Little is known about suspected Boston bomber Dzokhar Tsarnaev’s motives in the marathon attack, but Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) already is calling on the Obama administration to label him an “enemy combatant,” a status generally applied to suspected terrorists with ties to Al Qaeda or the Taliban that would give him significantly fewer rights. Tsarnaev is a US citizen.
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
If the #Boston suspect has ties to overseas terror organizations he could be treasure trove ofinformation.
— 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
The Obama Administration needs to be contemplating these issues and should not rush into a bad decision.
— Lindsey Graham (@GrahamBlog) April 19, 2013
