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Joe Lieberman: “We were using a standard that was, as you said, legalistic.”

On the recordJanuary 19, 2010
We were using a standard that was, as you said, legalistic.
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Lieberman critiques the legalistic approach to watchlist criteria during wartime.

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