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On the recordJanuary 28, 2014
Is it safe to say that the revelations that he has made, what this individual has done is perhaps the gravest violation and most significant, most harmful revelation of American intelligence secrets in our history?
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Rubio characterizes Snowden's actions as a grave violation of intelligence.

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