Maybe being the odd guy out as a Republican, I believe that also, simply because Generals Petraeus, Odierno, and every other combat commander has said that being able to start over with detainee policy would take a tool off the table used…

I want to make sure we preserve that.

If you compare our military commissions system... we're much more... liberal in terms of providing due process.

I just can't believe, quite frankly, given the Supreme Court cases, that if you close Guantanamo Bay, move the detainees within the United States and performed a military commission trial like we did in World War II, that there'd be a…

Either the evidence is not the type you would take to a beyond a reasonable doubt trial or it has some national security implications.

We need to look as a Nation about creating uniformity to these habeas rights.

I do believe, as the other two witnesses have indicated, that it has a very strong role to play in this fight we're in, and historically it's been used in the past.

What we are doing with this bill, in my opinion, is setting a standard beyond what international law would require.

The courts will look at these trials in terms of due process.

In the military setting, is it a permissible behavior of a country to hold someone under the theory that they're a belligerent enemy combatant indefinitely if the evidence justifies that finding?

I think our hearsay rules are much more restrictive, quite frankly.

I want to compliment this committee. I think you have taken a very reasoned approach to military commissions.