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Lindsey Graham: “Under the Posse Comitatus Act, the military cannot be used for domestic law enforcement functions. Does the Senator…”

On the recordNovember 30, 2011
Under the Posse Comitatus Act, the military cannot be used for domestic law enforcement functions. Does the Senator agree with me that tracking al-Qaida operatives--citizen or not--within the United States is not a law enforcement function; it is a military function?
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina
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Nov 30, 2011

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