And when it comes, the consequences will not be measured in polling numbers or election results. They will be measured in lives lost, infrastructure damaged, and national security compromised. This is the moment to stand up to defend our intelligence agencies, to protect those agents, to allow the intelligence community to speak truth to power even when the power doesn't want to hear it. And frankly, at the end of the day, to safeguard the American people. If we fail that and don't stand up for these men and women who put their lives … (00:23–00:38)
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Asserts the necessity to defend intelligence agencies and support their ability to speak truth to power.
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