Rep. Eric Burlison
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So a lot of times people are frustrated with the slowness of Arrow or, you know, but and that's that may be a function of that, certainly.
Before you get to that, I would say the other thing is that Arrow, they could ask to see something and then request for that to be declassified and don't have the authority because they're requesting it from another entity to declassify.
So I think that part of this needs to be that
This this broad, broader, overarching group needs to be the ones directing that based on the advice of Arrow and they need to make it happen.
I do.
Yeah, I do find him credible and honest.
And and I and I think that I think that he's he's an American patriot.
I think that he loves his country and wants to do the right thing.
I think he's morally compelled to to be involved in this topic.
And so but I also know him to be someone who protects with fervor national national secrets.
I really would, and I apologize, but I really don't want to, I'm going to decline to comment because I don't want to jeopardize any relationships that I have.
I like the new administrator at Arrow better than the previous one.
So my level of trust has improved.
And I'll leave it at that.
I'll say this.
I'll just blanketly say, Jeremy, I will stick by the original statement that I said to David Grush in the very first hearing before we had even known each other, is that I don't trust government at all.
I really just don't generally have a sense of distrust for government.
Okay.
But then again, I'm having conversations with people.
I don't...