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On the recordMay 3, 2011
I have expressed my concern that the trials of him and others are going to be conducted before a military commission at Guantanamo Bay and not before a Federal jury in American courtrooms.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy expresses concern over military trials for terrorists instead of federal court trials.

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