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12 Dec, 3 tweets, 2 min read
#Soreloser wants to put human and technical intelligence sources and methods at risk by wantonly declassifying information. Let me translate that: people spying for us, and their families, could die, or be brutally treated and imprisoned. /1
And technical collection platforms could become deaf & blind against countermeasures, depriving the US of intelligence that protects Americans, and costing millions if not billions of taxpayer $$ in lost capabilities and r&d costs to recoup. /2
All because he’s a crybaby. /3

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