On the recordDecember 1, 2011
It has been made part of the battlefield without any doubt. On September 11, the war was brought here by al-Qaida. How do we suggest that a foreign al-Qaida member should not be subject to an assumption to begin with, if they are determined to be al-Qaida, that they are going to be detained--that we should not start with that assumption--subject to procedures which the administration adopts. It is totally in their hands. It cannot interfere with a civilian interrogation. It cannot interfere with civilian intelligence. We are very specific about it. The procedures are written by the executive branch. They can try them anywhere they want. But if they bring a war here--they bring a war here--we are going to create an assumption that they can be subject, and are going to be subject, to military detention.
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