Little is known about suspected Boston bomber Dzokhar Tsarnaev’s motives in the marathon attack, but Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) already is calling on the Obama administration to label him an “enemy combatant,” a status generally applied to suspected terrorists with ties to Al Qaeda or the Taliban that would give him significantly fewer rights. Tsarnaev is a US citizen.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=169085