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Matt Gaetz: “One of the things that was frequently debated in the back…”

Featuring: Matt Gaetz, Republican | Former U.S. House, Florida's 1st District

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The Anchormen Show EP 105 - Spy Games w/ Pearson Sharp & John Kiriakou

Published | Video Starts at 33:31

But they couldn't get past this notion that it can be intercepted before it's encrypted. Nobody can figure out how to get around that. One of the things that was frequently debated in the back rooms in Congress was this blend of investment into signals intelligence exploitation versus human intelligence exploitation. And, you know, you'd get the, the, the wizards of, of tech to say, look, all this human stuff is all like the stuff of the Cold War 80s. (33:31–33:45)

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