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Joe Lieberman: “Why would anyone prefer to try people apprehended for violations of the law of war in an Article III Federal court?”

On the recordJuly 6, 2009
Why would anyone prefer to try people apprehended for violations of the law of war in an Article III Federal court?
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Lieberman questions the preference for federal courts over military commissions for war violations.

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