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- I guess I am.
- Maggie, this is Lily.
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Hi, Lily.
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- Have a nice trip, Mr Shannon.
- Thank you, Bobby.
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How did you get me into this hearing?
I don't have this kind of clearance.
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I know a guy that knows a guy.
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- Who?
- It's a guy.
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Who's the guy?
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Doyle, it's national security. I can't tell you.
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Security concerns must be given
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greater importance in industrial research.
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We don't know the cause of the explosion.
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And we don't know
the source of the espionage,
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if indeed there was espionage.
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But we do know that we are at risk.
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Every idea that offers a competitive
advantage to Americans is subject to theft.
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And that, gentlemen, could be catastrophic.
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Mr Shannon,
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over the past ten years,
this committee has approved
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hundreds of millions of dollars
for your research projects
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without having one good,
goddamn idea about where the hell
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all the money was going.
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He's talking about our tax dollars up there.
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We were under the impression, Senator,
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that you passed legislation
to ensure that you wouldn't know.
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Or perhaps, more accurately,
that you didn't want to know.
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I'm aware of the law, Mr Shannon,
thank you. I wrote it.
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But I don't remember,
when I drafted it, that I anticipated
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a large portion
of the south side of Chicago blown up.
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What assurances can you give me
and this committee