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On the recordDecember 10, 2013
I have expressed grave concerns about how a 29-year-old subcontractor can come walking in and that your system of checks and balances and all was not good enough to stop him from walking out with a huge amount of data.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy criticizes NSA's security failures leading to data leaks.

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