Deep Vision Isn't Yet Launched, Keven

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The fact that nobody, not just inside or predict, but in society, pointed to this danger over the 11 year history i think ould predict makes it pretty clear. Bottom line is self evident. S these arguments certainly seem to me, having heard them. They just were not self evident until people like you started raising them. That happened very recently. You can't expect folks who have devoted their lives to serving the poor to recognize security risks that their work might be creating when folks who do have that kind of security background also failed to recognize them.

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