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On the recordJuly 7, 2009
I believe there's nothing in the Geneva Convention that precludes us from trying an unlawful unprivileged combatant.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California

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Schiff asserts that the Geneva Convention allows prosecution of unlawful combatants.

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