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Senate Committee Holds Hearing on Prosecuting Human Rights Violations — But Only by Foreigners

By | 10.06.09 | 11:28 am

The Senate Judiciary Committee’s subpanel on human rights and the law is holding a hearing today in which the Justice Department, State Department and FBI have sent officials to boast of their impressive record of prosecuting human rights violators. Really. The subcommittee isn’t addressing the U.S.’ record of More…