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Saying that he has basically ended the war, at least in afghanistan. at a certain point in time it will have to be grappled with whether by congress or the court whether we are at war and whether we therefore have authority under the laws of war to continue to detain the enemy combatants. senator graham seems to suggest because he thinks if you release them it would be very dangerous for americans, that thats enough to keep them detained. but it is not. somebody has to decide that there is an ac...

Detainees by our government, that we were acting as war criminals? >> senator, i dont remember that accusation but i will say that -- >> do you believe thats true, that america was acting as war criminals in holding these detainees? >> senator, the supreme court held that the executive branch has the authority to detain people who are designated as enemy combatants for the duration of the hostilities. and what i was doing in the context of the habeas petitions at this very early stage in the pro...

How could a lawyer accuse the secretary of the united states of being a war criminal and not remember it? the group she was associated with want to destroy the legal regime at guantanamo bay that were allowed to hold these tariffs as enemy combatants. they wanted to treat them as common criminals, try them or let them go. 37% recidivism rate. i dont buy the idea that she wasnt an activist when it came to changing the legal regime that protected this nation since 9/11. >> judge jeanine: right. on...

War. if you tried to do this in world war ii they would run out of town. we would hold enemy combatants as long as theres a threat. theres no magic passage of time that youve got to let them go, so my question is very simple. do you support the idea -- did you support then the idea that indevaney detention of an enemy combatant is unlawful? >> respectfully, senators, when you are an attorney and you have clients who come to you whether they pay or not, you represent their positions before the co...

Bay? >> thank you, senator. i want to clarify, when i first started working on these cases, i was an assistant public defender. the supreme court in 2004 issued two opinions that began this group of cases and these issues and this was in the wake of the tragic and terrible attack on this country in 9/11 and the executives use of authority to detain enemy combatants at guantanamo bay. in 2004, the supreme court ruled that the executive did have the authority to make those decisions, in one case, ...

0 misleading the public but taking the court out of context. she repeated testimony from someone else and he says it is her quote. hawley praised her experience and said he looks forward to questioning her today. also important to note many questions about her time as a public defender and for her to get on the bench this time where she was now at the court of appeals three republicans, murcowski, collins and graham all voted in favor. well see what they do this time. >> trace: david spunt live ...

0 world at large, and i think its six months, maybe a year, but that goes on at least on an annual basis, and if these a determination that this person still represents a threat to the united states rp they are continued to be confined. thats the way the system works. are you okay with that? >> as a policy matter, senator? im not speaking to my views, thats -- my understanding is that the periodic review system is an executive branch determination of whether or not they are going to continue to ...

0 whether or not they still present a threat to the united states or the world at large and i think its six months, maybe a year. but that goes on at least on an annual basis, and if there is a determination that this person still represents a threat to the united states, they are continued to be confined. thats the way the system works. are you okay with that? >> as a policy matter, senator, im not speaking to my views. my understanding is the periodic review system is an executive branch deter...

Charge the general with that. article 88, article 134 a second. laura: what covers talking to our adversaries and telling them ahead of time of battle plan that could exist? namely we would give them heads up? anything off the top of your head? >> lets assume they are an identifiable enemy, declared enemy combatants, there are provisions that cover that behavior. but we are not there. it is not unusual for one military authority to contact another military authority in an area of operation for p...

Self-aware of the role his own actions played in creating those divisions in the last 20 years until the election of donald trump which had nothing to do with the war in iraq. bush signed on to this idea from other places that september 11th and the january 6th capitol riots, the capitol riot was just as bad as september 11th. it is really taking hold in some areas of the left to view the rioters as enemy combatants or insurrectionist and here they got their most prominent endorsement.