“When the public safety exception expires, and it will here soon, 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 and he has knowledge of.”

“That evidence cannot be used against him in trial – that evidence is used to protect us as a nation,” Graham continued. “Anytime 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.”