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On the recordMarch 9, 2011
that an individual could be able, undetected for so long, to download and illegally distribute hundreds of thousands of important cables, reports, and documents is just inconceivable to me.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Collins expresses disbelief at security failures allowing document leaks.

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