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On the recordNovember 17, 2009
With all due respect, every military lawyer that I have talked to is deeply concerned about the fact that if we go down this road, we are criminalizing the war, and we are putting our intelligence gathering at risk.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Concerns about criminalizing military operations affecting intelligence.

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