Apart from indictments and convictions, this office has also faced an extraordinary number of legal disputes -- on issues of privilege, on jurisdiction, substantive criminal law and the like.

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As with any substantive changes in the law, it sometimes takes years for the details to work out as to the administration of the law.

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WHITEHOUSE: Executive Order 13491 -- Ensuring Lawful Interrogations

This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

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This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

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Not just economic expediency, Congress has substantive justification for taking a closer look at the law.

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While there has been considerable discussion of the legality of such strikes in a number of U.S. law schools, there has been almost no substantive public discussion about drone attacks among policymakers at the international level.

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