Under law of armed conflict, as I understand it, and under the Geneva Convention, Article 5 says that if there is a dispute about status, what you are entitled to is an independent, neutral decisionmaker.

The battlefield--there are physical battlefields, certainly, in Afghanistan, but there are battlefields, potentially, you know, in our Nation.

I think you would be very qualified for your job.

No one is being arbitrarily held based on just suspicion or emotion but based on evidence and a legal process.

So America needs to get ready for this proposition that some people are going to be detained as enemy combatants, not criminals.

I am urging the administration to continue with the process of closing Guantanamo Bay.

One of the ideas that I have is that it is important for us to let the world know that if someone is detained in a prison, wherever you may locate it, it is not an arbitrary decision.

I support closing Guantanamo Bay, not because I think it is a place where people are being tortured; I think it is a chance to start over.

The executive branch would be willing to share power with the judiciary to make that decision?

Elections have consequence, and I expect the administration to pick people more in line with their philosophy than I would have chosen for them.

I personally have a lot of confidence in the men and women who administer justice in our military.

We need to preserve that and not overly politicize it.