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S.Res. 403

ResolutionFederalSenateIn Committee
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab should be tried by a military tribunal rather than by a civilian court.
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Committee
Latest Action · February 1, 2010
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S396)
Congress
111th (2009–2011)
Introduced
February 1, 2010
Cosponsors (7)
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Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) foreign terrorists should not be afforded the same rights as U.S. citizens under the Constitution; (2) foreign terrorist enemy combatants should be tried in military tribunals; (3) to the extent that foreign terrorists are prosecuted in civilian courts, they should be thoroughly interrogated for information necessary to protect the United States before they are provided with a lawyer and informed of their right to remain silent; and (4) the Attorney General should consult with specified intelligence officials, congressional leaders, or the President before unilaterally deciding to terminate the interrogation of a key intelligence source and provide a terrorist enemy with the rights of U.S. citizens under the Constitution. Expresses the sense of the Senate with respect to the interrogation and prosecution of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab.

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