Shareholders' interests, they complain, have taken precedence over levels of investment, noting that the company's share price has quadrupled since privatisation.

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This could happen if, for example, the rights of large multinationals and foreign governments were allowed to take precedence over the sorts of protections and rewards that have traditionally inspired American inventors.

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Senator John McCain of Arizona agrees, saying it's important that, in his words, we stand by 200 years of legal precedence concerning classified information, because the defendant should have the right to know what evidence is being used.

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