Jeff Sessions actually said...

I was able to work on legislation and get language in that said anyone 'a part of al Qaeda at the time of the alleged offense was per se an unprivileged criminal combatant, enemy combatants, subject to military commissions and indefinite detention' as long as we have a conflict with al Qaeda.

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Sessions discusses legislation regarding the treatment of al Qaeda members in military commissions.

01/19/2010

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