Reclaiming my time, this is very sneaky. Not only is the Commerce Department signing secret agreements, but they are then publicizing their secret agreements to throw people off the track of the fact that they had a secret agreement. I think that is an underhandedness that we ought to put an end to.
Addressing concerns about the Commerce Department's secret agreements.
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