Lindsey, McCain and the ‘Hate the Constitution First’ Crowd

While Boston and the rest of America was breathing a sigh of relief at the news of the apprehending of the second Boston Marathon bombing suspect, Senator Lindsey Graham was presumably on the phone with his friend John McCain–fantasizing about further trashing our rule of law. While other public servants were thanking the Boston police and volunteers throughout the region and offering help for the victims, Lindsey was tweeting away. Here’s just a sample…

Under the Law of War we can hold #Boston suspect as a potential enemy combatant not entitled to Miranda warnings or appointment of counsel.

— Lindsey Graham (@GrahamBlog) April 20, 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

Later, Sen. Graham turned to Facebook to articulate his full vision:

“We truly appreciate the hard work and dedication of our law enforcement and intelligence communities.

“It is clear the events we have seen over the past few days in Boston were an attempt to kill American citizens and terrorize a major American city. The accused perpetrators of these acts were not common criminals attempting to profit from a criminal enterprise, but terrorist trying to injure, maim, and kill innocent Americans.

“Now that the suspect is in custody, the last thing we should want is for him to remain silent. It is absolutely vital the suspect be questioned for intelligence gathering purposes. We need to know about any possible future attacks which could take additional American lives. The least of our worries is a criminal trial which will likely be held years from now.

“Under the Law of War we can hold this suspect as a potential enemy combatant not entitled to Miranda warnings or the appointment of counsel. Our goal at this critical juncture should be to gather intelligence and protect our nation from further attacks.

“We remain under threat from radical Islam and we hope the Obama Administration will seriously consider the enemy combatant option.

“We will stand behind the Administration if they decide to hold this suspect as an enemy combatant.”

There is some comfort to be taken in the fact that most of the comments on the above post are searingly negative.

Let’s see, Timothy McVeigh didn’t need to be sent to GITMO as an enemy combatant along with all of the infamous serial killers throughout American history. Who snuffed out more human life, Dr. Kermit Gosnell of Pittsburgh or these two losers?

In truth, people like Lindsey Graham are a greater threat to our republic than any terrorist. The rule of law is not optional and efforts to subvert it endanger future generations of Americans.