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Dick Durbin: “I would say, in response to the Senator from Kentucky, in this particular incident that I read, from an FBI agent…”

On the recordJune 16, 2005
I would say, in response to the Senator from Kentucky, in this particular incident that I read, from an FBI agent describing in detail the methods that were used on prisoners, was I trying to say: Isn't this the kind of thing that we see from repressive regimes? Yes, this is the type of thing we expect from a repressive regime. We do not expect it from the United States. I hope the Senator from Kentucky would not expect that. Mr. McCONNELL. Will the Senator yield?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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