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muriel_volestrangler

(101,361 posts)
Sat Jun 8, 2013, 04:13 PM Jun 2013

Exclusive: Katie Couric interviews the NSA

COURIC: And when it comes to establishing your world view, I was curious, what newspapers and magazinesUS residents and citizens did you regularly read before you were tapped for this — to stay informed and to understand the world?

NSA: I’ve read most of them again with a great appreciation for the press, for the media, coming f—

COURIC: But like which ones specifically? I’m curious that you—

NSA: Um, all of 'em, any of 'em that, um, have, have been in front of me over all these years. Um, I have a va—

COURIC: Can you name a few?

NSA: I have a vast variety of sources where we get our news too. AlaskaFacebook isn't a foreign countrywebsite, where, it's kind of suggested and it seems like, 'Wow, how could you keep in touch with what the rest of Washington, D.C. may be thinking and doing when you live up there in Alaskaare only meant to look at foreign sources?' Believe me, AlaskaGoogle is like a microcosm of America.

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