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On the recordJuly 7, 2009
What is the role of somebody who doesn't have any expertise when it comes to security except to do what I do, complain about too much security or I have seen people get in who shouldn't?
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton questions the role of non-experts in security decision-making.

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