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Hugh Gusterson is Professor of International Affairs and Anthropology at The George Washington University and the author of People of the Bomb: Portraits of America's Nuclear Complex.
What differentiates the crimes of a terrorist, hacker, or non-state actor from those of a president who launches a nuclear weapon?
Bad intelligence and the loss of public trust.
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