“Media manipulation is commonplace. For people who do not look outside their comfort zone, they will never learn the whole truth. If scientists had not challenged the status quo, we would not have enjoyed modern medicine and technological innovations today.”

—  Newton Lee

Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2015

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