Policy

Lindsey Graham Wants U.S. Citizen Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Held As an "enemy combatant for intelligence gathering purposes"

Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev may be a killer, but he's also entitled to due process.

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Lindsey Graham's Twitter Profile

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev became a U.S. citizen last year. Regardless, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC.) would like to see Tsarnaev captured and held "as [an] enemy combatant for intelligence gathering purposes." 

If captured, I hope Administration will at least consider holding the Boston suspect as enemy combatant for intelligence gathering purposes.

— Lindsey Graham (@GrahamBlog) April 19, 2013

The last thing we may want to do is read Boston suspect Miranda Rights telling him to "remain silent."

— Lindsey Graham (@GrahamBlog) April 19, 2013

If the #Boston suspect has ties to overseas terror organizations he could be treasure trove ofinformation.

— Lindsey Graham (@GrahamBlog) April 19, 2013

The Obama Administration needs to be contemplating these issues and should not rush into a bad decision.

— Lindsey Graham (@GrahamBlog) April 19, 2013

The contempt doesn't end there: "This is Exhibit A of why the homeland is the battlefield," Graham tells Jennifer Rubin