You know, across the political spectrum, people are concerned about preserving our liberties and maintaining our civil liberties. But at the same time, you know, we have, we face a very real asymmetric threat in international terrorism. And Our greatest line of defense against that terrorism is intelligence gathering capabilities. And so we have to maintain that and we have to. It is a very delicate balance. And that balance shifts based on, based on circumstances, based on the time. (00:54–01:00)
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Asserts that intelligence gathering is the primary defense against terrorism.
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