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Susan Collins: “The administration believes that current law does not authorize Guantanamo detainees to challenge the conditions of…”

On the recordJuly 6, 2009
The administration believes that current law does not authorize Guantanamo detainees to challenge the conditions of their detention before an Article III court.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Collins questions the administration's stance on detainee rights under current law.

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