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Jeff Sessions: “I believe that an individual arrested carrying a bomb, about to board an airplane in the United States directly…”

On the recordMarch 29, 2011
I believe that an individual arrested carrying a bomb, about to board an airplane in the United States directly connected to al Qaeda should be treated as an enemy combatant, does not need to be taken to court in 24 or 48 hours and given a lawyer, does not need to be given Miranda rights, may need to be subjected to weeks of interrogation utilizing the best information and techniques we have to find out who else in this country may be prepared to kill thousands of American citizens.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama
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Editor's note · Context

Sessions argues for treating certain terrorists as enemy combatants without immediate legal rights.

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