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Jay Rockefeller: It's an important question. When is it that you have to in fact adhere, if that is the case at all, to a more select…

On the recordJanuary 21, 2009
It's an important question. When is it that you have to in fact adhere, if that is the case at all, to a more select group of people simply because information is so explosive or so imminent or so timely that you adhere to a gang of eight, so to speak, gang of four, gang of 16, whatever it might be, or is it that you just make up your mind that this is a trustworthy group of people?
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Jay Rockefeller
Democratic · West Virginia

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Rockefeller questions the criteria for sharing sensitive information with select groups.

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