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John Cornyn: As a prosecutor and Deputy Attorney General of the United States, does it trouble you that current and former advisers…

On the recordJune 5, 2012
As a prosecutor and Deputy Attorney General of the United States, does it trouble you that current and former advisers of the President would talk to reporters and disclose classified information about this highly sensitive program?
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

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Cornyn expresses concern over leaks of classified information by presidential advisers.

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