Jeh Johnson

Certain rallying cries get legs and some don't. And we know that al-Qaida has been able to use Guantanamo Bay very effectively.

I think that the Senate bill does a pretty good job of dealing with hearsay evidence.

I am open and willing and ready and able to help him in that task.

Military commissions, as was pointed out, are older than George Washington.

By working to improve military commissions to make the process more fair and credible, we enhance our national security.

I want to thank this committee for taking the initiative on a bipartisan basis to seek reform of military commissions.

President Obama called for the reform of military commissions and pledged to work with Congress to amend the MCA of 2006.

We intend to use all lawful and appropriate means to protect the American people.

We will not move any detainees into the United States unless and until we are convinced that the detainees will be held safely and securely in a facility that satisfies all of our security concerns.

As the administration works toward closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, we are carefully considering the various options as to where detainees could be housed.

There are sound legal and policy reasons to house any detainees held under law of war authority separately from criminal prisoners.

In his speech on May 21 at the National Archives, President Obama called for the reform of military commissions.

We did that in a filing by the Department of Justice in several of these cases on March 13th, 2009.

In the absence of a Constitutional amendment, an act of Congress, or some new interpretation of the constitution of the laws by the courts, the rule of law does not change. It remains consistent throughout changing times.