'Geek girl' helps keep Mozilla safe in scary times


	'Geek girl' helps keep Mozilla safe in scary times

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6-17-2008 11:39 PM

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6-18-2008 2:01 AM

AcesLucky

How come it's so hard to find intelligent people like this to go into politics?

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