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Patrick Leahy: “Changing our interrogation policies to ban torture was an essential first step.”

On the recordJune 16, 2009
Changing our interrogation policies to ban torture was an essential first step.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy highlights the importance of banning torture in interrogation policies.

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