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Patrick Leahy: “Do you know anything offhand in the law that would stop a subsequent President from just saying we are no longer…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2010
Do you know anything offhand in the law that would stop a subsequent President from just saying we are no longer following that Executive order?
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy questions the legal protections against future changes to interrogation policies.

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