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On the recordMay 3, 2011
I just think it is a mistake to deny the CIA the ability to use classified techniques in the Detainee Treatment Act that I helped write because the enemy needs to be kept off balance.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina
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Graham argues against limiting CIA interrogation techniques for effectiveness.

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