you say it's not your position. i mean, why would you do that if it's not your position? why wouldn't you take a client that has a position like that? this is voluntary. nobody's making you do this. >> oh, senator, i would refer you to the same sorts of statements that chief justice robert made when he came before the committee which is that lawyers represent clients. >> i'm not holding the client's views against you. like the people you represent at gitmo, they deserve representation, but this is amicus brief where you and other people try to persuade the court to change policy. the policy i described is a periodic review. if the court had taken the position argued in the brief that you signed upon, it would have to release these people or try them in some of them, the evidence we can't disclose because it's classified. you're putting america in an