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On the recordMarch 23, 2023
Do you believe that there are already sleeper cells in our grid? Have they already been penetrated by the Russians and perhaps by the Chinese that are waiting for exploitation?
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

Editor's note · Context

Senator King questions the security of the grid against foreign threats.

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