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| US Democratic debate: Sanders apologises to Clinton over data breach | US Democratic debate: Sanders apologises to Clinton over data breach |
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| Candidates seeking the Democratic Party's nomination for the US presidency have begun their last debate of the year in New Hampshire. | Candidates seeking the Democratic Party's nomination for the US presidency have begun their last debate of the year in New Hampshire. |
| Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton remains a frontrunner. | Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton remains a frontrunner. |
| Her main rival, Senator Bernie Sanders, apologised for his campaign's accessing of voter information compiled by Ms Clinton's team. | Her main rival, Senator Bernie Sanders, apologised for his campaign's accessing of voter information compiled by Ms Clinton's team. |
| "Not only do I apologise to Secretary Clinton, I want to apologise to our supporters," he said. | "Not only do I apologise to Secretary Clinton, I want to apologise to our supporters," he said. |
| Former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley is also taking part in the debate in Manchester, New Hampshire. | Former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley is also taking part in the debate in Manchester, New Hampshire. |
| Gun control and the fear of terror attacks in the United States were tackled early in the debate. | |
| "Guns in and of themselves will not make America safer," said Hillary Clinton. | |
| "Arming more people… is not the appropriate response to terrorism." | |
| Ms Clinton said that Republican rhetoric - especially from Donald Trump - was "fanning the flames of radicalisation". | |
| But Mr O'Malley accused of two rivals of "flip-flopping" in Washington over gun ownership restrictions. | |
| For his part, Mr Sanders said US foreign policy needed to focus on destroying the so-called Islamic State (IS or Isis) group, not removing Bashar al-Assad from power in Syria. | |
| "It is not Assad that is attacking the United States," he said. | |
| "First priority: destroy Isis," he said. | |
| Mr Sanders also criticised Qatar, saying that "instead of spending $200bn on the World Cup, maybe they should pay attention to Isis on their doorstep". | |
| Data access | |
| Bernie Sanders said that on two occasions there were computer breaches - which he said were the fault of the software vendor - in which his campaign could see proprietary data from Hillary Clinton's campaign and that they alerted party officials "quietly". | |
| He said his campaign "didn't run to the media and make a big deal about it". | He said his campaign "didn't run to the media and make a big deal about it". |
| He said that the most recent breech involved inappropriate behaviour by one of his staff members, adding that person had now been dismissed. | He said that the most recent breech involved inappropriate behaviour by one of his staff members, adding that person had now been dismissed. |
| He said that the Democratic Party's decision to temporarily suspend his campaign's access to the strategically crucial database was "an egregious act". | He said that the Democratic Party's decision to temporarily suspend his campaign's access to the strategically crucial database was "an egregious act". |
| The Sanders campaign on Friday filed a lawsuit against the Democratic National Committee in a federal court to restore its access to the voter data. | The Sanders campaign on Friday filed a lawsuit against the Democratic National Committee in a federal court to restore its access to the voter data. |
| Strategically important information on voters is contained in the database, which campaigns use to decide strategy. | Strategically important information on voters is contained in the database, which campaigns use to decide strategy. |
| That data takes on a crucial role as campaigns prepare for early primary voting in just over a month's time. | That data takes on a crucial role as campaigns prepare for early primary voting in just over a month's time. |
| Forbidding the Sanders campaign from accessing the database will significantly hamper its ability to reach out to new Democratic voters, says the BBC's Anthony Zurcher in Washington. | Forbidding the Sanders campaign from accessing the database will significantly hamper its ability to reach out to new Democratic voters, says the BBC's Anthony Zurcher in Washington. |
| The DNC maintains the database and charges campaigns for access. | The DNC maintains the database and charges campaigns for access. |
| Primary voting begins in early February. | Primary voting begins in early February. |