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" Intelligence services exist to do things that are illegal abroad. They exist to tell lies. "

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" Europeans don't like to talk about intelligence, and they often pretend their countries don't spy. "

" What frustrates U.S. officials is that China sometimes seems more comfortable accommodating a strong United States, as it did in past decades, than partnering with an America that's less dominant. "

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