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Jeh Johnson: No. No, and I am happy to submit a letter for the record that I wrote to the Chairman of the House Armed Services…

On the recordJuly 29, 2009
No. No, and I am happy to submit a letter for the record that I wrote to the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee last week where, in response to inquiries from that Committee, I stated pretty unequivocally that it is not the mission of the military to read people they capture Miranda rights.
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Jeh Johnson
Democratic · New York

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Johnson asserts that the military is not required to read Miranda rights to captured individuals.

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