Is Deep Vision Really a Pandemic?

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i wouldn't have interviewed him for this if i thought he had even the faintest partisan agenda. Every point i've heard him make on the subject has been rooted in science, not politics. There are two sides of this story, each of them held by very smart, ethical people. The program is called deep visien, which i believe is pronounced deep vision. And its part of usa. I d, the agency which distributes most american foreign aid. Kevin believes deep vision is on a path to posting assembly instructions for what we can only call weapons of mass destruction to the open internetfor any one to down load. He says there's no chance samantha would deliberately imper

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