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This video framgrab, taken Oct. 31, 2013, and provided by the American Bar Association (ABA) shows the CIA’s acting general counsel Robert Eatinger speaking during the 23rd Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law, hosted by the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security, in Washington. The senior CIA lawyer accused by the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee of trying to intimidate the panel over its investigation into secret prisons and brutal interrogations of terrorism suspects was himself involved in the controversial programs. (AP Photo/ABA)

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**FILE** United States Attorney General Eric Holder speaks to the American Bar Association Annual meeting on Aug. 12, 2013, in San Francisco. (Associated Press)

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Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., addressing the American Bar Association last week in San Francisco, called for major changes to the criminal justice system that would cut back the use of mandatory minimum sentences for certain drug-related crimes. (ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS)

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, center, is escorted to the podium by American Bar Association President Laurel Bellows, left, before addressing the group's annual meeting Monday, Aug. 12, 2013, in San Francisco. Clinton spoke about maintaining the Voting Rights Act and received a medal from the association. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)