But, I can't understand letting Afghanistan go back into the abyss again. That's my dilemma.
As America looks in on us, there is growing concern about the reach of government, the debt, the spending, the takeovers.
Now, from the protocols that we would institute from the military side, what would you recommend that our military commanders, intelligence ...
Yes. There are speedy trial rights, which--
I think defending the worst among us makes us all better.
We would hold them as an enemy combatant.
I just think when you are at war and the people you have in your capture the commander-in-chief has determined through a rational process ar...
I totally agree with you, and, you know, obviously we parted ways on some of this, but these are not easy decisions.
I think you have made a fundamental mistake here.
But under domestic criminal law, the moment the person is in the hands of the U.S. Government, they are entitled to be told they have a righ...
We are making history, and we are making bad history, and let me tell you why.
If we are going to use Federal court as a disposition for terrorists, you take everything that comes with being in Federal court.
I am here to tell you that I am sure he will get convicted in Federal court, but not because we are threatening the judge or the jury, but j...
Right. And under military law, you can hold somebody without any expectation of trial if they are, in fact, part of the enemy force.
We are making history here, Mr. Attorney General. I will answer it for you. The answer is no.
What I am afraid of is the war on terror has become a police action, and I think that undermines our National security.
This is an important point here that, you know, the idea of preventive detention, I do not think Senator Feingold is high on that idea.
With all due respect, every military lawyer that I have talked to is deeply concerned about the fact that if we go down this road, we are cr...