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Patrick Leahy: “It is a long way from the Bonnie and Clyde or Willie Sutton days.”

On the recordDecember 13, 2011
It is a long way from the Bonnie and Clyde or Willie Sutton days.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Leahy compares modern crime methods to historical bank robbers, highlighting the speed of cyber crime.

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