On the recordFebruary 17, 2010
Who the hell made this rule up? Why did you pick 96 hours versus 80 hours or 100 hours? I can't get anyone to tell me how this thing was formed, whose idea it was, and how it became policy.
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transcripts.cnn.comLindsey Graham: “Who the hell made this rule up? Why did you pick 96 hours versus 80 hours or 100 hours? I can't get anyone to tell me…”
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Senator Graham questions the rationale behind the 96-hour detention rule.
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