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Lindsey Graham: “If we capture an American citizen as part of this cell and we can't hold them as an enemy combatant for…”

On the recordNovember 30, 2011
If we capture an American citizen as part of this cell and we can't hold them as an enemy combatant for intelligence-gathering purposes, does domestic criminal law allow us to hold someone for an indefinite period of time to gather military intelligence?
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina
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Nov 30, 2011

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