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On the recordJanuary 9, 2017
these are Americans that we are talking about that can be picked up and detained and held without benefit of trial, indefinitely, and that should not be the case.
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Dianne Feinstein
Democratic · California

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Feinstein argues against the indefinite detention of Americans without trial.

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