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Lindsey Graham: “If we do not hold some of these people under the law of war for questioning as an enemy combatant, then we are going to…”

On the recordJanuary 27, 2015
If we do not hold some of these people under the law of war for questioning as an enemy combatant, then we are going to lose the ability to gather intelligence.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Graham emphasizes the need to hold enemy combatants for intelligence gathering.

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