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"If the area were on or near the U.S. continental shelf, such data could well provide an enemy with strategically invaluable insights into undersea access routes that could be used to attack some of the millions of Americans who live on or near our coasts."

"The 'pre-emption' versus 'prevention' debate may be a distinction without much difference. The important thing is to have it understood that the United States is absolutely serious. The jihadists have in the past bragged that America is too feeble and corrupt to fight. A lot is involved in disproving that delusion on their part."

"What is the society we wish to protect? Is it the society of complete surveillance for the commonwealth? Is this the wealth we seek to have in common - optimal security at the cost of maximal surveillance?"

"No one from the beginning of time has had security."

"I think we will begin to see some real efforts made to do things like protecting Social Security and Medicare."

"Nothing can stop an enemy from picking wireless messages out of the free air - and nothing did."

"Security is a double-edged sword: While a fence sure protects the fenced, it also imprisons the protected."
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"I got sick and tired of my lady wearing ugly underwear to bed, so I turned to the Internet."

"You don't have to know people personally for them to be role models. Some of my most important role models were historical or literary figures that I only read about - never actually met."
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