{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=25EFD50C-C805-4EC1-ADF7-4EDD6D496651", "Graham: NYC Bombing Suspect Should Be Held As An Enemy Combatant For Intelligence Gathering Purposes", "2017-12-11", "2017", "2017-12", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Lindsey Graham", "G000359", "www.lgraham.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today reacted to the attempted terrorist attack in New York City saying the suspect should be held as an enemy combatant for intelligence gathering purposes.\u00a0\r\nFox News Channel:\r\n\r\n \r\nGRAHAM: \u201cThe last thing I want this guy [the suspect] to hear is: \u2018you have a right to remain silent.\u2019 He should be held as a suspected enemy combatant. We should take several days here to figure out who he is and not read him his Miranda Rights\u2026 I want to hold him under the Law of War and gather intelligence.\u201d https://youtu.be/7IzCkMJz-Ys?t=0m40s\r\n \r\nFull Fox News Interview\r\nCNN:\r\n \r\nGRAHAM: \u201cI\u2019d like to keep him [the suspect] talking. I don\u2019t want to read him his Miranda Rights\u2026Treat him humanely. I don\u2019t think you need to send him to GTMO. You don\u2019t need to try him in military commission... I want to look at this as an intelligence gathering opportunity.\u201d https://youtu.be/LlURxLRYlzQ?t=0m36s\r\n \r\n \r\nGRAHAM: \u201cEven if it\u2019s a \u2018lone wolf\u2019 attack, somebody who pledges allegiance to ISIL in their own mind over the internet, I want to find out everything we can about what makes them tick and how they got to where they\u2019re at.\u201d https://youtu.be/LlURxLRYlzQ?t=1m49s\r\n \r\n\r\nFull CNN Interview\r\nFox News Radio with Brian Kilmeade:\r\n \r\nGRAHAM: \u201cHold him [the suspect] under the Law of War so you can gather intelligence. Find out what made him tick and how he got to where he\u2019s at. Did he act by himself? Treat it as an act of war, not a common crime.\u201d https://youtu.be/iZFHlTVZqtM?t=1m45s\r\n \r\n\r\nFull Fox News Radio Interview\r\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=25EFD50C-C805-4EC1-ADF7-4EDD6D496651"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0308080818504095, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}