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I was a case officer, otherwise known as an operations officer. My role was to go out and convince Al Qaeda operatives to instead work with us as well as to convince people and officials in foreign governments to work on behalf of the U.S. government secretly.

~Evan Mcmullin

Topics: Al Behalf Case Convince Foreign Go Government Governments Instead Known Officer Officials Operations Otherwise Out People Role Secretly U.s. Government Us Well Work Qaeda

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There's a reason the Chinese government is very concerned about Ai Weiwei. It's because he has all of these ingredients in his life that allow him to attract enormous attention across a very broad spectrum of the population.

~Evan Osnos

Topics: About Across Ai Allow Attention Attract Because Broad Chinese Concerned Enormous Government He Him His Ingredients Life Population Reason Spectrum Very

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On some level, there's a limit to what the government really worries about when it comes to a guy like Ai Weiwei, who's talking to a limited audience of people. He's talking to people who more or less already agree with him.

~Evan Osnos

Topics: About Agree Ai Audience Government Guy He Him Less Level Like Limit Limited More More Or Less People Really Some Talking Who Worries

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There was a docudrama that was made, called 'The Death Of A Princess,' which was about a true story in Saudi Arabia. It was about a public execution for adultery. And when the movie was aired on British television, the Saudi government threatened to cut off oil exports and to cut off diplomatic relations.

~Evan Osnos

Topics: About Adultery Arabia British Cut Death Diplomatic Execution Exports Government Made Movie Off Oil Princess Public Relations Saudi Saudi Arabia Story Television Threatened True True Story Which

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If you're going to have a book published in China, that means that you're going to be subject to in-house censorship at the publisher, and then also, of course, the government has an apparatus that is in charge of making sure that ideas that are considered disruptive or overly critical, that those don't get onto bookstore shelves.

~Evan Osnos

Topics: Also Apparatus Book Bookstore Censorship Charge China Considered Course Critical Disruptive Get Going Government Ideas Making Means Onto Overly Published Publisher Shelves Subject Sure Then Those You

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The Beijing government avidly asserts its control over matters of reincarnation as a way of securing the loyalty and political complexion of influential Tibetan figures.

~Evan Osnos

Topics: Beijing Complexion Control Figures Government Influential Loyalty Matters Over Political Reincarnation Tibetan Way

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In 2007, as a condition for hosting the Olympics in Beijing, the Chinese government removed restrictions barring Beijing-based journalists from leaving the capital without prior written permission.

~Evan Osnos

Topics: Beijing Capital Chinese Condition Government Hosting Journalists Leaving Olympics Permission Prior Restrictions Without Written

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I started working as a reporter in Washington on October 1, 2013, the day the government stopped working.

~Evan Osnos

Topics: Day Government October Reporter Started Stopped Washington Working

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Christianity is permitted under China's constitution, and the government has long supported a network of official Christian churches.

~Evan Osnos

Topics: China Christian Christianity Churches Constitution Government Long Network Official Permitted Supported

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I think Twitter will be a fundamental part of how people interact with their government.

~Evan Williams

Topics: Fundamental Government How Interact Part People Think Twitter Will I Think

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