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Eric Holder: “We're talking about a hypothetical that will never occur. The reality is that we will be reading Miranda rights to the…”

On the recordMarch 15, 2010
We're talking about a hypothetical that will never occur. The reality is that we will be reading Miranda rights to the corpse of Osama bin Laden. He will never appear in an American courtroom.
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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Attorney General Holder's statement regarding the hypothetical trial of Osama bin Laden.

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