We will have a much easier time convincing the world of the fairness of our trials if they are held in the United States.
doesn't use of different forums open the door for criticism that the United States is going back to a law enforcement focus on terrorism?
I am convinced that we must solve these difficult issues now and I am committed to doing so.
would a prohibition on use of testimony obtained through interrogation techniques amounting to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment be suf...
Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kris, Admiral MacDonald, Admiral Hutson, General Altenburg, and Mr. Marcus, have the originators of classified information ...
As this committee has recognized on a bipartisan basis, commissions and the MCA should be reformed.
I have a long record expressing my support for military commissions as the correct forum for trying detainees for alleged violations of the ...
What are those constitutional rights of people who are not citizens of the United States of America, who were captured on a battlefield comm...
How does habeas corpus fit with a system of long-term detention review?
We now have established that it is the view of the administration that enemy combatants or belligerents, whatever new name you'd like to cal...
I think it would be important for this committee to know what your view is. It might have something to do with the way that we shape legisla...
Well, that's very interesting because I had never proceeded under that assumption in drafting this legislation and previous legislation.
It's the administration's view that there are serious risks that courts would hold that admission of involuntary statements of the accused i...
I have become convinced that an improved system of military commissions, while not the ideal choice, is the best--or perhaps one should say ...
It seems likely, however, that the administration will conclude that this cannot be done--that because of evidentiary problems and national ...
should a National Security Court be created to hear habeas corpus petitions or appeals of long-term detention?
As the President has stated, any Guantanamo detainees who continue to be detained, where authorized by Congress and consistent with the law ...
What happens to detainees who are found not guilty at trial?