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Hillary Clinton: We cannot live in an age when terrorists are able to communicate electronically without government making use of that…

On the recordDecember 5, 2011
We cannot live in an age when terrorists are able to communicate electronically without government making use of that same technology.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

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Addressing the challenges of modern technology in counterterrorism.

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