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  • Sen. Lindsey Graham: Miranda rights 'counterproductive' (in interrogating U.S. citizens)

    05/06/2010 7:44:13 AM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 81 replies · 1,171+ views
    Politico ^ | 2010-05-06 | Kasie Hunt
    Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) wants to allow the government to interrogate U.S. citizens suspected of terrorism without warning them of their right to remain silent—a proposal that would dramatically rewrite the rules regarding suspects captured inside the United States. “Miranda warnings are counterproductive in my view,” Graham said at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing Wednesday. “The homeland is part of the battlefield. So this idea that you get to America, the rules dramatically change, to the benefit of the suspect – the terrorist – makes no sense,” he said. Graham told POLITICO he is working on...