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On the recordDecember 1, 2011
I would say to my colleague, yes. My colleague knows this case, I am confident. I think one quotation from the case makes the point clearly--in Ex parte Quirin the court made clear: ``Citizenship in the United States of an enemy belligerent does not relieve him from the consequences of his belligerency.'' In other words, if a person leaves their country and takes the position contrary, they side with the enemy, they become a belligerent against the United States, the fact that they are still a citizen does not protect them from being captured, from being held, and in this case even being tried by a military tribunal.
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Jon Kyl
Republican · Arizona
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Dec 1, 2011

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