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"We live in a dirty and dangerous world. There are some things the general public does not need to know, and shouldn't. I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets and when the press can decide whether to print what it knows."
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Source: Washington Post's Graham Dies, www.wired.com. July 17, 2001.
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