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On the recordDecember 13, 2016
If we endure another attack and the intelligence officials had indications or information regarding that attack and the president did not want to listen to that for whatever reason, the responsibility for that attack would fall on the president.
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Thomas J. Ridge
Pennsylvania

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Tom Ridge warns that failure to heed intelligence briefings could lead to accountability for future attacks.

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