Political Quotes

“Number one, they can be segregated in Federal prisons in the United States, and maybe they should be. Number two, some of them are indeed great terrorists and some aren't. Number three, they may have been captured in war zones, but they weren't in uniform, which means some of them may not have been combatants. That is what has to be determined. If they were combatants, they can be held under the law of war; but if they weren't combatants and they haven't committed any crimes, they should be released. There has to be some due process. We can't hold people in prison forever with no trial, no due process because we think maybe--and remember, some of these people were. We offered bounties to tribes in Afghanistan. And like the Hatfields and the McCoys, the Hatfields turned in the McCoys, and we don't really know that all the McCoys were guilty of anything or engaged in combat. Before we can hold them under the laws of war, we ought to at least have some sort of review to find that out. It is not true that all of them are the most dangerous. Some are; some are not. We owe it to our own traditions to figure out the difference. Not to mention the fact that, to hold them in the United States, it costs $34,000 a year, and to hold them in Guantanamo costs $5 million a year, each. Who is the fiscally responsible party today? I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. DeSANTIS. Mr.…”