On the recordDecember 1, 2011
Yes. The In re Quirin case dealt with an American citizen helping the Nazis in America. The Hamdi case dealt with an American citizen helping the Taliban in Afghanistan. Mr. McCAIN. The reason why I raise the question is because the Senator from Illinois, and others, have cited the fact that Hamdi was an American citizen but captured in Afghanistan, not in the United States of America. Yet isn't it a fact that the decision in Hamdi also made reference to a person who was apprehended in the United States of America? This is what is bizarre about this discussion, it seems to me.
