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Adam Schiff: “What they chose to do with that choice is largely bring people before military commissions that were so flawed that none…”

On the recordJuly 7, 2009
What they chose to do with that choice is largely bring people before military commissions that were so flawed that none of the convictions were upheld.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California

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Schiff criticizes the Bush administration's handling of military commissions.

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