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Person of Interest · Season 1, Episode 15

Special Counsel and Sameen Shaw in “Unfinished Business”

SCSpecial Counsel

You probably think I made a devil's bargain. And maybe I have. But the program is the reason we haven't had another major attack. If the public knew about what we do, we'd lose that ability.

And Aquino?

SCSpecial Counsel

Again, a regrettable decision, but a necessary one. No one life is above the safety of millions of Americans. That's the ugly math that I have to deal with every day. You of all people should understand that.

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