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This is, by the way, the great— one of the great tragedies of the Bush administration. The more successful they've been at intercepting and stopping bad guys, the less proof there is that we're in danger, and therefore, the better they've done at making sure there isn't an attack, the easier it is to say "well, there was never gonna be an attack anyway". And it's almost like they should every once in a while have allowed an attack to get through just to remind us.
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Huntington, NY book tour televised on Book TV (CSPAN2), 2008-04-29
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Gingrich: Gov. Should Allow Some Terror Attacks To Remind Us, YouTube, 31 May 2008 

 

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