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On the recordMarch 3, 2015
The reason I ask that, I look at what happened 9/11 and hindsight is always 20/20, but you look at the mistakes made where people were not listened to, where dots were not connected.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy reflects on the mistakes made before 9/11 regarding information sharing.

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