Lindsey Graham: “we need to standardize our interrogation techniques because we have lost our way. We need to make a statement we are not…”

“we need to standardize our interrogation techniques because we have lost our way. We need to make a statement we are not going to treat people poorly during our charge. For 200 years in the law of armed conflict, no nation has given an enemy combatant, a terrorist, al-Qaida member the ability to go into every Federal court in the United States and sue the people who are fighting the war for us. There are 160 habeas corpus petitions being filed against Guantanamo Bay detention. Let me read what one of them is saying, a motion by a high-level al- Qaida detainee complaining about basic security procedures: Speed of mail delivery, medical treatment, seek an order to be transferred to the least onerous condition at Gitmo, and asking the court to order Gitmo to allow him to keep any books and reading material sent to him, and report to the court on his opportunities for exercise, communication, recreation, and worship. The Nazis couldn't go to a Federal court when we had them in our charge as prisoners of war. Never in the history of armed conflict has this been allowed. Let us stand up for our troops in a reasonable way, protect them from abuses, and protect them from the court suits filed by the people they are fighting. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment. The yeas and nays have been ordered. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll. Mr. McCONNELL.…”