I didn't particularly want to come back into government and run it. However, in the end, it seemed like the only way we could get it off the ground.
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I think it is very difficult today to have a reasoned public discourse on any controversial subject. Certainly, election years present a complicating factor.
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It would be ideal if we could have an uncontrolled flow of information. But we realized you can't do that.
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TIA was being used by real users, working on real data - foreign data. Data where privacy is not an issue.
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