Graham Admits Boston Bombing Suspect Cannot Be Tried In Military Tribunal

[DonViejo]

By Ian Millhiser on Apr 21, 2013 at 10:40 am

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On CNN this morning, Graham articulated what now appears to be the conservative position on how Tsarnaev should be treated:

GRAHAM: This man, in my view, should be designated as a potential enemy combatant and we should be allowed to question him for intelligence gathering purposes to find out about future attacks and terrorist organizations that may exist that he has knowledge of, and that evidence cannot be used against him in trial. That evidence is used to protect us as a nation. Any time we question him about his guilt or innocence, he’s entitled to his Miranda rights and a lawyer, but we have the right under our law — I’ve been a military lawyer for 30 years — to gather intelligence from enemy combatants. And a citizen can be an enemy combatant.

He is not eligible for military commission trial. I wrote the military commission in 2009. He cannot go to military commission.

Watch it:

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full article:
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/04/21/1899231/top-conservatives-admit-boston-bombing-suspect-cannot-be-tried-in-military-tribunal/

[Mojorabbit]

1. Pushing that envelope further and further. nt