On the recordNovember 29, 2011
I want to clarify for the record before I recognize Senator Webb for 5 minutes that some here have claimed that the Supreme Court's Hamdi decision upheld the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens captured in the United States. It did no such thing. Hamdi was captured in Afghanistan, not the United States. Justice O'Connor, the author of the opinion, was very careful to say that the Hamdi decision was limited to ``individuals who fought against the United States in Afghanistan as part of the Taliban.'' I think that is important to be included in the Record. I yield to Senator Webb for 5 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Virginia.
