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Lindsey Graham: “The second tool is to hold an American citizen, or a non-citizen, under the law of war for the purposes of intelligence…”

On the recordJanuary 27, 2015
The second tool is to hold an American citizen, or a non-citizen, under the law of war for the purposes of intelligence gathering.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Graham discusses the legal tools available for intelligence gathering in warfare.

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