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TJ Cox: “That is correct; and also how to conjure, after the fact, legal justifications and pretext for sins of omission and…”

On the recordSeptember 11, 1996
That is correct; and also how to conjure, after the fact, legal justifications and pretext for sins of omission and commission already occurred.
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TJ Cox
California

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Discussing legal justifications for past actions.

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