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On the recordSeptember 19, 2011
I am concerned that 10 years later the IC remains too heavily dependent on contractors.
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Daniel Akaka
Democratic · Hawaii

Editor's note · Context

Akaka expresses concern over the intelligence community's reliance on contractors a decade after 9/11.

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