A Quote by Michael Hayden
My life experience confirms that the U.S. government frequently overclassifies data. But that's a stronger argument for not dumping large volumes of government traffic on an unclassified personal server than it is a justification for retroactively challenging classification decisions.
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Our personal data belongs to us. Government holds it on trust.
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