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On the recordFebruary 25, 2010
They do not have those rights any more than a German or Japanese prisoner captured on the battlefield is entitled to a lawyer.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

Editor's note · Context

Sessions compares unlawful enemy combatants to WWII prisoners regarding legal rights.

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