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HARDtalk: Harold Koh - Legal Adviser, US State Department 2009-13

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Harold Koh - Legal Adviser, US State Department 2009-13

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Have America's highest ideals been betrayed in the name of national security?

Harold Koh was chief legal adviser at the US State Department during Barack Obama's first term as president. Have America's ideals been betrayed in the name of national security?

President Obama says the US needs to redefine and recalibrate its strategic response to terrorism. From drone strikes to the future of Guantanamo, the Obama administration has consistently struggled to reconcile its stated values with the realities of the so-called war on terror. Stephen Sackur speaks to Harold Koh who was chief legal adviser at the US State Department throughout Obama's first term. Did President Obama betray America's highest ideals in the name of national security?

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