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On the recordMay 4, 2009
These are criminals and if we treat this criminal activity as being attributable to poverty, we're going to be ineffective in dealing with it.
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut

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Lieberman emphasizes the need to address piracy as a criminal issue, not a poverty issue.

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