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The last time we went through this with the Wen Ho Lee case, and now we find ourselves right back where we started.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[74],{"id":75,"tag":76},4989922,{"id":77,"tag_name":78},57963,"breach",{"id":80,"quote_text":81,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":82,"source":83,"quote_tag":84,"commentary":9},2002504,"I guess we can all conclude we've lost a giant in the sense of the contribution he made to our state, ... He was a philosopher, a guide, a pilot, a poet, a visionary. ... His contribution is evident when every Alaskan receives a Permanent Fund dividend.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[85],{"id":86,"tag":87},4989921,{"id":88,"tag_name":89},14684,"conclude",{"id":91,"quote_text":92,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":93,"source":94,"quote_tag":95,"commentary":9},2002503,"If you tinker with it you so do, as I've indicated a long time ago, at your peril.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[96],{"id":97,"tag":98},4989920,{"id":99,"tag_name":100},224,"time",{"id":102,"quote_text":103,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":104,"source":105,"quote_tag":106,"commentary":9},2002501,"In the event California cannot repay generators for this power, the federal government is going to have to meet that obligation, because this was an order of the federal government,",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[107],{"id":108,"tag":109},4989918,{"id":110,"tag_name":111},13351,"california",{"id":113,"quote_text":114,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":115,"source":116,"quote_tag":117,"commentary":9},2002498,"If you believe this, you believe the world is flat, ... 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