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By Bradley Saacks
University Editor
Since 2008, UNC’s donation arm has enjoyed the best of both worlds. While taking advantage of the priva-cy from public record requests granted  by its status as a nonprofit, the Chapel Hill Foundation has used its connection to the University to exempt itself from filing tax forms required of nonprofits.The Chapel Hill Foundation — which paid for the $3.1 million  Wainstein report — classifies itself as a nonprofit under the IRS’s definition of a 501(c)3 nonprofit entity, according to the University’s public records office. In a response to a public records request for the foundation’s working  budget, the public records office said the group’s budget was not a public document because of its tax status.“That foundation is a North Carolina nonprofit corporation and is exempt from tax under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)3,” the public records office said in its response.But the foundation has also not filed a Form 990 since fiscal year 2007-08 — a document the IRS requires 501(c)3 non-profits to file to maintain their status. Mike McFarland, a spokesman for the University, said the foundation has not had to file the form because of an exemp-tion — IRS Revenue Procedure 95-48 — which allows the foundation to request that the IRS rule that the entity is an affil-iate of a governmental unit like UNC.“Because the IRS has deemed the foundation to be an affiliate of a gov -ernmental entity, Procedure 95-48 excepted the foundation from the requirement to file an IRS Form 990,” McFarland said in an email. Yet, under North Carolina’s public records law, the foundation’s working  budget, like almost every University record, should be accessible to the public — especially if the foundation is exempt from filing a Form 990 because of its affiliation with the University.McFarland said audited financial statements submitted to the University are available upon request, but the bud-get is not. “Because the foundation is a private, nonprofit corporation, other internal documents of the foundation that are not submitted to the University, such as a budget, are not a public record,” McFarland said in an email.He also said Chancellor Carol Folt pushed the foundation to publish a Form 990 this year — which will be published  by May 15. Folt is an ex-oficio member of the foundation’s board of directors. The foundation has been in this limbo state since before former Chancellor Holden Thorp rose to the position.Former Chancellor James Moeser,  who was an ex-officio member of the  board of directors for the Chapel Hill Foundation until he stepped down from the chancellor position in 2008, said he did not recall discussing the founda-tion’s Form 990 or a decision to stop publishing them.“I have no idea what a Form 990 is,” he said in an email.McFarland said the foundation’s audi-tors were the ones to decide to stop filing the Form 990 to save time and money.“Foundation auditors pointed out that this exemption from filing was available, and the foundation leader-ship at that time concluded that not filing under the exemption would save time and money,” he said.McFarland said he doesn’t know how much it will cost the foundation to file a Form 990 for this fiscal year.He said donors were not notified of the decision to stop filing.“Throughout this period, the
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INSTITUTIONAL RACISM AT UNC
The Real Silent Sam Coalition called for the University to contextualize the history of its buildings. The Daily Tar Heel’s Projects and Investigations Team has provided more information about the namesakes of some buildings that the University identified as having a history related to racism or slavery. In some cases, The Daily Tar Heel also included buildings that celebrate the black men and women who helped build campus.
 Murray Hall was named after Pauli Murray, an attorney and civil rights activist. Murray applied to the University’s graduate sociology program, but she was denied because of her race. Horton Residence Hall was named after George Moses Horton, a Chatham County slave who taught himself to read and write. He authored the first book ever published by a southern black person — “The Hope of Liberty.The Unsung Founders Memorial was created by artist Do-Ho Suh to commemorate the people of color who helped build the University. It features bronze figures that hold up a stone tablet with seats around it, suggesting that the memorial could be used as a table. Originally, this his grave marker commemorated Joseph Caldwell, the University’s president from 1804 to 1812 and from 1816 to 1835. Now the marker honors three slaves, including November Caldwell, after the University created a new monument to honor Joseph Caldwell. At one point, Joseph Caldwell owned November Caldwell. Cameron Avenue, which runs through UNC’s campus is named after Paul Cameron, who was a University trustee and the state’s largest slaveholder at one time. He owned 470 slaves.The monument was erected by UNC to honor the students and alumni who died during the Civil War. Julian Carr, a North Carolina businessman, spoke at the inauguration for the statue and recalled that he “horse-whipped a Negro wench”by the monument. Named in honor of Sonja Haynes Stone, the first black female professor at UNC, the building was the subject of years of controversy and protests before it was built.Joseph Caldwell, UNC’s president from 1804 to 1812 and from 1816 to 1835, is the namesake of the building that houses the philosophy department. Caldwell owned slave November Caldwell. The Ku Klux Klan stoned November’s house in 1869.The dorm was named after Charles Aycock, a former governor. Aycock supported segregated schools and the disenfranchisement of black people.One of President Caldwell’s slaves, Wilson Caldwell, worked several  jobs at UNC. He eventually would open a school for black people in the area.Spencer Residence Hall was named for Cornelia Phillips Spencer, who worked with William Saunders and former slaveholders to reopen the University during the Reconstruction period. The North Carolina General Assembly proposed closing the University during this time, and it was Spencer’s tireless work that ultimately kept it open — under the control of Saunders and other white supremacists.Known by most students as Student Stores, the Daniels Building is named after Josephus Daniels, the editor of The (Raleigh) News & Observer in the early 20th century and a longtime member of the University’s Board of Trustees. Daniels used his position at The News & Observer to campaign for white supremacy and the disfranchisement of blacks.
GRAVE MARKER IN OLD CHAPEL HILL CEMETARYHORTON RESIDENCE HALLMURRAY HALLWILSON CALDWELL MEMORIAL
Saunders Hall is named for William L. Saunders, a colonel in the Civil War and a chief organizer of the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina. Saunders was also secretary of state in North Carolina for a period of time and served on the University’s Board of Trustees from 1874 until 1891.
SAUNDERS HALLAYCOCK RESIDENCE HALLSILENT SAMCAMERON AVENUECALDWELL HALLDANIELS STUDENT STORESSPENCER RESIDENCE HALLUNSUNG FOUNDERS MEMORIALSONJA HAYNES STONE CENTER FOR BLACK CULTURE AND HISTORYSOUTH CAMPUS
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL BEATS WAKE FOREST
In pink uniforms, the North Carolina women’s basketball team scorched Wake Forest, 83-45.
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LOTS OF MOLD FOUND IN MORRISON HALL
 The University will spend $90,000 cleaning up the widespread mold found in Morrison Residence Hall this semester. The mold sent one resident to Campus Health this semester.
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MASSIVE ONLINE COURSE DRAWS 50K
An online psychology course offered by a UNC professor drew 50,000 students this semester. The course was created with a private company, and the professor won’t be compensated for it yet.
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This day in history
FEBRUARY 20, 1792
In 1792, the U.S. Post Office was created when President George Washington signed the Postal Service Act. Prior to this act, correspondence largely relied on private letter carriers.
Foundation stonewalls public
ECU’s medical school battles budget cuts
By Hallie Dean
Staff Writer
East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine isn’t likely to close in the next five years as ECU’s chancellor remarked in early February — but financial hardships remain a problem for the school as budget cuts pile up.The school is one of two public medical schools in North Carolina, along with UNC School of Medicine. Like public universities, a signifi-cant portion of both schools’ funding comes from the state, and state support has continu-ously dropped since the reces-sion — impacting ECU’s school more due to its smaller size.Brody School of Medicine’s revenues were $267 million in 2014, compared to UNC School of Medicine’s $1.1 billion.But ECU Chancellor Steve Ballard clarified in a Feb. 10 statement that the medical school wouldn’t be closing.Ballard said the state paid for 53 percent of the school’s  budget in 1990 compared to  just 21 percent today. Last year, the school saw $14 million in cuts to its state support.Chapel Hill hasn’t escaped cutbacks either.“When we move state sup-port, we either have to cut programs or find new sources of support,” said Karen McCall, spokeswoman for UNC School of Medicine. “During the years  when the cuts are made those transitions are very difficult.”Despite the cuts, Paul Cunningham, dean of the Brody School of Medicine, said ECU has not allowed them to become a setback.“We have not had to reduce admissions, and we have  been very careful to shelter the Brody School academic experience for our students,”
ECU’s chancellor once said it could close, but clarified his remarks.The fund that paid for the Wainstein report refused to release budget information.
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Students protest outside Saunders Hall, which is named after a chief organizer of the KKK in North Carolina — Col. William Saunders.
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TODAY
Black and Blue/Priceless Gem Tour:
 UNC historian Cecelia Moore will be leading a tour of historical landmarks and the ra-cial history of UNC. The tour will begin at the UNC Visitors’ Center on East Franklin Street. The event is free and open to the public.
Time:
 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location:
 UNC Visitors’ Center
Carolina Jazz Festival:
 The UNC Jazz Combos, directed by Stephen Anderson, Dan Davis, Jason Foureman and Ed Paolantonio, will be performing along with artists-in-residence Etienne Charles and Rodney Whitaker.
Time:
 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Location:
 Kenan Music Building, Rehearsal Hall
La Pocha Nostra:
 A perfor-mance will be held as a culmina-tion of the work done by core members of La Pocha Nostra on UNC’s campus.
Time:
 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Location:
 Swain Hall, Studio 6
SATURDAY
UNC men’s lacrosse game:
 The North Carolina men’s lacrosse game will take on Johns Hopkins University’s Blue Jays in regular season play.
Time:
 2 p.m.
Location:
 Navy Field
NOTED.
Usually people light candles to get rid of bad smells, but one candle company has taken a different approach. Stinky Candle company sells candles in scents, such as potting soil, No. 2 pencils, urine and gasoline. Good to know that if a normal candle doesn’t work, you can just mask the bad smell with a worse smell.
QUOTED.
“I bought a bunch that was clearly too small for me, and I find it dif-ficult to sit for any length of time.”— A Canadian politician explaining that he had to leave during a House of Commons vote because he stocked up on discounted underwear that were too small for him. That’s a pretty solid excuse.
 A 
pparently the cold is really bothering people in Kentucky. Police in the small town of Harlan put out a warrant for the arrest of Queen Elsa of Arendelle. The warrant even listed a description for those who aren’t as familiar with the “Frozencharacter. “As you can see by the weather, she is very dangerous,” the war-rant stated. “Do not attempt to apprehend her alone.” Police then posted another message saying the cold was actually something to not joke about and to please stay safe and warm. The cold has been rather brutal to Kentucky, dumping snow and causing temperatures to plummet dur-ing the past few days. It’s safe to say some in the town really don’t want to  build a snowman and would be happier telling the snow to “Let It Go.
Wanted: Queen Elsa
From staff and wire reports
DAILY DOSE
• Someone reported loud music on the 700 block of Trinity Court at 12:25 a.m. Tuesday, according to Chapel Hill police reports.• Someone reported a dispute at the Spotted Dog restaurant at 11:54 a.m.  Wednesday, according to Carrboro police reports.The person was a non-paying customer who used the restroom facilities at the restaurant, reports state.• Someone reported a suspicious person on the 100  block of Culbreth Road at 12:14 a.m. Thursday, accord-ing to Carrboro police reports.• Someone reported a missing person at Rams Head Dining Hall at 5:51 p.m. Wednesday, according to reports from the UNC Department of Public Safety.• Someone reported a person possessing and con-cealing drug paraphernalia at Cobb Residence Hall at 1:09 a.m. Thursday, accord-ing to reports from the UNC Department of Public Safety.• Someone reported dam-age to property on the 1000  block of Weaver Dairy Road at 11:33 p.m. Monday, accord-ing to Chapel Hill police reports. The person burned a play-ground structure, valued at $1,000, reports state.• Someone reported property damage in Coker Hall and Genome Sciences Building at 5:34 p.m. Saturday, according to reports from the UNC Department of Public Safety.• Someone was trespassing in Ehringhaus Residence Hall at 12:35 a.m. Sunday, accord-ing to reports from the UNC Department of Public Safety.
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SUNDAY
Celebration of Coach Dean Smith:
 There will be a public memorial service to honor Dean Smith, including remarks from Chancellor Carol Folt and others who knew Smith. Seating will open at 1 p.m. and is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Time:
 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location:
 Dean E. Smith Center
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uan Alamo (left), an associate professor in the UNC Department of Music, plays vibes with freshman Kenan Music Scholar Chase Carroll on Latin Jazz Night: A Tribute to Cal Tjader, as part of the 2015 Carolina Jazz Festival on Thursday night.
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Due to a reporting error, Thursday’s page 3 story “Report: Duke Energy pays for sway” incorrectly stated Alex Kotch’s title. He is a research associate for the Institute for Southern Studies. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the error.
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 A retired army general and former presi-dential candidate presented his national secu-rity strategy, including his recommendations for defeating the Islamic State, in a speech at a clean energy conference Thursday night. The N.C. Clean Tech Summit’s keynote speaker, retired Gen. Wesley Clark, con-nected the country’s energy plan with its national security plan.Clark said the top five long-term chal-lenges for the U.S. are terrorism, financial stability, climate change, the rise of China and cybersecurity.“What’s common in all of these problems is they take money, and we’re short on money,” he said. “Those of you entrepreneurs and those in the military understand this very well.”Clark spoke about the threat of ISIS, and the need to attack its recruiting rhetoric rather than put troops on the ground.“There’s no technology fix for this — it’s not going to be solved with a better bomb,” he said.Clark said America’s greatest concern was the lack of a national security strategy. He said in the Cold War period, there was a clear enemy and a clear response. After 9/11, Clark said Americans gained a greater understand-ing of external threats to their security.“What I learned when I taught economics at West Point was you can’t have guns and but-ter,” Clark said. “But in the first decade of this century, we believed we could have guns and  butter and sugar. We got ourselves into a mess, and the question is: What is the strategy?”Clark eventually tied things back to clean energy, saying he wants to see the national government create a clean energy infra-structure in the same way the country cre-ated the military industrial complex.He wants the U.S. to take over the global energy market, displacing OPEC. To do this, Clark said they must incentivize energy production in the U.S., especially renewable energy sources. Daniel Darovsky, an alumnus of Duke University, said innovation has increasingly come from the private sector to the military, rather than vice versa as it had been recently. “I’m sure there’s nothing out there the military isn’t aware of, but these days it’s not  just coming out from the military,” he said.Clark spoke about his experience working  with innovative energy start-ups, like one company that created separate solar panels to efficiently capture each wavelength of sun-light. Many start-ups at the conference were eager to show their innovations to Clark.“Five years ago, the issue was trying to get people to buy into it and excited about it and we made the argument that it’s not just tree-huggers, that there is a military, nation-al security aspect to it,” Darvosky said. “It  becomes a broad enough thing that we get people to buy into it, but through their ver-sion that appeals to them.Harmony Bouley, a junior environmental science major, said climate change is a threat multiplier in the area of national security. “Energy is really crucial to America’s secu-rity whether it’s financial security or national security in terms of where we send our troops and who we are threatened by,” she said.
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By Colleen Moir
Senior Writer
Two student reports that caused an investigation into the Morrison Residence Hall heating,  ventilation and air conditioning system have led to the discovery of widespread mold that will cost $90,000 to repair. Rick Bradley, associate direc-tor of the Department of Housing and Residential Education, said the mold was unexpected  because the current HVAC system was installed as part of Morrison’s renovation in 2006. “It isn’t a dated system where one would expect that,” he said.Morrison resident Matt Wotus  was one of the students who sub-mitted a maintenance request. He said beginning in the fall semester, he noticed a dusty sub-stance coming out of the air vent in his room. “When I came back from  winter break, my bed was cov-ered in whatever was spewing out,” Wotus said. “It was just an annoyance.” Wotus said several people came to investigate his request, and one of them expressed concern.On Thursday, an email was sent to all Morrison residents in anticipation of this process. The email emphasized that all cleaning  would take place during the day.“He never got back to me. I guess that email this morning  was getting back to me,” Wotus said. “I found out this morning that it was mold.”Beginning Tuesday, all vents  will be cleaned and new filters  will be installed. This will require Facilities Services to spend 15 min-utes in all rooms in the building. Bradley said this step of the pro-cess is expected to take four days. “Students will be minimally inconvenienced,” Bradley said. “It’ll have very little impact on students that are here currently.”Bradley said the ductwork will  be cleaned more thoroughly this summer and is expected to take up to two months.“You really need to have an empty building (to do that clean-ing),” Bradley said. “There won’t  be air conditioning in the build-ing at that time.”Resident Emal Wafajow said he appreciated the planned tim-ing of the cleaning. “It’ll be during the day, so it shouldn’t be a problem,” he said.Bradley said in total, the work to clean the HVAC system will cost about $90,000. Housing will fund the process.“It’s student rent dollars that pay for system repairs,” he said.Bradley said the main source of the mold was built-up mois-ture in the HVAC system.“Because the moisture wasn’t escaping the system, that caused the mold to attach to dust par-ticles in that ductwork naturally,” Bradley said.He said other dorms on cam-pus have routine maintenance checks that normally discover issues like this. Morrison’s HVAC system is unlike any other on campus, which allowed the mold to grow unchecked.“The preventative mainte-nance would not have discovered this until the students reported  what they saw,” Bradley said. Wotus said the mold hadn’t made him sick, but that it’s still concerning.“It’s just kind of freaky to think about it,” Wotus said. “Mold is not a good thing to have in dorms. Sickness can spread very easily on college campuses.”Bradley said one resident had visited Campus Health for  worsening allergy symptoms this semester. Other than that, no residents have visited Campus Health for respiratory conditions.“We haven’t heard from RA staff or other staff in the com-munity of issues of people having illness,” Bradley said.
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By Michael Liguori
Staff Writer
The Federal Aviation  Administration released new rules regulating how drones are allowed to operate in the United States.The FAA will open the rules on a temporary basis for a 60-day public comment period, said Liz Woolery, analyst at Washington, D.C.-based think tank New America and a UNC Ph.D. student in media law.Next there will be a longer approval period that could be up to two years, and after that the laws will  become finalized.“It’s difficult to regulate something  when there are so many unknowns about it,” Woolery said. “To use a cliche, they’re dipping a toe into the water, but not making any big splashes.”The proposed rules include restrict-ing drone use to daytime hours only as  well as requiring drone operators to be at least 17 and to pass a federally spon-sored aeronautical knowledge test.Drones also must be within the line of sight of the operator while they are airborne — likely putting commer-cial use of drones by companies like  Amazon on hold for now.Mike Meno, spokesman for the N.C. American Civil Liberties Union, said while drones are useful tools, they present privacy problems that need to be addressed. “We are concerned about the spread of drone technology, along with other types of surveillance tools, without proper safeguards to protect the pri- vacy rights of individuals,” he said.The N.C. General Assembly consid-ered a bill regarding drone regulations in 2013, but it failed to pass the Senate.The current regulations in North Carolina were added as a rider to the 2014-15 state budget — meaning it  was an amendment that had little to do with the original bill. Meno said getting the rules passed as a rider meant the rules lacked a level of vet-ting that most legislation sees.Police using a drone wouldn’t need a  warrant to use that drone on an event “open to the public,” a term that is not defined further, he said. And there are
Retired army general and former presidential candidate Gen. Wesley Clark was the keynote speaker at the N.C. Clean Tech Summit on Thursday.
By Maggie Monsrud
Staff Writer
The Carrboro Board of Alderman decided Thursday not to move forward with the original proposal for the Carrboro Arts and Innovation Center. Instead, the board proposed modifications to the original proposal, wanting to take everything off the table and start fresh. The original proposal included the construc-tion of a new ArtsCenter in downtown Carrboro,  which would house the two non-profits, Kidzu Children’s Museum and the Carrboro ArtsCenter. The ArtsCenter currently resides in the same strip mall as Cat’s Cradle. If the ArtsCenter  vacated its current location at 300 E. Main St., a new hotel beside the Hampton Inn and Suites could be built in its place.  Aldermen said they didn’t agree with how the proposal was given to them as a package deal that included both the ArtsCenter and the new hotel.“It’s limiting to each of these projects to con-sider them together, and it does neither of them  justice,” said Alderman Damon Seils.Seils said the proposal was presented to the  board in a backwards manner.“What we’re seeing here is a process we should have seen before,” he said. “We should have seen the goals of the  ArtsCenter before hand, but the ArtsCenter doesn’t have a strategic plan.” Alderwoman Michelle Johnson said the town  was asked to contribute $4.5 million to the proj-ect and the county might contribute $3 million,  but there hasn’t been any commitment by the two participating non-profits to raise the remain-ing $7.5 million.  Aldermen also complained they were not given an active roll in planning the ArtsCenter.“If we’re going to give $4.5 million to the project, we need to be part of the planning,” Johnson said. Alderwoman Bethany Chaney proposed a list of modifications to the original proposal, which included separating the ArtsCenter and the hotel, establishing a more generous guideline and creating time-bound benchmarks. Alderman Sammy Slade said he would like the Cat’s Cradle separated from the proposal, but given equal attention.“Carrboro is all about supporting locally owned businesses,” he said. “I feel like the Cat’s Cradle is like the poster child of what we’re talk -ing about.”
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BOA halts plans for arts center
Mold uncovered in Morrison dormitory 
Rules for domestic drones
unveiled
With proposed Arts and Innovation Center, Aldermen want more say.
Clean energy tech conference talks national security 
It will cost $90K to remove the mold from the residence hall.
By the numbers: proposed rules for unmanned drones
The Federal Aviation Administration’s proposed rules — which will now enter a 60-day public comment period — would limit drone speeds, times when drones can travel and the conditions under which they can fly.
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minimum weather visibility from control station
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minimum age to operate a drone
NC experts say many questions remain about the unmanned aircraft.
far too many opportunities to perform surveillance without a warrant, he said.“Does an event ‘open to the pub-lic’ mean if I have a neighborhood  block party and I invite everyone in my neighborhood over, that now law enforcement can fly a drone over?” he said. A second concern with the N.C. rules, Meno said, is that private citi-zens like artists or journalists would  be unable to use drones in their work.“We want a balancing law that not only protects people’s privacy, but also protects their First Amendment rights to use drones for certain pur-poses,” he said.Gary Roberson, a biological engineering professor at N.C. State University, said drones would be use-ful for monitoring crops on North Carolina farms. The average farm size in the state is around 150 acres, and Roberson said that conventional means of collecting information on crops can  be difficult and time consuming.“Satellite images can take two to three weeks, but a lot of the time a farmer needs to make a management decision in days,” he said.Crops such as cotton, peanuts and  vegetables, as well as livestock herds,  would benefit greatly from drone surveillance, Roberson said. Drones could be used to control the spread of diseases and apply water. Although drone regulation is fairly new within U.S. borders, they have  been causing controversy for several  years for overseas military operations in countries like Yemen and Pakistan. Major Gen. Charles Dunlap Jr., a law professor at Duke University, said a frequent point of concern is where drones are used outside of areas of active hostility.The U.S. has used drones for sur- veillance and targeted military strikes against enemy combatants. Dunlap said while he supports using drones abroad, he is against military resources crossing into the domestic sphere, except under necessary circumstances.“For example, the Coast Guard looking for a lost child,” he said. “But for other sorts of uses such as border enforcement, controlling the roads or surveying a drug deal, I don’t think the military should be used for that purpose.”
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