Day Two, Panel One: James Burger
Why Does the U.S. Avoid Some Key Documents and Institutions?

"But we do not think that a court should be looking into the types of things, decisions, that a commander in accomplishing a legitimate mission can do and that a court should be able to second-guess a commander and say, 'Well, we disagree with what you did in making this military decision. And we're going to prosecute you. We're going to prosecute a pilot who was carrying out this mission.'"

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