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David Gergen: “When an outsider can so easily penetrate his privacy, how easy is it going to be an outsider to penetrate his security?”

On the recordDecember 22, 2008
When an outsider can so easily penetrate his privacy, how easy is it going to be an outsider to penetrate his security?
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

David Gergen expresses concern about the implications of the media's ability to invade the privacy of the President-elect and how it might affect his security.

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