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On the recordJuly 18, 2012
It would be the height of irresponsibility to leave a digital backdoor wide open to our cyber adversaries.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Op-ed by President Obama: Taking the Cyberattack Threat Seriously

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