To the Guard force families who may be listening, what your loved one goes through every day at Guantanamo Bay is a real sacrifice.
Lindsey Graham
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Lindsey Olin Graham is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from South Carolina since 2003. A member of the Republican Party, Graham has been a prominent figure in national politics, known for his work on issues such as national security, foreign policy, and judicial appointments. He has played a key role in various legislative efforts and has been an outspoken advocate for military support to Ukraine in recent years.
I think the extra process that we're providing these detainees will confer a legitimacy to the trials.
One of the big concerns that we have as a Nation, Mr. Johnson, is what percentage of the Guantanamo Bay detainees do you believe will be held off the battlefield but never go to an Article III court or a military commission trial?
It would be the biggest mistake this country could make, to use the criminal model, but yet still hold people indefinitely without trial.
This location issue is very important because of the politics of this, for lack of a better word.
I think we'll find some common ground here about the evidentiary standard as far as a statement goes.
No one should be detained in America for an indefinite period of time that doesn't go to a civilian court or a military court without an independent judicial review.
We believe the Levin-McCain-Graham amendment to section 1031 of the NDAA addresses this problem by authorizing protective orders in this context.
I think it would help the country if we could reform the process and I think we're very close to a bill that we all can be proud of.
I do not want Americans to be monitored as being suspected fifth column movement members of al Qaeda.





