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On the recordMay 24, 2011
And in making these decisions and others, is the top level, such as yourself, the Attorney General of the United States, increasingly involved in making these prosecutorial decisions because they involve such important discretion--as all prosecutorial decisions do, but especially so since the national interest and national security are involved?
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal questions the involvement of top officials in prosecutorial decisions related to national security.

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