“As far as the allegations of the CIA hacking into Senate computers, nothing could be further from the truth, … We wouldn’t do that. I mean, that’s just beyond the, you know, the scope of reason in terms of what we do.”

—  John O. Brennan

Conversation with Andrea Mitchell of NBC News, March 11, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6apC6jN0TZo&feature=youtu.be&t=18m36s,

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