Graham Press Conference on Capture of Osama bin Laden's Son-In-Law

where did again about the %HESITATION after the war on terror and I just want people they understand my

thinking and I believe senator AI that we believe our nation and is at war and

that al queda and al queda operatives for their their US citizens are not should be viewed from the law of armed conflict prism

that an enemy combatant traditionally is been held and tried by the military and

we're here today to talk about bin laden's son in law I'm just reading from press accounts about

have a prohibition from removing enemy combatants held at Guantanamo bay into the United States for civilian court trial we

believe firmly that get no %HESITATION there is no substitute for that Congress %HESITATION

well agree upon that it is the right place to put an enemy combatant for interrogation and

when at all possible trial and we believe the administration's decision here to bring this person to New York City if

it comes to people like this that we want them to go to get no to be held in military custody for interrogation purposes so

tried to be fair to the administration I think the drone program they've used it wisely responsibly I

have a right to their opinion but I think the drone program is a tactical weapon in the war on terror that

serve the nation well in the president's been very responsible and the idea that the president could

use a drone to attack someone sitting in a cafe who's done nothing wrong is really not the issue of our time I

don't think anybody else President Bush that so I just don't want to take the serious subject matter into an

area that that I don't think is worthy of the debate now having said that we are

going to follow this case very closely and to the administration why did you not send this person to Guantanamo bay to

be held as an enemy combatant for intelligence gathering purposes I have been firm against torture but

I do believe that Guantanamo bay is a secure military facility that provides this country a great asset and

not use Guantanamo bay this administration %HESITATION seems adverse to the idea of treating feature captures like this as

enemy combatants by taking that option off the table you're putting people like this

into federal court giving them the same constitutional rights as an American citizen but

more than anything else you're strolling the ability to hold them under the law of war for intelligence gathering purposes so

we're putting that ministrations I'll notice we think that speaking this guy into the country clearly

going around the intent of Congress when it comes to enemy combatants will be challenged I