Lindsey Graham said "I think we were able to catch bin Laden because we gathered intelligence over a long period of time from people held at Guantanamo Bay." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMarch 26, 2014

I think we were able to catch bin Laden because we gathered intelligence over a long period of time from people held at Guantanamo Bay.

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Graham asserts that intelligence gathering led to bin Laden's capture, not waterboarding.

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