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AG Mukasey Testimony

You can watch it live online here: http://www.cspan.org/watch/cs_cspan3_rm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS3

Senator Whitehouse is questioning him now about torture and the politicization of the DoJ.

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Published on July 9, 2008

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