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And in my optimism,
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I neglected to tell you
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that Bauer made contact with a journalist.
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Meredith Reed.
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My God...
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You need to call her publisher right away.
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Deny any foreknowledge of whatever evidence she has,
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and demand that they do not run the story.
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You're suggesting muzzling the press?
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Have you forgotten that freedom of the press is Constitutionally protected?
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You are the president, for God's sake.
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Invoke national security.