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On the recordJune 30, 2010
As an American, a patriotic American, liberal or conservative, don't you believe that we would all be better off if we had the opportunity within our values, humanely without torture, to hold a terror suspect and gather intelligence before we did anything else because another attack may be coming?
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Graham emphasizes the need for humane intelligence gathering from terror suspects.

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