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Bennie Thompson: “It is such a good bargain . . . to spread fear amongst the enemy and keep him on his toes in exchange of a few months of…”

On the recordJuly 24, 2017
It is such a good bargain . . . to spread fear amongst the enemy and keep him on his toes in exchange of a few months of work and a few thousand bucks.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Thompson references AQAP's perspective on creating fear through terror plots.

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