On the recordOctober 7, 2023
It was a political failure.
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transcripts.cnn.comIt was a political failure.
William Cohen emphasizes the political failure in Israel's response to the surprise attack by Hamas.
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The Chinese have capability, the Russians have capability, which certainly intrudes upon our privacy. That's gone for all practical purposes, in terms of trying to hide things from them.
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