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 there's a threat. there's no magic passage of time that you've 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 court. >> i'm sure -- i'm sure everybody at gitmo wants out. now i've got that. this is an amicus brief, and i just don't understand what you're saying quite frankly. i'm not holding it against you because you represented a legal position i disagree with. i mean, that happens all the time. i'm just trying to understand