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Leon Panetta discusses the implications of a plane explosion being a deliberate act of terrorism.

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