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On the recordMay 8, 2018
Do you believe, acting under the legal approval of the Attorney General, that you or any other CIA officer should have gone to jail?
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Cotton challenges the notion of needing a legal 'Get Out of Jail Free' card.

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