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“If you are told, ‘You cannot tell,’ you pledge it. And you keep your goddamn word!”

—  Former Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.) firing back at a National Press Club “heckler” who tried to call lawmakers on the carpet for not sharing info gleaned from classified briefings

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