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Eric Holder: That is not clear at this point that the United States has the ability to, as the President tried to do in that case…

On the recordFebruary 23, 2010
That is not clear at this point that the United States has the ability to, as the President tried to do in that case, hold incommunicado and without a lawyer an American citizen on American soil.
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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Holder addresses legal concerns about detaining U.S. citizens without legal representation.

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